Why You Want an 18.4-Inch Blu-Ray Notebook

Two years ago, you couldn’t buy — and wouldn’t have wanted to buy — one of the new 18.4-inch screen Blu-Ray notebooks. But the world has changed in four ways that produce these systems now ideal for digital nomads. You want one.

The Raw Feed Hits DiggNation

Digg founder Kevin Rose and tech media dude Alex Albrecht mentioned The Raw Feed on a special “hung over” episode of their online show DiggNation.

Media Companies Have Only Themselves to Blame

The recession is hitting everyone. But print media companies — newspapers, books and magazines — are getting hit harder and sooner than most. It’s their own damned fault. Like the US automakers and the music industry, print media companies squandered most of their duration and money during boom ti…

Why You’ll Never See a Real ‘Zune Phone’

A rumor circulating that week says Microsoft will unveil a Zune phone at CES. Most columnists and bloggers who mentioned it said Microsoft should not build a Zune phone, but probably will. My view is that Microsoft should sell a Zune phone, but probably won’t. Why? considering the company simply doe…

North Korea Gets 3G, but Cell Phones Still Banned

North Korea’s shiny new 3G network goes live tomorrow (Monday) in Pyongyang and other major cities. What’s strange is that cell phones are banned in North Korea. It appears that the entire $400 million network was built for the exclusive use of a few hundred elites in the country, which suffers from…

Europe May Tax Feature-Rich Cell Phone Imports

The European Union is considering the concept of re-categorizing cell phones with advanced features like GPS and TV capability as an “apparatus with multiple functions, including mobile telephony.” The reason? That knocks them from the zero to the 14% import-tax bracket.

My $99 Netbook Prediction Came True

I predicted on October 31 that netbooks would soon cost just $99. “The catch?,” I wrote: “You’ll need to commit to a two-year mobile broadband contract. The low cost will come courtesy of a subsidy identical to the one you already get with your cell phone.” Fast forward a month and a half, and the p…

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