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Wild Predictions for a Wired 2007

Posted by Zonk on from the not-that-wild dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Wired has put up its predictions for the coming year, in technology, internet, and entertainment news. Despite their claim that they are 'wild' predictions, a lot of them make some sense. Some of their calls: 'Google Stock Hits $1,000 per Share. Internet Traffic Doubles to 5,000 petabits per day by the end of 2007. And 80 percent of it is peer-to-peer file sharing, mostly Skype video and BitTorrent. BitTorrent on TiVo: Speaking of, digital video recorders get BitTorrent baked in, bringing internet video to the living room. Spam Doubles: No-brainer -- but no one cares because we're all using IM, especially at work. Second Life Ends a Life: Skullduggery in Second Life -- probably digital adultery -- ends in a real-life murder. Year o' the Laptop: Half of all new computers sold in 2007 will be laptops and 20 percent of those will be Apple's MacBooks." What do you folks think? How many will Wired have called correctly by the end of the year?

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  1. Wired predictions by Paradoks · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ah, Wired wildly predicting things; it's as if we've never left 1994, much less 2006. Bring on the memories.

    1. Re:Wired predictions by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny
      Ah, Wired wildly predicting things; it's as if we've never left 1994, much less 2006. Bring on the memories.
      But they're doing it in only one or two fonts per page now, written in mostly non-fluorescent ink. Progress!
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  2. Rats. by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 4, Funny


    Still no flying cars.

    Damnit...

    I was promised flying cars...

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  3. Congress by RockoTDF · · Score: 3, Funny

    I highly doubt with a democratic congress in charge things are going to be getting any worse for us in the areas of privacy and the government any time soon.

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  4. Re:Beatles back catalogue... by TheBiGW · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess I'll have to buy the White album again

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  5. Re:One fix by slashbob22 · · Score: 5, Funny

    4. Sesame Street doesn't feature products. Really? I bet the Letter E would have something to say about that.
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