http://www.inveslogic.com/popular/articles/technology Technology - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1105218?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 On today s Squawk Box we had a fascinating discussion with noted academic Jonathan Zittrain about his new book, The Future of The Internet And How To Stop It . Zittrain s central thesis is that we ve gone from proprietary mainframes an... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:12:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1105218?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1105088?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5005868We've been seeing a lot of news lately about fake drugs. It seems so inhumane to be distributing fake drugs to people who may need these life-saving agents. Well, a company called NanoInk is developing som... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:45:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1105088?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1104488?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Housing optimists have systematically misjudged themarket. Some became convinced that the huge runup was justified byfundamentals such as population growth, rising incomes, and landscarcity. And because sharp national housing price declines are so r... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:30:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1104488?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/michael-parekh-on-it/1105046?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 LOOK MA, NO HANDSToday California joins a host of states that make it illegal to drive while using a cell phone in one's hand. While the logic of the move seems reasonable, as we've seen state after state pass this law, there is growing evidence th... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:13:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/michael-parekh-on-it/1105046?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104809?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 There s grim data out today from two sources that track venture capital exits, both of whom noted that not a single venture-backed company went public in the second quarter of 2008. This is a grim news indeed, but not surprising.What s worse is... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:10:01 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104809?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/john-batelles-search-blog/1104969?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Clay Felker, a legend in magazines and journalism, died today. I had to honor to work with Clay Felker for a few years, making magazines and websites as part of my time at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He was in poor health for much ... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:45:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/john-batelles-search-blog/1104969?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1104489?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Lately, I have been playing with Posterous -- a no coding necessary, post by email blog site. Email text, pictures, mp3s, whatever -- Post@Posterous.com -- and it appears like magic. It is absurdly simply to use, and I already see how it is going t... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:30:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1104489?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1104738?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 With the summer blockbuster season officially underway, audiences can expect to see more movie marketing campaigns appearing across all types of media. As an avid Internet user who is behind on my theater-going, I wondered how people engage with onli... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:58:32 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1104738?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1104745?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Bernstein Research analyst Pierre Ferragu today launched coverage of the European telecommunications equipment sector. He is bullish on the networking sector, but negative on devices. Ergo, he launched Ericsson (ERIC) with an Outperform rating, Alcat... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:34:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1104745?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1104377?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Whether AT&T (T) makes a lot of money on the new Apple (AAPL) iPhone may not matter to Sprint (S). What does matter is that the market thinks the No.3 cellular...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and m... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:14:32 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1104377?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104812?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 As the average consumer embraces ever more complex technology, Verizon is offering a series of classes beginning in New York City to show consumers what their PDAs and smartphones can do for them. I m sure many of our readers aren t in need of su... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:46:57 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104812?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1104492?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 For those of us who dwell in that hypothetical construct known as reality, the following E.L. Doctorow keynote address -- critical of ideological fundamentalism of all types -- is a breath of fresh air.Its from the April 2007 joint meeting of the Ame... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:45:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1104492?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/1105014?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Nokia now has three of the Big Four labels signed on for its upcoming Comes With Music service, which is expected to launch later this year. EMI hasn t signed up yet, but apparently it is planning to. Although the terms of the deals are unkno... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:28:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/1105014?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104813?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Many entrepreneurs today have their heads in the clouds. They re either outsourcing most of their network infrastructure to a provider such as Amazon Web Services or are building out such infrastructures to capitalize on the incredible momentum aro... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:19:02 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104813?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/bill-cara/1104504?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 The Business Section of the Toronto Star yesterday ran a well-written story, The Flower Lady Reflects, which should be meaningful to all traders and give them cause to reflect on life as it moves by. Joanne Argante saw her business blossom into a ... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:40:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/bill-cara/1104504?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104815?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 A few minutes after she delivered a speech at our Structure 08 conference in San Francisco, I caught up with Microsoft s corporate VP of global foundation services, Debra Chrapaty, for a video chat. I think a more appropriate title for her would be... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:17:29 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104815?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104816?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 At first we were scratching our heads over the idea that the Dash Express, an Internet-connected navigation device, has a Twitter app given how stupid texting while driving is. Surely tweeting while driving would fall under that category? However... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:52:55 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104816?