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This thing is pretty cool. Steve Jobs definitely is staying ahead of the pack with the new iPad. It's the same price as the old one but with a dual processor ad faster graphics, dual cameras and all the bells and whistles. Here's a spec…

Interview with Michael Whalen In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we speak to Michael Whalen, Emmy award winning composer and new media observer, about the outlook for the business of creating and delivering content. …

This is the third year I have featured the Danish Saxo Bank's outrageous predictions list. They are meant to be true outliers and not actual predictions, so don't expect them to hit 10 for 10 or even 7 for 10. The point of the list is to…

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…

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…

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…

Apple had a blowout quarter on sales of iPhones and iPads when they reported after the bell. Steve Jobs went absolutely ballistic on Google during the conference call. His message: "We think Android is very, very fragmented and…

Below is a video of Google CEO Eric Schmidt talking to the Wall Street Journal about a wide range of issues including Apple, Facebook, Search, Privacy, Competition, Anti-trust and Net Neutrality. In describing the video, the Wall Street…

"I've been waiting for you, Obi-wan. We meet again at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but the learner. Now I am the master." "You don't know the power of the dark side!"

Happy Thursday. Here are a few videos to liven up your morning (warning: strong language). Hat tip Scott. Also see Best Buy Trying To Fire Employee Over Those Hilarious EVO Versus iPhone Videos from Tech Crunch. And here's the latest…