Predictions
The Pulpit
December 2007
December 28, 2007
Leaner and Meaner Still: IBM's U.S. operations continue to shrivel.
December 21, 2007
The Once and Future King: Multicast looks to (finally) be the future of television.
December 14, 2007
Revolution, Not Evolution: A generation of space science can only be saved by radical change.
December 7, 2007
Kindling: WebKit is the key to Apple's near future including a new tablet computer.
November 2007
November 29, 2007
When Networks Collide: AT&T suddenly doesn't like Apple so much.
November 22, 2007
Bursted Dreams: Why would Burst.com let Apple off the hook for only $10 million?
November 16, 2007
There is No Free Lunch: Change your password NOW!
November 9, 2007
Getting to Know You: Think you have a secret life? Think again.
November 2, 2007
The Next Microsoft: Google is learning too well from the master.
October 2007
October 26, 2007
The Future is Cloudy: Google's plan to host ALL our applications.
October 19, 2007
Strange Bedfellows: Why an Apple/Google collaboration has been so difficult to make happen.
October 12, 2007
Oh, and We Also Saved the World: Google's Energy Plan
October 5, 2007
You Can't Get There From Here: The myth of bandwidth scarcity and can Team Cringely really make it to the Moon?
September 2007
September 27, 2007
To the Moon, Alyce!: Team Cringely will win the Google Lunar X Prize.
September 21, 2007
I Report, You Decide: Patent cases like Apple v. Burst.com deserve better news coverage.
September 14, 2007
The Power of Six: Google's plan for world domination. Also why the iPod Classic sucks.
September 6, 2007
The Puppet Master: Love Steve Jobs or hate him, just don't ignore him.
August 2007
August 31, 2007
The Next Killer App: Telepresence may come to your house next year.
August 24, 2007
Swimming with the Fishes: What's good for tournament fishing may be good for the Department of Defense.
August 17, 2007
Surviving Immortality: Just getting to the Singularity is the hard part.
August 10, 2007
The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our broadband future was stolen.
August 3, 2007
Game Over: The U.S. is unlikely to ever regain its broadband leadership.
July 2007
July 27, 2007
Is Google on Crack?: Eric Schmidt bets the ranch on wireless spectrum
July 20, 2007
When Elephants Dance: Get ready (finally) for faster Internet speeds at lower prices
July 12, 2007
Let the Chips Fall: More 3G iPhone details and some H.264 stuff, too.
July 5, 2007
Faster iPhone faster! Kill!! Kill!!: Expect a 3G iPhone by Christmas.
June 2007
June 29, 2007
An AIR of Invisibility: Adobe has Microsoft in its sights
June 22, 2007
The Google Connection: Apple and Google are helping each other with the iPhone
June 14, 2007
The Seduction of AT&T: Why did Apple write Safari for Windows? Because their big customer wants it.
June 8, 2007
Whistlebox: Video blogging for dummies.
May 2007
May 31, 2007
Still Crazy After All These Years: I, Cringely is 10 years old.
May 24, 2007
The Final Days of Google: It is going to be an inside job.
May 18, 2007
Risk Is for Losers: Google is taking no chances with Universal Search.
May 11, 2007
The Final Daze: More on IBM's global restructuring
May 4, 2007
Lean and Mean: 150,000 U.S. layoffs for IBM?
April 2007
April 26, 2007
Mean Time Between Failures: We need a search engine for hate.
April 20, 2007
Saving the Cheerleader: Hiro has a plan to bring TV commercials to the Internet and save the world.
April 12, 2007
We Don't Need No Stinking Best Effort: Net neutrality may have been just a fantasy all along.
April 6, 2007
Beyond Net Neutrality: If at first you don't succeed, change the game.
March 2007
March 29, 2007
Broadcast Denied: It's easier than you think (or even than it ought to be) to get your video pulled from YouTube.
March 23, 2007
When is a TV not a TV?: When it is an Apple TV - the High Definition DVD-killer.
March 15, 2007
The $7 TV Network: Neokast brings multicasting to the masses.
March 8, 2007
The Great Apple Video Encoder Attack of 2007: Cupertino plans to add H.264 hardware support to its entire line. Also, Snapster lives!
March 1, 2007
Just the Facts Ma'am: iReader finds meaning whether we want it to or not.
February 2007
February 22, 2007
Just Say No: David Harrison wants to replace your Internet.
February 16, 2007
Appeerances Can Be Deceiving: What's that 40-gig hard drive doing inside my Apple TV?
February 9, 2007
DRM Catcher: By the time Steve Jobs calls for the end of Digital Rights Management, it is already dead.
February 2, 2007
WYSIWYB: Honesty (and a little TCP Mustang) is the solution to tomorrow's Internet video problem.
January 2007
January 26, 2007
Oh Brother Where Art Thou?: The only way left to compete with Google is P2P with a twist.
January 19, 2007
When Being a Verb is Not Enough: Google wants to be YOUR Internet.
January 11, 2007
What's in a Name?: That which we call an iPhone by any other name would sound as sweet.
January 5, 2007
Rupert Murdoch Doesn't Read This Column: Bob's predictions for 2007.







