Today, I was thinking about what is behind the relentless surge in counterfeiting beyond the obvious motivation of greed. I couldn't help but think about the intellectual drive and challenge that made hacking, which was initially an insider sport, evolve into the very real and present threat of cyberterrorism. I doubt if the first hackers…
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The problems technology creates are most often solved with other technological innovations. During this process, not only do existing conflicts get resolved, but new market opportunities emerge and entrenched power brokers are sometimes stripped of the fleeting chokehold they have over the industry. Such a development is happening now in the production of titanium as…
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This is the inaugural post from noted electronics-industry career consultant Ruth Glover, who will offer insight and information about how you can engineer your career. I might not have read The Start-Up of YOU, if I hadn't attended a “by invitation only” LinkedIn presentation in Dallas recently. With 100+ degree temperatures, I trudged into the…
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The complexity of global supply chains — and the potential dangers therein — is perhaps best exemplified by Apple and Samsung. These two smartphone giants generate billions of dollars in revenue each quarter, but each could potentially be losing a billion dollars every quarter if they aren't properly managing their revenue. The global supply chains…
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Irvine, Calif. — Back-up cameras seem almost quaint today, even though the technology is just moving into the mainstream automotive market. That's because there's a sense that technology is catching fire really quickly in automotive design, and not just at the high end. But what does this mean along the supply chain? We know automotive…
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IBM Corp. says it wants to help manufacturers build smarter supply chains. It's a worthy goal and one the company is pursuing with zeal as it expands its non-hardware offerings in continuation of a reorganization program that has seen the company exit the PC manufacturing market. To achieve this objective, manufacturers can also glean some…
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Hello, my name is Adrienne, and my son is a video game addict. He's only eight, but he loves games for iOS devices, the Wii, Xbox 360, and online Flash games. But the game that has inspired the most “gotta-have-it” mania — and the most dollars leaving our pockets — has been Skylanders. If you're…
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BARCELONA, Spain — An estimated 70,000 people — mobile executives, analysts, app developers, tech geeks, and industry watchers — have descended again on Mobile World Congress here to Barcelona for a few days to talk shop and wheel-and-deal. They're also trying to figure out — in this very noisy environment — what it all means.…
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I am even more convinced today that we live in a cocoon in the United States, self-insulated from developments and — surprisingly — technology innovations in other parts of the world. How else can we explain the hoopla about the “smart watch” {complink 379|Apple Inc.} is reportedly developing to “bring technology closer to the consumer…
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Brooklyn, N.Y. — Part of my Sunday routine is yelling at the television set while reading The New York Times. The Times part is an American tradition; the yelling is always at David Gregory, hapless replacement for Tim Russert as host of Meet the Press . I suspect weekly that Gregory is a Trojan horse…
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