Category Archives: Technology

A Spanish Internet company is selling a million wireless Internet routers for just $5 each. But there’s a catch: Buyers must share their wireless Internet connections with their friends, neighbors, or even total strangers. It’s all part of a daring … Continue reading →

When we teach Marketing in one of our business classes, along with Product, Price, Promotion, Placement we add a fifth "P": Packaging. And when introducing the topic we always use the same example as the paragon of perfection in packaging … Continue reading →

We managed to make it to both days of Boston BarCamp, the non-conference making its way around the country.  Of course, on Sunday we snuck out for just a few minutes, between errands and promises to Norma Yvonne for quality … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON — What preventive health measures would save the most lives for the least money? The top rank goes to taking aspirin daily to prevent heart attacks and strokes in men over 40 and women over 50, according to a … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON — What preventive health measures would save the most lives for the least money? The top rank goes to taking aspirin daily to prevent heart attacks and strokes in men over 40 and women over 50, according to a … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON — Attacks on US computer networks could escalate from mere inconveniences to disasters that ruin companies or even kill people, according to the head of a cyber-security unit working with the government. Scott Borg, director of the Cyber Consequences … Continue reading →

Camcorder accessory manufacturer Bella has just announced a new device that will let you toss those MiniDV cassettes straight out of your bag and replace them with your iPod or nearly any other USB 2.0-compliant storage system. The Catapult, as … Continue reading →

BERLIN, April 25 – Internet users around the world send an estimated 60 billion emails every day and many of these are spam or scam attempts, business leaders said on Tuesday. from Reuters That works out to just over 10 … Continue reading →

It’s getting to be that time again. The old CPU seems sluggish, despite regular maintenance and spring cleaning, and we have access to software our hardware can’t handle. It happens like clockwork, every three years or so, and starts as … Continue reading →

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Half of all malfunctioning products that are returned stores by consumers work just fine, if only the customer knew how to operate the device, a scientist said on Monday. Such product complaints and returns are often caused … Continue reading →

China may be planning to break away from ICANN and the Domain Name System, after creating its own versions of several top-level domains China has announced it is creating a new set of domain names based on Chinese characters.China has … Continue reading →

An interesting article appeared on the front page of the New York Times today concerning the balance between utility and imposition represented by student email to college professors. We are pretty much reading the Times from cover to cover these … Continue reading →