Technology

To me, these small TV-attached multimedia devices represent the perfect example of the so-called convergence of computing and multimedia that people have been talking about since the late 1990s. Take a look at what Walt Mossberg has to say…

Here are some links from around the web with an emphasis on the European debt crisis, technology and investing.

Here's the bullish case for shares. I don't think you can sustain this in tech beyond a short-term rally without a robust investment in capital by business. And I suspect that would also mean increased hiring as well.

A cross post by Rick Bookstaber which originally appeared on his blog. My last post posited a future world where technology-driven production and consumption lead to a secular drop in demand, and with it a drop in employment, resulting in…

This one is on the new TSA security pat-downs which are designed to intimidate travellers into the full-body scans. This Act may be cited as the `American Traveller Dignity Act of 2010'. No law of the United States shall be construed…

Since Cicso's miss earlier this month, a lot of people have been talking about technology and capital investment. Cisco said its miss was more about government spending, but we should still ask whether capital spending in the private sector…

The guys at the Wall Street Journal figure this is a win-win for Apple because it is a great marketing tool just in time for Christmas, irrespective of whether one buys Beatles music. (video clip below) For the Citigroup-owned EMI, it…

by David Galland With the news cycle lasting only a few days in this Internet era, the hue and cry over the latest airport security measures will be old news to most of you. However, as I don’t have cable and don’t watch television…

To my eyes, this is looking like a repeat of the Macintosh-PC Wars of the 1990s which Apple lost. On the one side, you have Apple, competing at the high end and very concerned about platform integrity and control, and preventing other…

by Vedran Vuk filling in for David Galland Facebook will certainly be talked about in business books for a long time, but will it be the endless growth story that many predict? With a possible IPO in a few years, I thought to myself,…