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In the wave of post-Jobs decompression over the MacBook Air, its $1,800 price tag and implausibly short battery life, I found this post at ZDNet most entertaining.
The bloggers contend, via the headline, that folks who are complaining that the new machine isn’t particularly usable or affordable — they use the phrase “populist Mac fans,” which […]

I posted a message yesterday to our team collaboration tool asking everyone to remember to push me an e-mail when they post a message or a file.
Of course, a big promise of this kind of software is that it will free us from the flood of e-mail that consumes so much of our professional lives.
Apparently, […]

My first reaction to my new XO Laptop from the One Laptop Per Child project was basically, “Wow, that is neat.”
Same with the IT Business Edge editorial team, as they shuffled around the thing while we figured out how to open the nifty swivel screen that has won so much acclaim. (I feel better after […]

I was glad to hear that the One Laptop Per Child project had extended its program to let consumers purchase one of the nifty devices while donating a second one to a child in a developing country.
Mostly, I was glad to see that the program was actually getting some traction — if my math is […]

This post doesn’t have much to do with technology (except for smartphone cameras, I suppose), but everything to do with the way buyers view value, or more accurately, a really good bargain.
Here is a snapshot taken today of the lines outside the White Castle restaurant a couple of blocks from our home office at IT Business […]