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I, Cringely On A Momentous Week

Posted by Zonk on from the warping-space-and-time dept.

rocketjam writes "Robert X. Cringley offers his take on three recent high-tech occurrences, saying they add up to an 'inflection point' that will change the landscape of the personal computer, video game, and electronic entertainment businesses forever. He briefly points out that Bill Gates' revelation that the next-gen XBox will offer music and movie playing capabilities as well as web-surfing will put MS into direct competition with its hardware OEM customers. He also touches on Yahoo's new music service and Apple's rumored movie download service. The meat of the article though is his take on the significance of Google's Web Accelerator. He says, 'If surfing can be doubled in speed for nothing, of course nearly everyone will go for it', the upshot of which is that AOL, MSN and Earthlink lose their relevancy. From this point more speculation on the implications of Google's success in this endeavor ensues."

2 of 221 comments (clear)

  1. And when cringley speaks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    assdot listens.

  2. Re:More on XBOX 360. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I work at Microsoft as do several of my friends.

    Wow, you say this and the morons moderate you up. Remarkable.

    Here's a cluestick, retards - This guy is some wanker living in his mommy's basement, and this post was his procreation after a serious session of gay train porn masturbation.