iPhone Killer ArrivesWill the HTC Touch Diamond arrive in North America by September 31st?DIAMONSimultaneous Theater and Online Release of MovieWill a major movie studio agree to sell digital downloads of a movie on the same day it hits theaters by November 1, 2008?SIMULEASEGMOs in the EUWill the European Commission’s May 7th meeting about genetically modified crops lead to them being approved for cultivation in the European Union?EUCROPiTunes Takes the Lead, Part Deux Will iTunes become the number one movie retailer by Mar 1, 2009?TOPFLICKSPolar Bears Added to Threatened Species ListWill the U.S. list polar bears as a threatened species by mid-May?ENDANGEREDSuccessful Fake MeatWill PETA award $1 million to a team that creates in-vitro meat by December 31, 2012?FAKEMEATBlockbuster Buys Circuit CityWill Blockbuster buy Circuit City by the end of summer?BLOCKCITYGasoline Breaks $4 a gallonWill the average gasoline price in the U.S. break $4 per gallon?HIGHERGASMicrosoft Rolls out WindowsWill the next version of Microsoft Windows be released by June 2009?WINDOWSWii Fit Whips America into ShapeWill Wii Fit become the top-selling console game in the U.S.?WIIFITiTunes TaxWill Californians have to pay a tax on iTunes purchases?ITAXTesla Production Ramps UpWill Tesla build 500 Roadsters by the end of the year?TESLAFutureGen RescuedWill FutureGen receive funding, either from government or private sources, to continue the project? FUTUREGENSprint Abandons WimaxWill Sprint officially abandon WiMax by March 1, 2009?WIMAXDEAD3G iPhone in MayWill Apple offer a 3G iPhone for sale by May 15, 2008?3GIPHONESuborbital SuccessWill space-tourism company XCOR fly its suborbital vehicle by March 1, 2010?XCORVerizon Loopt SurvivalWill the Loopt service on Verizon phones outlive its first year?LOOPTCalifornia Emissions GoalWill California stick to its revised requirement (reduced by 70 percent from its 2003 requirement) that auto manufacturers in the state put 7,500 electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles on the road by 2014?CALIFUELWilkins BreaksWill the Wilkins Ice Shelf experience further disintegration over the next month?ICESHELFJules Verne Docks SuccessfullyWill the Jules Verne dock with the ISS by April 3, 2008?JULESDOCKTh!nk City Electric Car Units SoldThe Th!nk City electric car will sell more than 100 units outside of Norway this year.THINKGasoline Breaks $3.50 a gallonWill the average gasoline price in the U.S. break $3.50 per gallon by April 15?GASPRICEiTunes Takes the LeadWill iTunes become the number one music retailer by Jan 1, 2009?TOPTUNESSuper-Fast BroadbandWill at least 33 million households in the U.S. have 10 Mbps or faster broadband connections by 2012?TENMBPSWikiLeaks Shut-DownWill the website WikiLeaks.org be shut down by the end of the year?WIKILEAKSSatellite Radio MergerWill XM and Sirius Satellite Radio merge by May 1?SATRADMicrosoft Gets Yahoo Via ProxyWill Microsoft win its proxy fight for Yahoo?MSYHOOEndeavor LaunchWill the space shuttle Endeavor launch on March 11?ENDVESA Ship Launches on TimeWill the Jules Verne launch on March 9, 2008?JULESMajor Internet Outage 2008Will the Internet suffer another big outage this year?OUTAGEBlu-ray Xbox 360Will Microsoft bring Blu-ray to the Xbox 360?BLU360Phoenix Lander Outlives 90 DaysWill the Phoenix lander last more than 90 days?LONGLIFEOther Plants Found to Process Bad MeatWill the USDA find another meat-producing facility illegally processing sick cattle into beef by the end of February?BADBEEF2008 Eee PC SalesWill Asus sell five million Eee PCs by the end of the year?EEESALESMature-Videogame SalesWill videogames rated“Mature” account for less than 10 percent of total game sales in 2008?RATEDMCellphone ProjectorWill the first cellphone with a built-in projector go on sale by January 1, 2009?PHOPROAsus E-MonitorWill the Asus E-Monitor all-in-one computer cost more than $499 when it’s released later this year?ASUSEThe $100 Laptop Will One Laptop Per Child deliver one million laptops to the developing world by the end of the year? OLPCTest Flight by SummerWill Virgin Galactic’s carrier ship, White Knight Two, successfully complete a flight test by August 31, 2008?VRGNTSTMicrosoft Acquires Yahoo Will Microsoft acquire or merge with Yahoo?MIYAHOOMicrosoft Acquires