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When we want to watch video we know we can count on YouTube to have the clip we want. Some people even predict YouTube will be our next generation TV set. Is it possible YouTube will one day distribu...
will close on 2009-12-31 EST
  169 News 1 Comments Report Homer Homer (*)

Inexpensive home 3D printers

[ Most Likely ] $1000 - $2000 by mid 2010 (36% chance)
The RepRap project has been gathering steam for some time now, with a release of a viable design for a 3D additive rapid prototyping machine that can build it's own parts. Additionally they have design...
will close on 2010-06-01 EDT
  2 News 6 Comments Report ancienthart ancienthart (*)

Will Google Phone G2 support Multi-touch?

[ Most Likely ] Yes (70% chance)
From the very beginning, Android has planned to support multitouch. The G1's touch screen is a ClearPad, created by Synaptics - a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance. Synaptics provides the to...
will close on 2009-12-31 EST
  22 News 0 Comments Report oWell oWell (*)
The auditor general has just reported today that the Canadian government is over-charging people when they apply for their Canadian passports. According to the law, the government can only charge i...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-31 EST
  57 News 5 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)

Canada: any MPs cross the floor in 2008?

[ Predicted ] Yes (62% chance)
Back to 2006, at some point between election day and the day Harper was due to be sworn in as prime minister, Emerson accepted an offer from Harper to cross the floor from Liberal to Conservative, and ...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST, 1 Ziibos Answered
  122 News 3 Comments Report Canada Canada (*)

Will any US Airline offers free in-flight Internet access in 2008?

[ Predicted ] No free WiFi in 2008 (84% chance)
Many US airlines are now talking about offering in-flight Internet access for the price of $13 USD. Here is an article arguing why in-flight Internet access will take off. Of course the writer believ...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST, Unanswered
  2 News 11 Comments Report Homer Homer (*)

Block Google-Yahoo Ad Deal by Dec 2008?

[ Predicted ] Yes blocked (60% chance)
The prospect of Google and Yahoo teaming up to offer advertising has whipped up a category-five storm of protest in Washington. Some of the country's biggest marketers are rallying to oppose the ad dea...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-01 EST, Unanswered
  89 News 0 Comments Report teickdyn teickdyn (166)

Will Google offer iTune type music store in China before 2010?

[ Most Likely ] No Chinese Goog music store (60% chance)
Google just announced a free music download forum exclusive to China. This forum is ad-supported, and let users download music for free. If you read enough about online privacy, you might know that o...
will close on 2010-01-01 EST
  129 News 4 Comments Report oilman oilman (*)
http://www.pcworld... For those of us who live in the US, we probably heard of the free Wi-Fi program offered by Starbucks. Basically, you have to get a starbucks card with minimum $5 on the it, and ...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST, Unanswered
  2 News 6 Comments Report freeman freeman (*)
Back to Nov 2006, the CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, already saw a future where mobile phones are free to consumers who accept watching targeted forms of advertising. Schmidt said that as mobile phones b...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-31 EST, Unanswered
  135 News 10 Comments Report Woooper Woooper (*)

Will Apple bundle unlimited iTunes with iPods in 2008?

[ Predicted ] No, buy it song-by-song (69% chance)
A report by the Financial Times (registration required) cites unnamed executives who say that Apple is in talks with record labels to offer access to the entire iTunes music library for a lump sum pric...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST, Unanswered
  11 News 7 Comments Report freeman freeman (*)

Google - asking to free the airwaves

[ End Result ] No FCC disallows
Today more than three-quarters of those radio airwaves, or "white space" spectrum, are completely unused. This vast public resource could offer a revolution in wireless services of all kinds, including...
[ Scored ] on 2008-10-09 EDT
  11 News 6 Comments Report fireeater fireeater (*)
Microsoft finally withdraw from the Yahoo merger after the merger talks broke down. There had been numerous speculations among analysts that Microsoft will pursue various plan B, C and D including hos...
[ Scored ] on 2008-10-01 EDT
  48 News 9 Comments Report Wallace Wallace (*)

Will TechCrunch be Acquired before Sep 2008?

[ End Result ] No acquisition
Is TechCrunch the latest tech blog to put up a "For Sale" sign in the window? Well, not exactly, but word has it that the blog about all things 2.0 sat down for chats with AOL about a possible $20-30 m...
[ Scored ] on 2008-09-03 EDT
  4 News 3 Comments Report quo-liandai quo-liandai (236)
The federal Liberal party is alleging the governing Conservatives to have "bribed" the late Chuck Cadman with a guaranteed life insurance if he helped bring down the then Paul Martin-led minority gover...
[ Scored ] on 2008-07-10 EDT
  37 News 4 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)