Last year, as I do every year, I made some predictions about what would be coming in 2010 regarding high tech and computers. Here’s how I fared:

Here’s a quick prediction for 2010: The mindless dorks who have said “oh eight” to refer to 2008 and “oh nine” to refer to 2009, will continue with saying “oh ten” for 2010.

Result: WRONG. Though they started doing “oh-ten,” my new pet peeve is people who still refer to the year as “two thousand ten.” And people will refer to 2011 as “two thousand eleven” instead of the quick “twenty eleven.” Though I hope by the end of next year people are into the “twenty” thing instead of “two thousand.” It’s been a long time coming.

There might be an Apple Tablet. The iPad? iSlate? It’s going to be a bigger iPhone, though it may not have cellular abilities. If it’s what I’d like it to be, then it will be a television for the 21st Century. There will be apps but also video programs. One thing is for certain: Steve Jobs won’t let an Apple Tablet ship unless it’s “insanely great.”

Result: CORRECT, but Jobs said “magical” instead of “insanely great.” There must be something to be said for going from insane to magic. Still, I got the name correct: iPad. The pundits and bloggers were claiming it would be the iSlate.

Selfishly, I hope that a new line of Mac Pro computers comes out.

Result: CORRECT, though the Mac Pros didn’t come out until nearly September. That was a long wait for me, and disappointing as well. I ended up buying an iMac instead of a new Pro.

It would also be nice if Apple offered some new displays.

Result: CORRECT, though only one display is being offered.

Office 2010 will come out, though I get no credit for making this prediction.

Result: CORRECT, but it was silly. Office 2010 is really ho-hum. I think Microsoft has finally burnt the Office candle down to the base.

If Apple does announce a tablet computer, then I expect Microsoft to announce Tablet Windows or some such similar nonsense. Maybe Microsoft will announce the Zune tablet. Heh, heh. Zune: The Lite Beer of MP3 players.

Result: WRONG, as far as I can tell. Instead, we see Android tablets coming out. I missed the Windows Phone fiasco.

New case designs! It’s about time, and I’ve seen some revolutionary designs over on Gizmodo. It would be nice if they finally hit the floor. Maybe Apple will lead the way with the new Mac Pro case?

Result: WRONG. No one cares about PC cases, apparently.

Also, if Apple does do a Tablet, and they do it right, it will lead to the death of the Kindle. I don’t believe that the Kindle, or other eBook readers, are doing as well as the propaganda machines would like us to believe.

Result: WRONG. The Kindle still sells well, mostly because it’s about 1/3 the price of Apple’s spendy iPad. Also, Amazon is being wise and selling a Kindle app as well. That’s a good strategy.

My off-the-wall prediction: The return of the virus. Malware still exists, and I believe the Bad Guys are always thinking. They may finally succeed next year with a good, old fashioned, long-overdue, virus attack. I don’t hope it happens, but if it does, then I can boast about predicting it!

Result: CORRECT. There was an old-fashoined virus attack this year. It used human engineering to successfully get fools to disable their anti-virus software. It wasn’t exactly what I predicted, but it was a big viral outbreak that wasn’t really expected.

Tune in Friday for my predictions for 2011.