Yahoo Will Microsoft acquire or merge with Yahoo?MSYAHOOMacBook Air FlopWill Apple change the design of the MacBook Air or pull it from its lineup by the end of the year?HOTAIRSprint offers WiMaxWill Sprint offer WiMax by the end of AprilSPRWMXiPhone LawsuitsWill Apple or AT&T launch a public lawsuit against a distributor of iPhone-unlocking tools in the next six months?IPLAWHubble Upgrade by FallWill NASA complete the Hubble upgrade this fall?HBLFIXData BreachesWill 2008 set a record for data breaches?BREACHShuttle DeliveryWill the space shuttle Atlantis launch in time to deliver the Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station by February 8?STS122Knol vs. Wikipedia Will Google's Knol site surpass Wikipedia in page views by the end of 2009?KNOLTrustworthy Test for HGHWill a reliable test for human growth hormone become commercially available by June 1?HGHTESTHigher Mileage Than CRXWill any 2008 production car achieve a higher gas mileage than the 1987 Honda Civic CRX?PASSCRXBig Screen eeeWill Asus release a 10-inch version of its popular budget ultra-portable laptop, the eeePC, by June 1, 2008?EEE10787 Dreamliner FliesWill Boeing’s Dreamliner 787 make its first test flight by March 1, 2008?787FLYElectronic Tax Returns Top 85 MillionWill the number of taxpayers electronically filing their income-tax forms for 2007 top 85 million?TAXMANElectronic-Voting FailureWill there be a verified case of electronic-voting-machine failure in the presidential race that causes more than 1,000 votes to be lost or miscounted in a single precinct on Election Day?EVOTEHonda FCX Clarity Spreads beyond SoCal?Will the Honda FCX Clarity be available outside of Southern California by 2009? CLARITYLarge Hadron Collider FunctionsWill the LHC be fully functional and producing data by October 31, 2008?HADRONLife on MarsWill the Phoenix lander find verifiable signs of life on the surface of Mars by January 1, 2009?MARSLIFEChina Tries to Suppress Olympic RainWill it rain during the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony?REDRAINPlum Island on MainlandWill the replacement for Plum Island be built on the U.S. mainland?PLMISLGoogle Wins Open-Broadband-Spectrum AuctionWill Google win the auction for the open broadband spectrum?GOOGBANDIron-Seeding MissionWill the Planktos vessel Weatherbird II depart on its iron-seeding mission before January 15, 2008?PLANKTOSWii Holiday SalesWill unit sales for the month of December of the Nintendo Wii be greater than those of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 combined?WIISALESGiant Sails on FreightersWill the sail-assisted Beluga freighter depart by December 20, 2007?SKYSAILSmart Handguns in '08 Will “smart” handguns be commercially available in New Jersey by 2009?SMRTSHOTRailgun in Field by 2009Will the U.S. military deploy a railgun in the field by 2009?RAILGUNiPhone Calls without Cell ServiceWill the new software development kit (SDK) for the iPhone give rise to a means of making phone calls without cellular service within a year of its release? ISHARESeed-Vault WithdrawalWill there be an emergency withdrawal from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in its first year of operation?SEEDSGoogle Becomes America's Biggest CompanyWill Google become the biggest company in the U.S. by 2010?GOOGROWArtificial-Lung Trials Will the first artificial lung enter clinical trials in 2008?ARTLUNGBreast-Cancer Blood Test Will a blood test for breast cancer be released in the U.S. by the end of March?BCTESTEuropean Space LaunchWill the world's largest automated space vehicle launch in January?ESALAUNOLED TV on Sale Will the first OLED TV go on sale in the U.S. this year?OLEDTVSkype Cellphone in the U.S.Will the U.S. get a Skype cellphone by November 1, 2008?SKYPEUSCellphones on E.U. Airplanes within a YearWill use of cellphones be permitted on at least one European airline by November 1, 2008?PLANECELLGene-Therapy Treatment for Diabetes Will a gene-therapy treatment for diabetes be readily available within three years?GENETHRPYHulu BetaWill Hulu last past its beta testing?HULUWarmer Winter Than Last YearWill this winter be warmer than last winter?MILDWINTERVolvo Introduces First Plug-In Hybrid to the U.S.Will Volvo be the first to introduce a plug-in hybrid vehicle to American