The Universal Cell Phone Charger
How many cell phone chargers have you thrown away in the last ten years? Not sure myself but a French study says that 2-3 million cell phone chargers become obsolete every month. The GSM Association says discarded chargers currently generate more than 51,000 tons of waste per year. Closets and drawers are strewn with old […]
IBM Happenings: January 2009
The month of January started out the new year with a flurry of announcements in hardware, software, services, acquisitions, and strategic alliances. The complete index of IBM Happenings (by year and month) is here. One of the major focus areas for IBM in 2009 will continue to be related to clouds. IBM revealed a comprehensive […]
Kindle 2
The “e-book” — replacing the paper book with something electronic — is not a new idea. Project Gutenberg started in 1971 and now has a collection of more than 25,000 books which have been digitized. Digital books can be read on a PC and there are various software offerings that can enable you to read […]
Gen XV
The 15th Annual Genesys Partners Venture Dinner — Gen XV– Monday night at the Union League Club in New York attracted more than 100 venture capitalists, investors, journalists, entrepreneurs, and industry executives. As always, Jim Kollegger — CEO of Genesys Partners and one of the pioneers of the information industry — was an elegant master […]
In The Clouds — Part 4
I continue to be optimistic — as described in prior stories — about Cloud Computing. A week or so ago, however, a major network outage gave me a cause for pause in enthusiasm. My Internet service provider, Comcast, began having problems at 5 AM in the morning. More than twelve hours later there was still […]