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104817?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 In planning for last Wednesday s Structure 08 conference, we at GigaOM had our heads in the cloud. We aimed to draw attention to the resurgence of hardware underlying the various software and web services that consumers and businesses now use, and ... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:19:26 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104817?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/fc-now-the-fast-company-blog/1104767?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 After months of lagging behind AT&T [NYSE:ATT] and Verizon Wireless [NYSE:VZ], Sprint Nextel [NYSE:S] is finally showing signs of life. That according to a Wall Street Journal article, which is reporting that the company's new iPhone look-alike, the ... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:24:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/fc-now-the-fast-company-blog/1104767?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1104498?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 As per our earlier discussion: We know health care costs have skyrocketed, that education costs are through the roof, and that Housing doubled over 7 years and has since fallen modestly from those levels (about 15-20%). Then there are the commodities... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1104498?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1104988?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Rhapsody's offering DRM-free MP3s in its store, launching Rhapsody for Verizon, and trying to re-ignite a syndication strategy that has fizzled so far. I wish Rhapsody would be more aggressive with ad-supported initiatives, but the economics are cha... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:08:18 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1104988?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104820?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Get your satire meters cranked up: AT&T has come up with an advertising effort designed to shame you into paying your bills online (thanks, Consumerist). The telecommunications company that got into hot water with warrantless wiretapping is pushing i... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:45:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104820?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mark-evans/1105006?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Now that the dust has settled on Rogers voice/data packages for the 3G iPhone, the question is how badly do Canadians really want the iPhone, and how many of them are willing to pay for the privilege?Casting aside the entry-level $60 plan as a non... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:03:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mark-evans/1105006?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1104500?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Portfolio has an interesting discussion on what they term the He-Said-She-Said economy: Inflation, energy, home prices, and tax rebates. Ordinary Americans and Wall Street professionals are at odds on issues like these and others at the center of ... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1104500?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/feld-thoughts/1104777?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Today's Wall Street Journal has an article titled Tech Giants Join Together To Head Off Patent Suits. It describes the efforts of a new organization named Allied Security Trust who's goal is to buy up key intellectual property before it falls into... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:56:37 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/feld-thoughts/1104777?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/random-rogers-big-picture/1105141?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Over the weekend as I was putting the finishing touches on an article for TSCM I stumbled across a concept that is probably not new, relative to this site, but that I did (by accident?) articulate a little differently.Over the last eight or nine year... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:32:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/random-rogers-big-picture/1105141?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1104442?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Alec s away for the next few weeks and so we have the perfect opportunity to crack Canadian jokes and comment about Alec having a very large TV so that he can watch hockey Seriously, though, here are the links for the shows this week that I ll ... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:32:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1104442?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/networking-stock-blog/1105099?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 During the Internet boom in the latter part of the 1990s, Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) was the king of the must-have stocks, with shares of the maker of telecommunications-networking gear soaring 400% from June 1998 to March 2000.At Friday s cl... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:24:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/networking-stock-blog/1105099?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/john-batelles-search-blog/1104977?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Google knows it has distribution. Distribution is the key to the old school method of media success. Think cable: We have a monopoly on getting programming into homes, so you have to go through us! Therefore, we make shitloads of money. Want more exa... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:01:11 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/john-batelles-search-blog/1104977?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/howard-lindzon/1104900?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Web Video is about to REALLY change and that s awesome at least for Google.Content will matter at least for Google and the content creators it strikes deals with.All those writers that were striking praise Google.Here are the basics accordi... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:54:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/howard-lindzon/1104900?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/michael-parekh-on-it/1105048?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 DEMOGRAPHIC TECTONICSAs a long-time geek on demographic matters, this weekend's New York Times Magazine cover story on the falling birth rates in Europe caught my eye, especially with this bit: Around the time that President Kennedy went to Germany a... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:29:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/michael-parekh-on-it/1105048?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/1105015?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 My choice for this weekend s Big Think post stems from a recent Wired article by Chris The Long Tail Anderson, in which he attempts to argue that the ability to sort through gigantic databases of information something he associates with G... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:19:26 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/1105015?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104821?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Updated From Frankfurt: It has already been a long day! I got up at 3 a.m. to get ready and head to the San Francisco Airport in time to catch my early morning US Airways flight to Charlotte and then connect to Frankfurt and then to Tel-Aviv. US Airw... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:39:36 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104821?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/random-rogers-big-picture/1105142?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Things have obviously been quite stormy in the market of late so what better time for Barron's to interview Peter Schiff. I generally agree with him directionally but do not agree at all in terms of magnitude. The US has quite a few things to overc... