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We actually are seeing a large number of turnarounds going on in the industry, and all are overshadowed by President Obama's effort to turn around the country. Last week's vote on the stimulus package would indicate things aren't going well for Obama because, while it passed, all Republicans voted a...
Gone are the days when "fringe technologies" meant things like solar energy and wind power. Those and other alternative energy approaches have all gone mainstream, to one degree or another, and they're gaining more steam. However, the fringe is still out there -- so-called alternative-alternative en...
Candidate Barack Obama promised to lift Bush Administration restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. Two days after he became President Obama, the government gave its approval for the first-ever human trials using therapies derived from this controversial area of science. Geron, a Menlo Park, C...
When it comes to Web 2.0 tools and your business Web site, there's a time and a place for everything. Web master wannabes with businesses to run often go overboard with the plethora of social networking tools at their disposal and end up wasting a lot of time and effort on frivolous undertakings. "I...
When Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States this week, he promised that his administration would "restore science to its rightful place." Whether reality will fit the rhetoric remains to be seen, and there are reasons to be both optimistic and a little wary. In his inau...
New York City has unveiled a new state-of-the-art information center designed to help both residents and tourists explore New York City through interactive maps and 3-D views of the city's five boroughs. Designed with Google Maps, the interactive facility is focused on cultural events, museums, dini...
Hybrid cars now produced by Toyota, Honda and other mainstream automakers are veritable gas hogs, says Felix Kramer, founder of California Cars Initiative. Not that he doesn't appreciate the technology that has led to mileage ratings in the range of 40 to 50 miles per gallon of gasoline. Still, that...
Barack Obama has made it as clear as a 1080p high-definition image that he intends to be the Digital President. He used online fundraising, Facebook, text messages and YouTube to get elected, and he has an ambitious agenda that calls on technology to create jobs, clean up the environment and bring t...
The landmark inauguration of Barack Obama as president of the United States Tuesday drew an estimated 1.8 million spectators to the Mall in Washington, D.C. Online, many more followed the pomp and circumstance online at their favorite social networks. Facebook teamed with CNN.com to provide simultan...
In an almost surreal scene, unprecedented numbers of euphoric people are mobbing America's capital city to celebrate a new hope for a beleaguered nation. It is a celebration so huge that the bounds of reality cannot hold it in. For the very first time, the inauguration of a new president will be tru...
YouTube has started to dabble in downloadable videos, offering a new download option for President-elect Barack Obama's ChangeDotGov channel on YouTube. Some of the videos, particularly the "Weekly Address" series, now sport a "Click to download" link below the play button. Previously, all videos we...
Both Steve Jobs and Apple are unique -- well, almost -- in the technology market. Most companies spend their money on lots of product choices and hope to hit a sweet spot for a customer; Apple spends its money on marketing and design and drives customers to the sweet spot it creates. Most CEOs focus...
It's a question fit for the asking in Seattle, home to some of the world's software, gaming and e-commerce giants: If technology is supposedly one of the villains threatening the nation's newspaper industry, can technology also ride to the rescue of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer? I'm asking the que...
Like every chief executive before him, President-elect Barack Obama will be making personal sacrifices as he assumes the role of U.S. president. He won't be able to stroll down a beach without the world watching. He will likely worry over how his daughters will adjust to living in a fishbowl. He may...
Scientists at IBM Research, along with researchers the Center for Probing the Nanoscale at Stanford University, say they have developed and demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging technology with volume resolution 100 million times finer than conventional MRI. Results of the demonstration were publi...
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