Predictions
The Pulpit
December 2008
December 16, 2008 
End Game: Cringely's predictions for 2009 including the coming showdown between Apple and Microsoft.
Status: [OPEN] comments (170)
Dec 07, 2008 
Insanely Great: What if Steve Jobs ran one of the Big Three auto companies?
November 2008
Nov 26, 2008 
Saving Detroit: It's the Cars, Stupid
Nov 18, 2008 
Not Enough Indians: Chief Yahoo Jerry Yang's -$20 billion legacy
November 14, 2008
Now For Something Completely Different: Cringely For U.S. Chief Technology Officer
Status: [OPEN] comments (139)
November 7, 2008
Love-Hate: Why iPod chief Tony Fadell is really leaving Apple
Status: [OPEN] comments (97)
October 2008
October 30, 2008
Azure Blues: Microsoft and the electric power industry have a lot in common.
Status: [OPEN] comments (108)
October 23, 2008
Collateral Damage: Why Windows Mobile will die.
Status: [OPEN] comments (93)
October 20, 2008
Ctrl-Alt-Del: Did Apple reboot an important product announcement?
Status: [CLOSED] comments (65)
October 13, 2008
Cool Threads: The right sort of multi-threaded network programming makes computing both faster and simpler.
Status: [OPEN] comments (63)
October 8, 2008
Off With Their Heads!: How Jack Welch would solve the banking crisis.
Status: [CLOSED] comments (97)
October 3, 2008
Data Debasement: Cloud computing will change the way we look at databases.
September 2008
September 26, 2008
The Cringely Plan: See the Light
September 22, 2008
Door Number Three: And the Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth
September 17, 2008
Leadership: Post-industrial management requires a different skill set
September 11, 2008
Fire Your Boss: The best place to cut IT organizations is generally at the top.
September 5, 2008
Doomsday: Why Google needs its own browser.
September 3, 2008
How Much is Enough?: Comcast finds a new way to kill peer-to-peer.
August 2008
August 29, 2008
What Did You Say? : Bob gets an iPhone.
August 22, 2008
Leading Men: Cisco engineering units are the emerging measure of global power.
August 15, 2008
Frontier Daze: When it comes to the Internet we still have to defend ourselves.
August 7, 2008
What Goes Around Comes Around: Why this appears to be a good time for suing Microsoft.
August 1, 2008
The Eyes Have It: Last week's Apple mystery is all about video chips (I think)
July 2008
July 28, 2008
The Five Percent Solution: Who needs another chat client? You do.
July 18, 2008
Inflection Point: What's the practical life span of DTV?
July 11, 2008
Acting Squirrelly: If SAP could make R/3 easier to use they would do it, right?
July 4, 2008
Independence Day: Because we're so much more than just consumers.
June 2008
June 27, 2008
Go Home, Bill: It's time for a new era at Microsoft -- if only the company were ready.
June 20, 2008
What a Difference a Day Makes: A father and son propose U.S. energy independence.
June 13, 2008
MeMobile, You Kaput: Apple's plan to take over the world
June 6, 2008
It's the Platform, Stupid: Baby steps are the way to energy independence.
May 2008
May 30, 2008
Nolo Contendere: Team Cringely makes a course correction on its way to the Moon.
May 23, 2008
IT Wars: When we fight over IT, nobody wins.
May 16, 2008
Reality Check: What does Gartner really DO?
May 9, 2008
Wimpy: Why is Yahoo so afraid of Microsoft?
May 2, 2008
Iron Man: Steve Jobs is even tougher than you think.
April 2008
April 25, 2008
Apple to the Core: Why Steve Jobs is buying PA Semiconductor.
April 18, 2008
The Truth About IT Consultants: Some are great but most are not.
April 11, 2008
You Never Write, You Never Call: New tools and services are (finally) making applications more intelligent.
April 4, 2008
Ozzy Knows Best: Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne are the unwitting inventors of a prototype for digital education.
March 2008
March 28, 2008
Amish Paradise: There is no one correct response to the generational change that's coming thanks to Moore's Law.
March 21, 2008
War of the Worlds: The Human Side of Moore's Law
March 14, 2008
Blu-ray Blues: With the HD War Over, Why Aren't We Seeing Blu-ray Drives in Apple Computers?
March 7, 2008
Antisocial: Social Networking is Just Another CB Radio
February 2008
February 29, 2008
Azul Means (Big) Blue: There's a new kind of mainframe coming and it isn't from IBM.
February 21, 2008
Leadfoot: Sometimes going green hurts more than it helps.
February 15, 2008
Plan B: What if Microsoft doesn't really hope to buy Yahoo at all?
February 8, 2008
The Men Behind the Curtain: What's really happening in the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo merger.
January 2008
January 31, 2008
End of Life: Cisco reinvents the mainframe
January 25, 2008
Repeal Denied: MST will help extend Moore's Law for another 15 years.
January 18, 2008
The Big Picture: Apple's methodical moves show it takes time to change the world.
January 11, 2008
End Game: Why Apple Will Buy Adobe
January 4, 2008
Always Certain, Sometimes Correct: Bob's Fearless Predictions for 2008







