Modernomics* – Daily Writings on Technology
a site by Erik T. Kaiser, Design Technologist
Dow turns positive for ’09 – Wall Street ends a mixed week little changed, but investors manage to push the blue-chip average into the plus column for the year. [Via CNN Money] Europe Lags as U.S. Economy Shows Signs of Recovery — There was more evidence Thursday that the United States economy might be stabilizing, [...]
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The digital TV switch happens today, with more than 1 million Americans unprepared for the switch. “When you’re alone like me, that’s my partner,” Patricia Bruchalski, 82, said about her TV.” [Via NPR] I would also guess, that most of the households that are unprepared, are the ones that are the most disconnected–the poor, the [...]
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“The Storm Is Not Over, Not By A Long Shot” An oped this week in The New York Times, talks about the economic situation, and asks a couple of really intriguing questions. The writers, one a broker, the other a retired Wall Street banker, question the simplified PR campaign of the current Administration that hinges [...]
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Donations to nearly every type of charity faltered in 2008, as contributions declined by 5.7 percent last year after adjustment for inflation, according to the new edition of Giving USA which was released Wednesday morning. It was the steepest decline in the history of the survey, which has been conducted since 1956. (You can ask [...]
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In today’s recession-racked economy, penny-pinching is a national pastime. But people are still opening their wallets for smartphones. Sales of BlackBerrys, iPhones and other smartphone models are rising smartly and are projected to increase 25 percent this year, according to Gartner, a research business. Widely anticipated new models like the Palm Pre, which went on [...]
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