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For a long while, it was easy to pigeonhole cell phones in three categories: those that don’t work, those that break down, and those that get lost.
Fortunately, technology has improved cell phone performance in the first two categories (although we’re still losing them -- and at $500 a pop for...
Read More | Nov 6th, 2007 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: 31 Days Ago
You guys know how big I am on video game makers as solid stock plays.
But what about video game retailers?
One of the big ones -- GameStop -- has seen its share price double to $58 during the past year. One of the big reasons why is the mushrooming market for used video games, which analysts say...
Read More | Nov 3rd, 2007
Yesterday I laid out the risks and rewards of investing and trading stocks online.
As I said, it's easy to do and actually kind of fun, but like going to Vegas, you have to be able to walk away from the table if you're losing money.
To help you avoid that, if you really want to start trading...
Read More | Oct 31st, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Nov 1st, 2007
My friend and I were texting each other about the Red Sox World Series rout the other night -- way to go Sockies, how to beat 'dem Rockies! -- and, both being Boston natives, were having a grand old time.
My pal won some money on the Series and had a strange question for me. Or maybe my friend is...
Read More | Oct 30th, 2007
Six weeks ago I wrote that video game stocks were going to be a good play for the duration of 2007 - - and probably well into 2008.
As I said at the time, anyone with a 12-year-old boy in the house recognizes the familiar hoots and hollers from the den or playroom, when the kids fire up the Wii...
Read More | Oct 29th, 2007
I haven't spent a lot of time -- okay, "any time" -- talking about the fast-growing biometrics market.
Part of it was ignorance. I didn't know know much about it.
But I'm all amped up on biometrics after reading a new white paper from BCC Research entitled "The Global Biometrics Market".
Any...
Read More | Oct 23rd, 2007
It’s back.
The dot.com bubble, that is. And with it comes a new wave of venture capitalists that are pouring money not just into Internet companies, but in life sciences companies, as well.
And in increasingly larger numbers.
An October article in The New York Times says it all. “Internet...
Read More | Oct 18th, 2007
I've been focusing on consumer electronics a great deal in the past few months; partly because that's where so much of the action is and partly because American consumers have ignored the economic naysayers and have continued to shop and buy cell phones, PDA's, HD televisions, and satellite radios,...
Read More | Oct 15th, 2007
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newsguy in a Nutshell
I live and breathe technology news, it is what turns me on. Sad, but hey I am a news nerd, what can I say? (Read Blog)
Some major corporations, including Intel and Deloitte & Touche, are apparently spearheading a 'no email Friday' concept in order to crack down on non-essential messages, boost productivity and encourage better face-to-face communications between employees. It appears that some companies are even...
Read More | Oct 16th, 2007 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: Oct 16th, 2007
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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)
A study of some 800 workers in the UK, conducted by HP with the help of The Mind Lab, compared working environments to see what impact it made upon productivity and health. The experiment was headed up by cognitive neuropsychologist Dr David Lewis, and involved the creation of a 'battery office'...
Read More | Oct 15th, 2007 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Oct 22nd, 2007
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