The Revival of Silicon Creativity

-March 6, 2008

In the 1960's Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, made the lofty statement that semiconductor companies would continue to double the number of transistors they could fit on a chip every 2 years. Now known as Moore's Law, this phenomenon has held eerily true for decades. It was also the main driver behind the growth in the semiconductor industry. Semiconductor behemoths like AMD and Intel have been in a relentless race to continue making their ......Read More

Blockbuster Goes Mobile

-November 29, 2007

According to Reuters, Blockbuster is trying to form partnerships with all the major handset manufacturers to develop better ways of offering videos on cell phones. James Keyes, Blockbuster’s CEO, would pretty much try anything at this point to save the ailing brick and mortar stores that used to make up the heart of Blockbuster’s business. Everybody knows that few people are walking to the store to rent videos when they can get on-demand ......Read More

Garmin and TomTom Beware

-December 5, 2007

Garmin and TomTom have been solid leaders in the GPS navigation space. It’s comforting to have a device that will safely guide you to a gas station, a McDonald’s, or a house in that neighborhood with no street signs. TomTom will even let you transfer Google Maps data from your computer to your car. However, harsh reality is setting in. Mobile navigation via cell phone is about to blow away the navigation ......Read More

Earth Class Mail: Now depositing checks right from your mailbox

-December 27, 2008

Earth Class Mail offers a unique service where you send your mail to a specified address (a distribution center) and then review it online. You receive a digital notification for every piece of physical mail that you get. You can look at each item and have it either opened and displayed online (by automated robots and scanners), shredded and thrown out, or forwarded to a physical address (wherever you happen to be at the ......Read More