I remember reading that article, I remember downloading that Pointcast thingie & I also remember being completely left in the cold because the only crap being pushed down my throat was US-centric.
If you leave aside the fact that they're talking about Pointcast, the article gets a lot of things right in terms of what is now possible with RSS feeds, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, NetFlix, Hulu...
LOL, Kiss your browser goodbye. When they say "The browser becomes invisible by becoming ubiquitous" I bet they weren't thinking the browser might be the only application on your system.