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December 20 to 31, 2005
A "laptop battery breakthrough" enables more precise readings of battery life, implications for all gadget types: http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/29/
business
/battery.htm...
April 11 to 17, 2005
New physics chips are taking reality simulation to the next level: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/
business
technology/2002237485_btvideophysics11.html?syndication=rs...
April 4 to 10, 2005
An interview with the CEO of the last pinball machine manufacturer on Earth...
Did you know that in 2000, EPA-banned GMO corn was found in Taco Bell tacos, which could produce anaphylactic shock? Here's more on how corporations are surreptitiously introducing GMO into th...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
Meanwhile, high gas prices are affecting small
business
es, farmers...
March 21 to 27, 2005
Viral marketing is huge these days. In this article are a few dos and don'ts of viral marketing: http://www.wired.com/news/
business
/0,1367,66960,00.htm...
Environment Hawaii, an independent, nonprofit, award-winning publication that has been around for nearly 15 years may be going out of
business
due to lack of financial support. It's the last 100...
At last, "rising gas prices threaten viability of biggest SUV sales". Note that many Americans are still buying inefficient vehicles and driving them farther to boot...
March 14 to 20, 2005
This photographer is doing a booming
business
capturing 144 megapixel photos - they're so sharp that a picture of an entire building can be used to inspect cracks...
February 28 to March 6, 2005
Howard Stringer becomes Sony's first non-Japanese CEO, after five years of stock declines and poor
business
decisions. The beginning of the end was circa 1998, when the mp3 community (then a loos...
Ira Rennert's house was featured on VH1 this week. It's the largest in the world, containing over 100,000 square feet worth of structures, 30 bathrooms, and its own power plant. He owned the compan...
February 21 to 27, 2005
The Continuing iPod Phenomenon http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050221/
business
05/502210302/103...
Here's a brilliant
business
and innovative social practice - I haven't heard of any historical precedents for this social role. The
business
is "Wingwomen", where shy bachelors pay $50 an hour fo...
People using T-Mobile services (like Paris Hilton, who had her personal address book posted all over the net this week) should realize how incredibly easy they are to hack...
January 24 to 30, 2005
It's time for Hawaii to promote innovate mixed-use
business
es that foster community development. Mentioned last week was the concept of "bike stations", which could be placed next to mas...
Or how about emulating the
business
model of San Francisco's Brainwash, a successful cafe-and-laundromat that also sells t-shirts and hosts local musicians as well as comedy nights? They've got a We...
All about the new spacesuit of the future, now under development at MIT. It looks nothing like those suits in "2001"...
The 101 dumbest moments in
business
. Number three: the chairman of gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson was forced to resign after it was discovered that he spent 15 years in prison for a string of arme...
January 17 to 23, 2005
The dollar is so weak internationally that drug dealers are now doing
business
in Euros...
December 13 to 19, 2004
A gamer buys a piece of virtual land for $26,500. I should enter the virtual holy cheese sandwich
business
...
December 6 to 12, 2004
Restaurants are installing fake phone booths for use by cell phone users to minimize noise pollution: http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/
business
/10345833.ht...
November 29 to December 5, 2004
Amazon.com is selling more electronics than books: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/
business
technology/2002105349_amazon01.htm...
November 22 to 28, 2004
The chief economist at MorganStanley predicts that America has a 90% chance of an economic "armageddon", citing a number of "alarming facts"...
November 15 to 21, 2004
The latest developments regarding the potential move of the Leslie A. Hicks Power Plant near Aloha Tower. Perhaps a "grand" park is not warranted, but it would at least be nice to see a greener mix o...
Why doesn't someone in Hawaii go into the LIDAR 3D mapping
business
? Hollywood pays millions for LIDAR 3D models for use in movies, and to date there are no models of the islands...
New
business
es are sprouting up to meet demand for the new Firefox browser, now used by 19% of users according to some...
November 8 to 14, 2004
"I want to tell you how much Japanese
business
man is tired....
November 1 to 7, 2004
"Ag-tourism becomes $35 million
business
for Hawaii...
October 18 to 24, 2004
"Microsoft's Worst Nightmare" http://www.
business
2.com/b2/web/articles/0,17863,714129,00.htm...
"The Man Who Could Have Been Bill Gates" http://www.
business
week.com/magazine/content/04_43/b3905109_mz063.ht...
"Humans Aren't So Complicated" http://www.wired.com/news/
business
/0,1367,65382,00.htm...
October 11 to 17, 2004
A great interview with Steve Jobs on true innovation: http://
business
week.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2004/nf20041012_4018_db083.ht...
