I give a quick, 3-minute overview of the top gadget trends that we predict will dominate CES — and the consumer electronics industry in 2010.

You can imagine that Barnes & Noble, with 774 stores scattered across suburban strip-mall America, finally got fed up with the way Amazon’s Kindle dominates the e-book market.
“I know,” some B&N exec must have said. “Let’s pull an Apple move on their sorry asses!” The result: a nearly buttonless e-book reader that has a color [...]

When the zombie apocalypse hits, you’ll want to have a copy of Wikipedia with you. And you’ll want to make sure it works even if the power is out, cellphone and internet connections are nonexistent, and you’re hunkered down in a remote cave. That way, you’ll be able to consult the sum of all human [...]

I’ve been testing the Verizon Droid for the past few days, and it’s an awesome phone.
But even though I’m eager to ditch my iPhone and eighty-six AT&T, I’m not going to switch to Verizon for the Droid.
Don’t get me wrong: I am very impressed with what Motorola has built. In my mind, the Droid and [...]

Sept. 24, 1979: First Online Service for Consumers Debuts

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s unsurprising affirmation of support for network neutrality is a victory for the high-minded principle of open, unfettered internet access. Too bad it means the days of all-you-can-eat, flat-rate internet access are probably over.
Net neutrality sounds like a good idea. After all, it’s the internet’s openness to any and all users, applications [...]

These are a few sites I thought were interesting from October 29th through October 30th:

Wired.com Product Reviews – Get in-depth tech news coverage from Wired and read about how it is shaping culture, education, entertainment, communications and technology.
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Banjo used in brain surgery – best headline I’ve seen this [...]

These are a few sites I thought were interesting from October 23rd through October 28th:

scottberkun.com » Essay #59 – How to pick a president – Six good suggestions near the end, including reading the Constitution & Bill of Rights
Kevin Kelly — The Technium — Evidence of a Global SuperOrganism – Big thoughts from KK about [...]

These are a few sites I thought were interesting from October 21st through October 22nd:

The Food Issue – An Open Letter to the Next Farmer in Chief – Michael Pollan – NYTimes.com – Long, detailed piece about how we’re entering a global food crisis — with a detailed prescription for what to do about it
Gadget [...]