Episode 631

Allow us to take a look in our future-telling snow globes and share with you everything notable that's to take place in 2008. Now you can't say we didn't tell you so.
==Tom Merritt==
*One TV network will simultaneously stream and air a program
*Apple won't have a big announcement or no new product lines in 2008, just small updates
*PS3 will be the top selling console
*Virtualization will go main stream, leads the way to truly universal applications
*Presidential campaigning (through botnets/spam) will lead to tougher data security laws
*The magnetic hard drive will begin to die, flash will have a lower price and higher capacity
*Google will become an ISP
*The Internet will suck (bandwidth problems, packet shaping, net neutrality violations, poor TOS's)
==Molly Wood==
*Google will not win the 700MHz spectrum
*Cell companies will open up to customer demands (Widespread 3G, VOIP plans, open access to applications)
*Vista will turn out to be OK
*Green tech will be huge, new battery technology will replace the 
*A concentrated botnet attacks a government and causes actual damage
*Google will be the victim of an attack compromising users privacy
*Google will buy Yahoo
*The Writers Strike will drag on, and a Internet/YouTube star will be given a major show
==Jason Howell==
*The Radiohead name-your-price sale will do little to nothing to affect the actual sales of the album
*HD-DVD will become more widely adopted than Blu-Ray
*PS3 will be the top selling console
*Apple will release an Apple TV with a DVR that competes with TiVo
*Microsoft keeps Zune as PC-only
*Apple will announce iTunes movie rentals
*Google Android will be a success
*Google stock will split
*A chat speak acronym will become a title of a major movie
==See also==
*2008 Listener Predictions Thread
*Predictions
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