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Contrarian Island is a Lonely Place - 2007-05-01
Being a bear on the Street these days is some kind of hard business. While the bears continue to insist that the glass is half full and could shatter into a million pieces at any moment, the markets only race higher. Their dire warnings have turned up as empty as their honey pots.

Sunshine on the DMZ - 2007-04-25
Reunification has long been the watchword in Korean diplomacy. Even through the North's recalcitrance, nuclear proliferation, missile-lobbing, and Viagra counterfeiting, the South has kept a sanguine smile. Make that a cyber-smile, as the Koreas connect in a new way this year.

Meet the Reaper - 2007-04-24
Meet the Reaper. Fully loaded it can carry 3,000 pounds of weapons, including Hellfire missiles and GBU-12 laser-guided bombs. It's the destructive equivalent of an F-15, and it can stay aloft for more than 14 hours when armed to the teeth.

Marketwatch: Feeling Stronger Every Day - 2007-04-19
The broader market averages turned red this morning as the “Shanghai Surprise” Part II roiled the international markets overnight.

Lithium-Ion Batteries Lead the Charge - 2007-04-17
In automotive boardrooms from Tokyo to Detroit the race is not only on, it’s as heated as ever. This time, though, it has less to do with sexy styling and more with something considerably deeper--the very future of the industry.

Future Watch: Reasons for Optimism - 2007-04-10
The future is going to be a very scary place. It'll be dark, grim and even foreboding. At least that’s the story in a piece published in The Guardian yesterday. There will be information chips implanted in our brains, the middle class will finally revolt, and neutron bombs will make the ultimate comeback.

Brits Continue March to Orwell's Vision - 2007-04-05
The dark world envisioned by George Orwell took another small step forward yesterday in his merry old English home. And while it's not quite as terrifying as a trip to Room 101 in the Ministry of Love, it is nonetheless quite gut wrenching in its own right.

Digital Music Unchained and Unleashed - 2007-04-03
A trickle of freedom came down from above to the world of the iPod and its brethren yesterday as Apple CEO Steve Jobs and his cohorts at the EMI Group announced that they would soon begin offering their titles free of the copying restrictions formerly imposed by the label.

Just One Word--Nanotech - 2007-03-27
In the 1967 film “The Graduate,” it may have been the shapely legs of Mrs. Robinson that caught the eye of young Ben Braddock, but it was Mr. McGuire’s sage advice that captured the ears of the investment world.

Apple's Next Evolution - 2007-03-22
By the time the Bruce Springsteen figured out that there was on, the world of television had radically changed. Those old rabbit-eared three-channel sets had long since gone the way of the dinosaurs. An evolved and fifty-seven-headed behemoth now ruled the airwaves.

Microsoft vs. Linux and Dell, Round 2 - 2007-03-13
When it comes to overnight success stories, Michael Dell’s is certainly one for the books. After all, how many 19-year-old college kids manage to rack up nearly $6 million in first-year sales by storming the walls of an industry giant like IBM?

Cisco and the Long Tail - 2007-03-06
Ever since Chris Anderson coined the term “the long tail,” the business world has been abuzz about what the Wired editor managed to uncover. As with Malcolm Gladwell’s “tipping point” before him, the truths that Anderson revealed have taken the conference room by storm--particularly within the tech industry.

Opportunity Amid the Carnage - 2007-03-01
Tuesday morning started just like all of the rest of them: the cat woke me up, my wife had taken all of the covers and the kids were carrying on and getting ready for school. But after tuning into to CNBC in those early morning hours, one thing was perfectly clear - this wasn't going to be an ordinary day for the markets. Dow futures were down over 80 points.

The New Bionic Man - 2007-02-20
For countless evenings during the 70s, Americans found themselves in the iron grip of one Steve Austin, a fictitious but very expensive bionic man. Barely alive due to a fiery crash, the astronaut's life was not only saved, but radically improved.

Tech's Ultimate Bellwether - 2007-02-14
As a longtime watcher of Cisco Systems, I have always known that the tech giant was a bellwether company in more ways than one.

Welcome to the Surveillance Society - 2007-02-07
Out of the smoking ruins of 9/11, a new world emerged. Part scared and part determined, governments around the world are increasingly turning to surveillance of anyone and everyone in hopes of preventing the next attack. And while you may not realize it, your movements are being watched, tracked, and catalogued every day because of it.

Investing in IPTV - 2007-01-31
Wealth Daily Editor Steve Christ reports on investing in IPTV, a digital video stream delivered by Internet protocol which is set to revolutionize television over the next five years

The U.S. Navy's New Plan to Reach Out and Touch Someone - 2007-01-24
When the 16-inch guns of the battleship Iowa fired in anger on our enemies, their firepower was as remarkable as it was deafening. They threw shells the size of a Volkswagen over 20 miles to reach out and pound their adversaries. But compared to the destructive power of future naval guns, those of the Iowa are like the relics that were fired from the tall ships.

The Body Armor of the Future - 2007-01-17
On the nasty battlefields in the Middle East, a soldier’s best friend these days is less his rifle and more likely his body armor. Because without his protective gear, a soldier’s perilous life becomes even more dangerous.

Apple Converges on Vegas - 2007-01-10
Bill Gates may have given the keynote address, but it was Steve Jobs who stole the show on Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas—the world’s largest trade show for gadget freaks.

Gone in a Flash: New Memory Devices Make a Splash - 2007-01-02
In the fast growing world of electronic gadgets, the ruling ethos is really quite simple—if you make it smaller and faster, the world will beat a path to your door. This is especially true of the data storage end of the business, as new technologies begin to compete for a slice of the entrenched flash memory market.

U.S. Fighting Strength to be 1/3 Robotic by 2015 - 2006-12-27
For generations of science fiction writers the idea of robotic hordes ruling the battlefield has been fertile ground for their active imaginations. From “Star Wars” to “The Terminator”, the rise of these machines has been the fodder for some great entertainment. But while these extraordinary machines have captured our imagination in both film and print, the reality of battlefield robots is being played out on battlefields all over the globe.

The Quantum Investor "Person of the Year" - 2006-12-20
Time magazine may have punted their choice of person of the year by lamely choosing "You," but here at Quantum Investor our choice was a whole lot easier. That's because in the course of our work we stumble upon this visionary at practically every turn in the road. His name is Stanford Ovshinsky, and in our minds he is the closest thing to Thomas Edison that we have ever seen.

The Smart Pill's Fantastic Voyage - 2006-12-13
Before there was the “Smart Pill,” there was “The Fantastic Voyage.” That was the 1966 science fiction thriller that featured an amazing trip by a miniaturized submarine and its crew into the body of a comatose spy in order to save his life.

Watching TV on Your Mobile Phone is Closer than You Think - 2006-12-06
Every time my new mobile phone rings, I can’t help but be amazed by it. It’s a Motorola Razr phone, and it is so small that half the time I can barely find it even though it’s usually in my pants pocket.

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