consumers?VOLHYBRIDFewer Honeybee Colonies Die Off in 2008Will fewer honeybee colonies die off in 2008 than in 2007, showing the bee crisis to be a natural phase and not a portent of a larger, longer problem?BEEBACKSugar Battery within Three YearsWill a sugar-powered fuel-cell battery be available for sale to the general public by January 1, 2010?SGRBATRYYouTube Freed from Viacom LawsuitWill Viacom drop its copyright-infringement suit against Google/YouTube by December 1, 2008?FREETUBENext-Gen Newton Will Apple announce “Newton 2.0” by the end of MacWorld (January 18, 2008)?NWTON3G iPhone by end of MacWorldWill Apple announce a 3G iPhone by the end of the MacWorld conference (January 18, 2008)?3GIPHONHolographic Storage Goes On Sale Will holographic drives go on sale for consumers by 2010?HOLOMajor U.S. Cities Ban Plastic BagsBy year's end, will New York, Los Angeles or Chicago join the handful of cities that have restricted or banned non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags? PLTCBANWill Gmail be available offline by next summer?Will Gmail be available offline by next summer?GMAILGovernment-Mandated Unlocked Cellphones by 2010Will the feds free cellphones from specific carriers by January 1, 2010?FREFONNorthwest Passage Commercial Use Will the Northwest Passage be used for commercial shipping purposes by September 30, 2008?NTHWSTArctic Ocean Oil RushThis proposition will pay out at POP$100 per share if oil from a rig in the Lomonosov Ridge, the Beaufort Sea or the Chuckchi Sea is produced and packaged for export by January 1, 2010. ARCOILGerm-Proof Military Clothing by 2010?Will military uniforms utilizing nanotextiles for protection against chemical and biological weapons be available by 2010?NANTXTEADS Constructs Spaceplane Will EADS start construction on a tourist rocket by December 31, 2008? EADSPLNDeep-Brain Stim for DepressionWill the FDA clear deep-brain stimulation as a treatment for clinical depression by September 30, 2008?DBSDEPGoogle Phone ReleaseWill Google release a cellphone in the first quarter of 2008? GPHONNASA Terminates RocketplaneWill NASA terminate the Rocketplane Kistler by October 7, 2007? RKPLOVRRear-Projection TVs GoneWill sales of rear-projection TVs be killed off by the end of 2011?RPTVTV on iTunesWill a second major TV network stop selling its shows on iTunes by the end of this year?NBCITURecord Spam LevelsWill spam reach record levels before Sept. 30, 2007?MOSPAMDawn spacecraft by OctoberWill the Dawn spacecraft, set to visit two of the largest rocks in the asteroid belt, launch by October 15, 2007?DAWNOKGrand Theft Auto IV Delay? Will Take-Two Interactive release its much-anticipated but badly delayed videogame, Grand Theft Auto IV, by the revised date of April 30, 2008?GTADLYMicrosoft and Yahoo Merge in 2007?Will Microsoft acquire or merge with Yahoo by year end? MSYAHOOJatropha Biofuel Exported?Will jatropha-oil-derived biodiesel be exported to the Europe or the United States by the end of 2008?JATROPHAArctic Sea Ice Drops 20% below Record Low?Will the extent of Arctic sea-ice coverage this year drop a full 20 percent below the previous all-time low?NOICEVeyron’s Speed Record Broken in 2007By the end of this year, will any automaker build and publicly test a faster production car than the current record holder, the 253mph Bugatti Veyron 16.4?FASTESTGrand Theft Auto Most Popular Game of Next YearWill Grand Theft Auto IV be the best-selling game of 2008?GTAIVApple to offer Beatles tracks by HalloweenWill Apple’s iTunes store sell Beatles tracks by October 31?BEATUNESGadget with a flexible screen within a yearWill a device featuring a flexible screen be released in the U.S. by September 1, 2008?FLEXSCRNScientists Discover Threatening Asteroid by 2008Will scientists discover another large, potentially Earth-impacting asteroid by January 1, 2008?ASTRDBetter Helmets for the NFLWill the NFL give its players concussion-sensing helmets by the start of the 2008 season?HELMETiPhone Knockoff Within a YearWill the miniOne—a high-quality iPhone knockoff—go on sale in China by January 1, 2008?ICLONECongestion Pricing in the US by 2009?Will a major U.S. city with a population of 1 million or more adopt a congestion pricing plan to combat traffic and emissions by January 1, 2009?CNGSTNWater on