Mike Elgan

It's that time of year again! No, not the holidays. It's the season for self-appointed "experts" and "pundits" to freak everybody out with outlandish

The microblogging site Twitteris growing like a weed, threatening to become a full-fledged mainstream phenomenon. A new report by HubSpot called "State of

The industrial revolution didn't arise out of nowhere, and it didn't arise everywhere. It was made possible by the emergence of a set of personal values

The recession is hitting everyone. But print media companies -- newspapers, books and magazines -- are getting hit harder and sooner than most. It's their

It's an article of faith that PCs and consumer electronics always get faster and cheaper at a mind-blowing rate. But that's not really true, is it? Sure,

Consumer technology evolves fast. It's hard to believe that just two years ago, the Apple iPhone, Asus Eee PC, Amazon Kindle and Twitter didn't exist.

I hate to say it, but somebody has to: Satellite radio will come crashing down to Earth within the next two years. The newly merged Sirius XM Radio is

They don't call the day after Thanksgiving "Black Friday" for nothing. It's all about launching the megastores “into the black” – into

Also see: Netbook Smackdown: Compare the Six Top Netbooks And: One Guy, Three Netbooks (a review of three netbooks) Last year I told you the "10 Black

Congratulations to Jeff Han for winning the 2008 presidential race! It's been a long, hard road to victory. Han has been working on this day for years,

There's no such thing as "Internet addiction." The Internet is simply the Mother of All Enablers, providing a medium through which addicts can indulge

A new study published this week by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that cell phones and computers are actually good for “nuclear