After a series of year-end summaries in 2005 appearing in various newspapers, PC World magazine has made some unusual and surprising predictions about the world of information technology for the coming year.
First, the notable relationship between Intel and Apple will swiftly come to an “unannounced” end after the world’s leading chipmaker realizes that Apple is increasingly siding with AMD.
As part of an agreement with the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Google will be granted exclusive rights to… advertise on the moon. The search engine intends to showcase promotional messages about the company on the surface of Earth’s “little friend.” To enhance credibility, Google will distribute free telescopes to everyone on the planet.
Meanwhile, Hollywood’s Movielabs research and development center will introduce a groundbreaking technology capable of “brainwashing” audiences regarding a particular film. People will forget they ever watched the movie and will line up again to buy tickets to the theater.
Also next year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected to unveil the iPod Synapse, a music device small enough to be implanted in the customer’s brain. Not only will it stream music and video directly to the cortex, but Synapse will also adjust wave frequencies and deliver a mild electric shock if the user has a bad thought or glances at their Rio MP3 Player twice.
By the end of the year, Microsoft will announce the Vista Omnivorous Media Center operating system, allowing users to control all household devices through a simple and user-friendly Windows interface.
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