Earth-like Planet by 2010Will scientists confirm the presence of water on an Earth-like extrasolar planet by January 1, 2010?ERTHLKThought Controlled Bionic Arm by 2010Will the FDA deem Darpa's bionic arm-the most dexterous thought-controlled prosthetic-safe for use by January 1, 2010?BIOARMNASA Official FiredWill at least one top NASA official lose his job over the "drunk astronaut" scandal by October 1, 2007? PNKSLPComputer Beats Human at PokerWill a computer using artificial intelligence defeat a professional poker player at Texas hold em before July 31, 2008?AIPOKERWinner at the Space Elevator GamesWill a team win the $1 million in prize money at this year’s Space Elevator Games?SEGWINScramjet Reaches Mach 15Will a scramjet-powered vehicle reach a top speed of Mach 15 by the end of 2009?SCRAMJETZune Phone in 2007Will an iPhone competitor surface in the form of a Zune by January 1, 2008?ZUNFONAir Pollution Postpones OlympicsWill any Olympic event be postponed due to dangerous air-pollution levels during the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing?OLYMPAIRU.S. MPG Standards Upgraded AgainWill an additional increase in the United States's minimum required automobile fuel-efficiency requirements be enacted via legislation before 2010?USMPGWater Crisis In U.S. WestWill the Western U.S. suffer a catastrophic water crisis by 2010? DRYWSTDongtan Inhabited by 2010Will the Chinese eco-city Dongtan open with full-time residents by 2010 as scheduled?DONGTANChina-U.S. Greenhouse-Gas TreatyWill China and the U.S. sign a binding treaty concerning their greenhouse-gas emissions by 2009? GASTRTYFirefox Market ShareWill the Firefox Web browser gain a market share of 50 percent by January 1, 2009? FIREFOXLinux vs. OS X Market ShareWill Linux surpass Mac OS in market share by Jan 1, 2010?MACVLINUXOTC Diet Drug Alli Recalled?Will Alli, the first diet pill FDA-approved for sale without a prescription, be recalled for any reason before January 1, 2008?DIETDRUGFlying Car by 2025Will a flying car become commercially available by 2025?FLYINGCARNew Touchscreen iPodWill Apple release an upgraded "iPhone without the phone" iPod with a wide-aspect-ratio touchscreen by September 30, 2007?NEWIPODSpore Released Q2 2008Will the long-awaited videogame Spore be released by June 30, 2008?SPOREQ2Facebook.com IPO in '07Will Facebook.com shrug off any further buyout offers and officially announce intentions of becoming a publicly traded company by October 1, 2007?FACEBOOKGoogle vs. ViacomWill the court decide in favor of Google in Viacom's lawsuit over copyrighted videos on YouTube? YOUSUEVirgin Earth ChallengeWill an individual or group win the $25 million Virgin Earth Challenge for inventing a commercially viable way of removing carbon dioxide from the earth's atmosphere by the end of 2010?VRGEARTHTransformers Summer Box OfficeWill Transformers be the number one movie of the summer, beating out Spider-Man, Pirates, Harry Potter and the rest of the field? TRANSFCommercial A380 Flight in 2007Will the Airbus A380 successfully complete a commercial flight with ticketed passengers this year?A380FLIESMajor U.S. Hurricane in 2007Will a Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricane make landfall within the U.S. this year?HURICANGas Prices Hit Record HighWill gas prices in the U.S. reach $3.50 a gallon by Labor Day 2007?HIGASEthanol's Long-Term FutureWill the U.S. produce at least 35 billion gallons of ethanol or other alternative fuels in 2017?ETHNOLiPhone Recall in First Three MonthsWill the iPhone suffer a major product recall in the first three months after its release?IPRECALiPhone Hack in First Two MonthsWill the iPhone be hacked to run third-party applications within two months of its U.S. release?IPHACKMadden Most Popular Game of 2007Will Madden Football again be the top-selling console game of the year in 2007?MADDENPlayStation 3 Wins Console WarsWill the PlayStation 3 outsell both the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii by the end of 2009?PS3WINSFuel-Cell-Powered LaptopWill the first fuel-cell-powered laptop go on sale in the U.S. by the end of 2008?FCELLiPhone SalesWill Apple sell more than four million iPhones in 2007?IPSALESLCD vs. PlasmaWill there be more large-screen (40 inches or more) LCD televisions sold in the