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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:41 AM/EST
Geek Chic: Hotspots for Summer Vacationsby Tony Kontzer Any self-respecting geek knows a good summer getaway isn't built around Disneyland or the Grand Canyon or Hawaii, places where the normal, non-techie throngs gather. Instead, it's about someplace quirky or scientific or laden with fantasy. Someplace...
Monday, June 29, 2009 10:45 AM/EST
About That Virgin-Google Collaborationby Tony Kontzer Two weeks ago, I wrote about Virgin America's and Google's joint plans to promote cloud computing through what they were touting as the world's first online scavenger hunt. I'm here to report that the Day in the...
Monday, June 29, 2009 10:38 AM/EST
Sir Tim Tackles Online Governmentby Tony Kontzer It's been quite a few months for World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee. First, in April, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. A week later, he was one of six faculty...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:15 AM/EST
Goodbye Kodachrome, Hello Cloud Computingby Tony Kontzer Eastman Kodak's decision to stop producing its Kodachrome film stock after 74 years is the proverbial nail in the coffin, signaling an unofficial end to the film era. Once considered the pinnacle of photographic technology, with unparalleled...
Monday, June 22, 2009 10:54 AM/EST
Remaking Mediaby Tony Kontzer The Internet long has been referred to as a "disruptive" technology, meaning it had the potential to displace existing paradigms, alter the course of technology, and change the way people interacted with technology. On all counts, the...
Monday, June 22, 2009 10:46 AM/EST
Computer Bugs, Literallyby Tony Kontzer A message to all you technologists out there who feel hamstrung by tight budgets, skeleton staffs, and uncertain futures: You could be playing Dr. Frankenstein with federal funds instead. Really. The Pentagon is upping the stakes on...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:18 AM/EST
The Revolution Will Be TwitterizedSorry, Twitter-haters, but the microblogging service has a new fan: the State Department, which reportedly urged Twitter's managers to delay scheduled downtime because tweets from Iran are providing critical intelligence on the situation there. I can't believe I'm still arguing...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:45 AM/EST
SAP Decides to Go to the Promby Tony Kontzer When I was a senior in high school, I was not a member of the "in" crowd. In fact, my friends and I mocked the "in" crowd for being superficial and trendy, and we knew (hoped?) that...
Monday, June 15, 2009 10:32 AM/EST
Is Google the Next Halliburton?by Tony Kontzer In the latest issue of Funny Times (a collection of left-leaning cartoons and columns), there's a drawing of a man with his finger lodged up his nose, and the caption reads, "Oops! Is big brother watching?" Only...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:46 AM/EST
The Case Against TelecommutingAn exec makes his case against telecommuting: "But if someone in the Missoula, Mont., office wants to work from home without a very good reason, I have a simple answer: No. And if we're hiring, we prefer to recruit people...
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