Technology

I am a bit of technophile -- so much so my friends call me "Gadget Man." While I have toned down the bad early adopter purchases, I do still love my gadgets. With that in mind, here is Walter Mossberg doing his thing at the Wall Street…

Here's a little video that should teach you why you need to erase all data permanently before you sell or get rid of any computer, Blackberry or computing device.

Politics As the time for Barack Obama to take office moves ever closer, his policy team is coming into view. Obama has appointed a slew of economic advisors including Tim Geithner, Larry Summers and Paul Volcker. In addition, he looks to…

I need a chance to vent about one company that just released earnings: Yahoo! I worked at Yahoo! for a number of years in a former life. It is a great brand and was a great company. But, the place has clearly been run into the…

This is not a financial sector post but I find it shocking enough that eBay is cutting 10% of its workforce that I had to post this. Now, this could be as unrelated to the current economic malaise as Yahoo's problems and rumored future job…

When we think about outsourcing, we usually think about Call centers in India or manufacturing jobs in China. Well, what about automatic cashiers?I went to the local CVS (Shoppers Drug Mart or Boots for Canadian and British readers) this…

I am on record for expecting a serious downturn after the Tech Bubble crashed in 2001. We muddled through for a few years, but ultimately most of the damage was done and gone by 2004. The Tech Bubble was a bubble of asset prices that had…

As the downturn takes hold in the U.S., the obvious dilemma for investors is knowing which sectors to avoid. Financial stocks are a sector obviously fraught with risk as they have already sustained enormous losses with many more to come as…