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2001 Predictions by TheStandard:
2003
E-commerce annual revenue exceeds $1.8 trillion.
2005 Voice-over-IP technology eliminates
long-distance phone bills.
2005 Network TV all but ceases to exist and each
show becomes an independent entity.
2007 Last music CD's roll off the assembly line.
All music now downloaded off the Web.
2007 As broadcast, telephone, and computer
networks converge, divisions between media begin to
fade. Eventually, the Net becomes all-in-one.
2008 While movie houses still exist, celluloid
has been replaced by wireless digital distribution.
2008 People regularly implant chips in their
bodies as part of their personal area networks.
2008 Wireless technology renders telephone lines
obsolete.
2009 Most household appliances plugged into the
Net. A broken toaster in Maine can be diagnosed with a
faulty spring - by a company in Arizona.
2009 Microprocessors capable of tens of trillions
of operations per second.
2010 Mobile handset penetration reaches 99
percent in the United States, 65 percent worldwide. The
handset - which comes in hundreds of forms - is now the
No 1 portal to the Net, and includes voice, data, video,
GPS, PDA, ATM, and many other functions.
2010 A half-dozen satellites, probes, and
landers, each equipped with special Net-like protocols,
form the backbone of a new Interplanetary Internet
(IPN), first designed by JPL in the 1990s.
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| Internet
Access |
| AOL-Time Warner |
AOL |
| Earthlink Network |
ELNK |
| Cable
Internet Access |
| Excite@Home |
ATHM |
| Internet Cable |
ICBL |
| DSL Internet
Access |
| Covad Communications |
COVD |
| Wireless
Internet |
| Echostar Communications |
DISH |
| Metricom |
MCOM |
| Palm |
PALM |
| IP-Telephony |
| VocalTec Communications |
VOCL |
| Internet
Security |
| Verisign |
VRSN |
| Internet
Software Solutions |
| Akamai Technologies |
AKAM |
| BroadVision |
BVSN |
| Hear Me |
HEAR |
| iXL Enterprises |
IIXL |
| Openwave Systems |
OPWV |
| Internet
Portals |
| CNET |
CNET |
| Yahoo! |
YHOO |
| e-Commerce |
| 1800Flowers.com |
FLWS |
| Amazon.com |
AMZN |
| eBay |
EBAY |
| Egghead.com |
EGGS |
| eToys |
ETYS |
| priceline.com |
PCLN |
| B-to-B
e-Commerce |
| Ariba |
ARBA |
| Commerce One |
CMRC |
| VerticalNet |
VERT |
| e-Communities |
| GeoCities(Yahoo!) |
YHOO |
| iVillage |
IVIL |
| Internet
Advertising |
| DoubleClick |
DCLK |
| e-Health |
| drkoop.com |
KOOP |
| Healtheon/WebMD |
HLTH |
| Medinex Systems |
MDNX |
| e-Finance |
| E*TRADE Group |
ET |
| Net.B@nk |
NTBK |
| Wit Capital Group |
WITC |
| B-to-B
Transaction Processing |
| Digital Courier Technologies |
DCTI |
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