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By Jon D. Markman On March 20, 201904:00 PM Eastern
Imagine the possibilities when computing might is no longer tied to the device on your desktop or in your pocket.
That’s the promise when the data center is the platform.
Google became the...
By Jon D. Markman On March 18, 201905:45 PM Eastern
Automation is being sold to us as a panacea.
Removing irrational human impulses is supposed to make planes, trains, automobiles and other machines safer.
Last week, a cutting-edge Boeing 737...
By Tony Sagami On March 18, 201908:55 AM Eastern
If you ever have a chance to attend the Summer Olympics … GO!
I went to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and it was an amazing experience. Warning: Tickets to the most popular events — such as...
By Jon D. Markman On March 13, 201904:44 PM Eastern
Most consumers don’t know it, but they are pawns in a larger debate over privacy.
The popularity of Foursquare — a mobile app that lets users “check in” to locations and recommends other local...
By Sean Brodrick On March 12, 201912:00 PM Eastern
Did you ever see the surfer film “Big Wednesday?” It stars the late, great Jan-Michael Vincent as one of three surfers who experience the ups and downs of life — and surfing — over the years. The...
By Tony Sagami On March 11, 201908:55 AM Eastern
Our future is going to be filled with robots. No, not “Terminator”-type androids. Rather, industrial ones that perform many of the tasks humans do today.
Robot usage is already taking off. In...
By Jon D. Markman On March 8, 201904:00 PM Eastern
Despite a bumpy week, the major indexes are off to their best start to a year in about three decades, up 10% across the board.
So far it looks like stocks are taking a breather within a sturdy...
By Mike Larson On March 6, 201907:55 AM Eastern
Who’s leading, and who’s lagging, in this market? The answers might surprise you for a very simple reason:
Way too MUCH attention is being paid to the losers, while way too little attention is...
By Jon D. Markman On March 4, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Carmakers keep rushing into shotgun weddings, with each bringing a substantial dowry of technology to the marriage.
BMW and Mercedes announced Feb. 27 a new, long-term agreement to pool their...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On March 4, 201907:55 AM Eastern
Anyone who thinks financial Armageddon is far off into the future had better wake up and smell the smoke.
Right now, at least three big fires are burning in Europe, and any one of them could...