Archive for January, 2010
SlopeTracker
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
After recently coming back from spending a weekend on the slopes at Sunday River in Newry, Maine, I decided to look into some skiing and boarding gadgets. I had seen people using their iPods, attaching cameras on their helmets, and even pulling out their Blackberry phones to use as trail maps. I suppose the phone is easier to pull out than a paper trail map that will rip as you open it, but this is just more proof that technology will continue to make its way to the slopes. I am personally against technology on the slopes, but unfortunately, I...
Lexmark Z2420 WiFi Printer
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
In my last article, I predicted wireless peripherals would be taking over the electronic world. Lexmark created a printer to make me look like a true genius. It is the Z2420 WiFi printer.
I was getting film developed at Wal Mart and saw this printer sitting on the shelf. I have been looking for a good printer to work into my wireless network because my other printer is too old to do the job. This one caught my eye because of the WiFi capabilities and the $50 price tag. This was not a tough decision.
As I was unpacking the box,...
CES Week
Monday, January 11th, 2010
This year's CES week was held from January 7th-10th. CES stands for Consumer Electronics Show and is a non-public trade show held each January in Las Vegas,Nevada, and is sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association. It is pretty much a big "geek fest" in which reviews of products are introduced and new products are announced. It is the industry's largest educational forum that helps companies expand their businesses.
Since the first CES took place in New York City in June of 1967, this event has grown ever so quickly. In 1967 there were 200 exhibitors and 17,500 attendees, but since then, this trade show...
Predictions for Coming Years in Technology
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
With the dawn of a new decade during the information age, there is much hope for great things to come. I am going to ramble on as to where I see the trends going. I am not a techno-geek, but as an investor I am always on the hunt.
First, the world of computers. Everything these days has a hard drive. Video cameras, digital cameras, MP3 players and even gaming systems. All of this data costs a lot of money to replace, and many pictures are priceless to the parent of a newborn or the newlywed couple. The trend is...