U.S. than large-screen plasma televisions in Q4 2008?LCDVSPLASiPhone Increases Apple's Computer Market ShareWill Apple's personal-computer market share reach 10 percent by the end of 2007?APPLEPCHD-DVD SalesWill more HD-DVD movies be available than Blu-ray movies by January 1, 2008?HDVSBLUBlu-ray vs. HD-DVD Format WarWill Toshiba stop manufacturing HD-DVD machines by the end of 2009?BLUBY09Major Record Labels Drop DRMWill the other three of the "Big Four" music publishers follow EMI's lead and withdraw copyright restrictions for online music by January 1, 2008?DRMRIPApple UltraportableWill Apple release an ultraportable notebook computer by September 1, 2007?SUBPCLegal Trouble Shuts Down Digg.comWill Digg be shut down by a judge or closed on its own by October 1, 2007, as a result of its ignoring legal warnings about posting the AACS decryption key?DIGGRIPGoogle Overtakes YahooWill Google.com overtake Yahoo.com as the world's most trafficked Web site by the end of 2007?GOOGLFuture of Video DRMWill at least one TV network or major film studio offer some of its video downloads without DRM by the end of 2008?DOWNLDInternet Radio's SurvivalWill increased Web-radio royalty rates be overturned by the Court of Appeals or an act of Congress in 2007?ERADIOGoogle OS by 2010Will Google release a Web-based operating system by the end of 2010?GOOGOSHybrid Cars More Than 40 Percent of Vehicles SoldWill hybrids make up more than 40 percent of the cars sold in the U.S. by 2015?HYBRIDChevy Plug-In Hybrid ProducedWill Chevrolet begin selling a vehicle based on the Volt sequential plug-in hybrid concept by the end of 2010?CHVOLTVirgin Galactic LaunchWill Virgin Galactic start flying paying passengers into suborbital space by the end of 2009?VRGNGALSpaceX Falcon 1 Rocket LaunchWill SpaceX successfully launch its Falcon 1 rocket into Earth orbit by the end of 2007?SPACEXSpace Hotel by 2012Will Robert Bigelow successfully launch the first BA330 space hotel module by the end of 2012?SPCHOTLSpace Tourism SafetyWill Virgin Galactic fly its first ten passenger-carrying missions without a single fatal accident?VRGNFLTSNASA's Orion Capsule in Use by 2014Will the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, NASA's space-shuttle replacement, reach the International Space Station by the end of 2014?ORIONIndia's Manned Mission to the MoonWill India put humans on the moon before NASA puts them on Mars?INDIAMNFour ISS Shuttle Missions in 2007Will NASA, as planned, make four flights to the International Space Station this year?SHUTLV-22 Osprey in Active DutyWill a Marine Corps V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft fly into combat by the end of 2007?V22FLYV-22 Osprey SafeWill the fleet of Marine Corps V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft fly combat and training missions through 2008 without suffering a fatal accident?V22SAFERocket Racing League Starting by 2008Will the Rocket Racing League hold its first race before the end of 2008?ROCKTX-Prize Lunar Lander Challenge SuccessWill anyone win the 2007 Lunar Lander Challenge?LANDRISS Completed by 2010Will NASA finish building the International Space Station by 2010?ISSDONESkydiving Altitude Record BrokenWill a human successfully break the world record for skydiving of 102,800 feet by the end of 2009?SKYDVAndroids Beat Humans in SoccerWill a team of androids beat the human World Cup champs at a game of soccer by 2050?BOTSNFL Allows Medical Use of HGHWill the NFL allow human growth hormone by 2012?NFLHGHStem Cells Cure Major DiseaseWill a stem cell-based cure be found for a major disease by 2015?STMCURE"God Particle" Discovery in the U.S.Will researchers in the U.S. find the "God Particle" before researchers in Geneva do?BOSONBird Flu in North AmericaWill someone in North America contract bird flu by December 31, 2007?H5N1Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs Gain Market ShareWill compact fluorescent bulbs gain at least 10 percent of the U.S. market by 2009?BULBSSolar Storms Cause Massive BlackoutWill a solar storm cause a major blackout in North America in 2007?SOLSTRMU.S. Carbon Trading LawWill Congress pass—and the future president sign—a bill that institutes a market-based system for regulating carbon dioxide emissions throughout the U.S. by 2010?CO2MKT