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:33:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/random-rogers-big-picture/1105142?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/open-the-future/1105111?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 A few people have asked me what I thought of Karl Schroeder's recent article at Worldchanging, No Time for the Singularity. Karl argues that we can't count on super-intelligent AIs to save us from environmental disaster, since by the time they're p... Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:56:36 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/open-the-future/1105111?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mark-evans/1105008?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 After a short absence, my weekly review of the week that was is back. Here s some of the news, views and other stuff that caught my attention:- Are Twitter users finally ready to abandon ship?Michael Arrington suggests Twitter users - tired of Twit... Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mark-evans/1105008?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/howard-lindzon/1104902?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 1. Stock Broker or Account Depletion Executive2. Janitor or PipeScrubber3. Porn Star or ActorIt s easy to get antsy about job titles and professions. I mean we are all working hard for a living no?But with the death of the executive (Ya... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:06:32 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/howard-lindzon/1104902?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/michael-parekh-on-it/1105050?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 GOTCHA! Given how the underlying technologies have all been going mainstream, it was only a matter of time before we saw a product like this, as Gizmodo explains: There are few things in this world that are more infuriating than getting into a car ac... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:10:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/michael-parekh-on-it/1105050?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1104991?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Way back in 2002, I blogged Let a thousand top-level domains bloom . How about a million? A billion?ICANN wants to allow anyone with the gumption and the tech chops to own their own top-level domain.When we end the artificial scarcity of domain nam... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:46:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1104991?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104823?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 What if there were a way to write and run enterprise applications that you could move from cloud to cloud? And what if that application automatically inherited the best things about that cloud without locking you in?DreamFactory may do just that. And... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:55:56 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104823?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104824?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Before he became a founder, Ian Shea spent eight years at DVR maker (and TiVo predecessor) ReplayTV. During that time, the company went through among other things a massive restructuring, layoffs, bankruptcy and a turnaround before finally be... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:53:54 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104824?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1105167?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 In a remarkably upbeat article, Wired magazine profiles our friend Aubrey de Grey and his organization, the Methuselah Foundation. Less than a decade ago, de Grey was a relatively unknown computer scientist doing his own research into aging. . . Now,... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:57:56 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1105167?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mark-evans/1105009?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 With the iPhone finally making its official appearance in Canada in two weeks, Rogers has unveiled its underwhelming pricing packages - see the chart below.While Rogers proclaims its iPhone voice/data packages start at a reasonably-sounding $60, its ... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:53:36 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mark-evans/1105009?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/john-batelles-search-blog/1104981?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 I miss the luxury of thinking hard about ideas, as we got to when editing Wired, or I got to when writing The Search. This piece reminded me of those glorious times. Of course, Kevin has made an entire career of it. ... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:03:57 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/john-batelles-search-blog/1104981?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1104444?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Jon Arnold subbed for me today, interviewing Jazinga co-founder Shidan Gouran. Jazinga s combination WiFi router / PBX promises to be one of the more revolutionary SMB telephony devices to hit the market in years.No doubt there s a lot of inter... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:54:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1104444?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wi-fi-networking-news/1104350?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Chrysler's in-car Internet $30 per month: The service, announced today but leaked yesterday, will cost about $450 and $35 to $50 for installation, using Autonet's system. The monthly fee is $30. I'm not sure I'm in love with the idea, because at that... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:03:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wi-fi-networking-news/1104350?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/techdirt/1104304?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 You can prove almost anything you want with surveys if you word them correctly. Remember a couple months ago, when we were discussing a study that suggested people in China were happy with the government's regulation of the internet? At the time,... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:34:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/techdirt/1104304?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1104303?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Research In Motion (RIMM) shares are sharply lower this morning after the Blackberry maker last night reported a slight earnings disappointment for the fiscal first quarter ended in May, and projected much higher than expected operating expenses in t... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:34:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1104303?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1104296?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Yahoo (YHOO) today made official what has been an open secret for the last few days: the company is doing another reorg.The company has created three new teams, all of whom will report to President Sue Decker. The Audience Products Division will hand... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:31:20 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1104296?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/silicon-beat/1104267?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 The second quarter closing Monday is expected to be the worst in recent history for initial public offerings, as the stock market continues to face stormy conditions. An estimated 44 IPOs were pulled during the year due to lousy market conditions. An... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:48:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/silicon-beat/1104267?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13