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Inside Edge - IT News, Analysis and Opinion

happygeek in a Nutshell

I am a freelance technology journalist from England, and have been for fast approaching 20 years now. For 14 of them I have enjoyed being Contributing Editor with PC Pro magazine, the biggest selling monthly IT publication in the UK. Currently, I hold the title of Information Security Journalist... (Read Blog)

Can Linux save the UMPC from extinction?

Some devices set the world on fire, just ask Apple for details. Others, do not. The UMPC seems to be falling into the luke warm gadget category at the moment, and despite the best efforts of the usual suspects sales of the Ultra Mobile PC remain disappointing. Maybe because nobody knows what the...

Read More | Oct 3rd, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: 18 Days Ago

The truth about Halo 3

Not one to sit back and reflect quietly upon its moments of glory, Microsoft has been making quite a fuss over the record breaking Halo 3 launch. It is, Microsoft insists, the "biggest entertainment launch in history." Sales in the first 24 hours, in the US alone, topped $170 million. More,...

Read More | Sep 29th, 2007 | Comments: 11 | Last Comment: Dec 7th, 2007

IBM reveals a medical Google Earth

IBM researchers have unveiled prototype 3D visualisation software that will enable doctors to interact with their medical data in pretty much the same way they interact with their patients. The technology, known as the Anatomic and Symbolic Mapper Engine (ASME), uses an avatar representation of the...

Smart Phones for the Masses

We've been talking about "upside" in the technology stock sector all week. Hand held devices and memory cards were the sectors at the top of that list, and should stay that way. Another side to the upside discussion is who, exactly, will be buying these products? After all, a lot of traffic in...

Read More | Sep 28th, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Sep 29th, 2007

Fool's Errand: Talking Ourselves Into a Recession

I had to shake my head when I read about the latest GDP numbers today. The news is good, maybe even great for the economy – a 3.8% upward spike in gross domestic product for the second quarter (the numbers were revised from the original GDP estimates, and were light years ahead of the 0.6% GDP...

Read More | Sep 27th, 2007 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Oct 1st, 2007

Hot Sectors: Part II

Yesterday I made my case for the handheld mobil device marketplace, and why strong growth there could well point to some profitable stock plays within that sector in 2008. Today, I'll focus on another potential success story -- removable memory cards. Full disclosure: About all I know about...

Online Customer Service: We Have the Customers, But Where's the Service?

In the customer service game, perception is everything. It can spell the difference between a company recording its annual revenues in black ink or red. I read a story once in USA Today about a guy named John Barrier, who didn’t like the way a bank manager in Spokane, Washington, looked at him....

Read More | Sep 25th, 2007 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Oct 1st, 2007

Looking for a Hot Sector in '08? How About Hand-Helds?

90% of the game on Wall Street is picking stocks that will rise before they actually do. It's not easy. If everyone could do that, then everyone would be doing that. But stock-picking is not easy. It's akin to shooting an arrow at a moving target that you can't even see yet. Hockey legend Wayne...

Read More | Sep 25th, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Sep 25th, 2007

Is Tech Sector "Recession Proof"?

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article out this morning touting a new defensiveness among investors -- and what they plan on doing to protect their portfolios against a possible recession. "With the housing downturn, credit crunch, gloomy employment data and a parade of maudlin...

Companies block unsocial networking sites

According to analysis from web security company ScanSafe, a third of employers are now blocking social networking sites to prevent staff poking each other in the workplace. Amongst its corporate customer base it has seen the number blocking such sites rise by 17 percent from this time last...