Business Technology

Earnings reports for tech companies reveal insight on the state of spending and the overall economy.

Magazines, like the rest of the media, are thought to be in trouble. This is especially bad news for the conversation on which democracy depends. For magazines are the place where news is put in perspective, analyzed, considered in context and in depth.

Communications regulators on Tuesday will unveil a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy. Their aim: to bring affordable, high-speed Internet connections to all Americans and make access much faster for people who already have broadband.

A half-century ago, after Russia jolted Americans by sending Sputnik into orbit, the Defense Department launched a little-noticed program designed to help the United States leap-frog the frontiers of technology by doling out millions of dollars for research on radically new ideas.

For airline passengers, the attempted Christmas Day attack and a directive by President Obama to pursue advanced screening technology will certainly mean added security procedures at airports. So for high-tech companies, the increased focus on airport security means new opportunities to land hefty government contracts.

Hundreds of thousands of us send out email newsletters on a weekly (or monthly) basis. We send these out to dozens, hundreds, thousands of customers (or others) in the hopes that they are doing some good.
Guess what? Too often they are useful pieces of digital trash, strewn in someone's email box, quickly deleted or never even read.

Lawyers and accountants are great and very much needed, but without a great technology adviser you won't know how to do more in less time, save money and overall be more productive using technology as a tool to grow your business.

What happens if you wake up one morning and find that your zip code has been deemed a pandemic area for the swine flu and that no one can get in and no one can go out. Would your business suffer?

I've been a long time Verizon Wireless and Treo Palm User but when T-Mobile released its HTC T-Mobile Touch Pro2 I jumped at the chance to review it.If you like touch screen cell phones you'll love the HTC Touch Pro2.