WHO Links Cancer to Cell Phones
A couple of days ago, the official party line from the World Health Organization on cell phones was this: "no adverse health effects have been established... Read story
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Twitter Taking Over Photo Sharing
Memo to TwitPic and ImageShack, you're screwed! After a couple of days of fevered rumors, the Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital Read story
Is a Gates Comeback Inevitable?
I think it's possible. However, even more possible, I think, is that a Steve Ballmer departure is inevitable. Last year, I wrote a posting on this... Read story
Intel's Hybrid Cloud for SmallBiz
For many smaller businesses, outsourcing IT to "the cloud" is tempting (read: cheap and easy), but scary (at the mercy of someone else having an outage or... Read story
Start Up to Get Hired Up
Unemployed and can't get arrested? You're not alone in this economy. In fact, millions are in the same boat. We all know someone who has been laid off, to... Read story
Neurologists: Apple Triggers Religious Reaction
Once again, science is confirming what we have always suspected. This time, after years of referring to Apple's customer base as the "cult of Mac" or "cul... Read story
Microsoft's Mobile Division is Immobile
I'm picturing what it must be like at Microsoft HQ in Redmond, Washington, these days. First, consider the Xbox divison that Read story
NextGen Resume: It's an Infographic
For most of the the thousands of college students getting their sheepskins this month and next, the months to come will likely be a soberin... Read story
Rethinking Overseas Outsourcing
Both China and India each have a new set of privacy laws expected to go into effect in the near future. In both cases, the new laws will turn ou... Read story
Weasel Alert: FCC Commish Joins Comcast
Earlier this year, the FCC approved the merger of Comcast and NBC with a four to one vote among its panel of commissioners. One of the four commissioners ... Read story
Google Chromebook: Gamechanger?
Google clearly thinks so! Google announced this week that it will be launching a new sort of netbook called a "Chromebook" on June 15th. I say sort o... Read story
Orwellian Watch: Mandatory Data Retention
Awkward! During a Senate hearing prompted by outrage that Apple has been storing information on the locations of its mobile customers, deputy assistant at... Read story
Your Hot Air: Battery Charger?
The more you talk on your cell phone, the faster your battery runs down - right? Imagine talking into your mobile device with the opposite effect - chargi... Read story
What's Your Tablet Habit?
We all know they are selling like hotcakes. But the touchscreen tablet is such new technology, we're still not sure exactly how people are using them once... Read story
Gmail Ups To 25k Contacts
This could be a winner for some small businesses or self-employed consultants that rely on Gmail. You can now store up to 25,000 contacts in a single acco... Read story
Blackbery Servers Go Multi-Platform
Me thinks that Research In Motion sees the writing on the wall: Blackberry will ultimately not win the smartphone or tablet wars. Today in Orlando, RIM an... Read story
SCOTUS Backs AT&T: Everyone Loses
There's pro-business and then there's pro-oligarchy. Our current Supreme Court, I believe, has crossed that line. This just in, companies have a new looph... Read story
Birth of an Urban Myth
I don't know how urban myths made it before the Internet. I can't think of anything that has flourished more from it. There's a story being widely reporte... Read story
The After Easter iPhone 4
I thought my mama only meant shoes when she taught me the "white after Easter, black after Labor Day" rule. It appears Apple will be applying Mama's manne... Read story
Keep An Eye On EBay
EBay has gone shopping again. This time it's buying a little company called Where. Where is a location-based software company that develops apps for all t... Read story
Tablet Wars: Intel Joins Game
For years, PCs were often referred to as Wintel machines. The "tel" coming from Intel's role as Windows's preferred chipmaker-in-chief. Now, here we are w... Read story
Dropbox Hits 25 Million Users
And it did it all without spending a penny on advertising. Dropbox, the cloud-based file-syncing and file-sharing startup, is clearly one of this yea... Read story
USB 3.0 Ten Times Faster
Intel confirmed this week that it's next generation of chipsets (Ivy Bridge) will also support the next generation of USB (Version 3.0). And all of it wil... Read story
Cisco Kills Flip Camera
Flip Camera, your fifteen minutes are up. Just a couple of years ago, it was the VW Bug of Camcorders. I got one. It was so cute, I wanted to hug it. Then... Read story
Yuck: Ad-Subsidized Kindles
Amazon has announced it will begin selling an ad-supported version of its Kindle e-reader starting May 3. The "Kindle With Special Offers" will sell for $... Read story
Small Businesses on Facebook: Helpful?
According to a new survey put out by Merchant C... Read story
Tablet Prices Too High - Duh!
The Motorola Xoom has been out for about two months now and has sold an estimated 100,000 units. Whether this is considered a success or not is a matter o... Read story
Android's Elephant in the Room
A new survey released this week shows that a significant number of Android developers are unhappy campers. Here's why... The survey, put out ... Read story
Facebook: Convert Personal to Business
Here's a frustrating dilemma: having 500, a thousand-plus Facebook friends and the prospect of zero fans on your new Facebook business page. If only you c... Read story
Timeout To Honor Paul Baran
Paul Baran didn't exactly invent the Internet. He would have been the first person to tell you that. I'm sad to report that Mr. Baran passed away over the... Read story
Back To Bricks And Mortar?
If you're reading this blog, chances are you are a small business owner or self-employed professional (at least that's our target audience - others welcom... Read story
The Way The Cookie Crumbles
Paid search marketing efforts have a big problem. It should come as no surprise that users of all those lovely Apple devices, like the iPhone, iPad a... Read story
Guess Who's Buying T-Mobile
AT&T will soon be leapfrogging over Verizon to become the biggest wireless carrier in the United States after announcing today (Sunday) that it will b... Read story
Why Netbooks Are Doomed
Remember back in 2009 when netbooks were selling like hotcakes? Well, those days are gone and now tablets are selling like hotcakes. It begs the question,... Read story
Quake-damaged Cables Impacting Communications
Some of the undersea cables off the coast of Japan shared by the world's telecomm companies have suffered significant damage from the 8.9 earthquake ... Read story
iPad 2's Bleeding Technology
Early adopters of the iPad 2 have only had the weekend to play with their new toy. That was enough time for the first reports of possible defects to come ... Read story
Two New Social Analytics Suites
As many companies have learned the hard way; ignore the social web at your own peril. There are a number of "listening platforms" out there. This week, tw... Read story
Finally: White iPhone 4 A'Coming
The long national nightmare is coming to an end, Apple-istas. The white iPhone 4 will finally be available in a matter of just a few weeks. So, who's gett... Read story
The Post PC Era
There's a debate going on about tablets. Are they actually PC's? Steve Jobs says "no". Last week when he showed up off medical leave to introduce the iPad... Read story
Yipes: Windows Tablet For 2012
Apple now has the iPad 2. Research in Motion has its Playbook. Google has a plethora of Android tablets, including the Motorola Zoom getting so much atten... Read story