October 4 to 10, 2004
The State of Hawaii just launched the "Hawai'i
business
Express", which allows one to start a
business
easily online via all the relevant departments. Unfortunately, ending a
business
is still ...
September 20 to 26, 2004
Hawaii's special-effects industry has some heavy hitters. Kai Bovaird, who set up a local shop, made effects for the Matrix. "There's definitely skilled people (in Hawaii) but you need serious an...
A new
business
model for artists! Green Day sells blank recordable CD-Rs with album designs...
September 13 to 19, 2004
A new travel survey "found Hawaii consistently fell below most competitor destinations in offering good value for the money and unspoiled beauty. Also, Japanese visitors did not view the islands a...
The Oprah car giveaway made a lot of money for GM. It's a sign of new types of promotions to come! http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=
business
News&storyID=623604...
September 5 to 12, 2004
Levis closes its last American factories: http://www.mcall.com/
business
/local/all-levissep10,0,1729336.story?coll=all-
business
local-he...
August 22 to 29, 2004
"RSS Attracts Really Serious Money" http://www.wired.com/news/
business
/0,1367,64716,00.htm...
New efforts in developing flying cars: http://www.
business
week.com/technology/content/aug2004/tc20040825_4462_tc119.ht...
August 15 to 22, 2004
A new
business
model for healthcare: "same-day" doctors...
August 8 to 14, 2004
A great
business
model for online publishing - "fast turnaround e-books"...
Facing competition from Wal-Mart, the #1 toy seller, Toys 'R' Us may go out of
business
...
Are
business
es starting to get the clue about global warming...
August 2 to 8, 2004
Topic of the Week: Supporting Local Arts and Designs Hawaii is one of the toughest states for those involved in the arts to make a living. The word on the street is that Studio One, a popular galler...
4) Implement arts-specific loan programs and small-
business
assistance...
The new, groovy world of open-source
business
models...
June 21 to 27, 2004
The (relatively new) RoadRunner
business
-class services are not only competitive with
business
-class DSL now, but are actually cheaper as the bandwidth gets bigger (Hawaii prices) - you get bette...
Second, the Carlyle Group is looking to buy Verizon Hawaii - this is just part of their recent massive purchases of telecoms in the Pacific region. The deal is "complex", as it involves a number o...
If you've seen Fahrenheit 9/11, you know who the Carlyle Group is - the largest private defense contractor in the world and one of the most powerful companies that most people have never heard of...
June 14 to 20, 2004
business
Week reports that privacy battles are being won over RFID...
May 24 to 30, 2004
The way the music died "What will it take for an artist to make it in the music
business
these days?" A Frontline special, view it online...
May 17 to 23, 2004
Will the RIAA create artificial scarcity in the $3 billion cellphone ringtone market? http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/
business
/technology/8685217.ht...
May 10 to 16, 2004
More groovy green efforts from San Francisco: an ink jet cartridge recycler and an industrial composting company. This is a great model for cities to follow to get small
business
es recycling compos...
May 3 to 9, 2004
The "eBay economy" is growing. This is a great
business
idea - sell things on eBay for others. Mailbox places should take this up as an additional service...
April 19 to 25, 2004
And Intel plans to cut the lead content of computer chips by 95%: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/
business
/20040407-1355-ca-intel-lead.htm...
A fellow dot-com veteran invents a new "Clip-n-Seal" product in hopes that it will finally get him out of Web design: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/
business
/138143_clipnseal05.htm...
April 5 to 11, 2004
"The share of the economic pie going to wages and salaries has plummeted to just over 50%, its lowest level in at least the past 50 years, and perhaps longer....
"Dodgy Patents Rile Tech Industry" http://www.wired.com/news/
business
/0,1367,62930,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_...
"Easy-to-use unit converts scrap wood to electricity" http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/04/09/build/
business
/30-wood2electric.in...
March 31, 2004
Let's face it folks - taken as a whole, Hawaii architecture sucks. And the urban planning leaves a lot to be desired. http://starbulletin.com/2003/09/17/
business
/engle.htm...
Hawaii Kai is one of the most garish neighborhoods I've seen. Hawaii is not Greece, Italy, or Hollywood. So why build faux (stucco, fenced-in, highly paved) structures which are neither here no...
March 29 to April 5, 2004
United Airlines announced that more than 2 million customers used their self-serving kiosks in a single month. No modern airline can survive without them. Actually, that could be a great
business
...
Ever wonder why so many
business
majors think Microsoft invented computing? A study of eight textbooks reveals total ignorance of the role of Unix in
business
...
A great article explains how 25 years of poor spreadsheet technology (read: Excel) has encouraged faulty decision-making, scandalous
business
practices, and small-mindedness in general. Where are th...
March 15 to 21, 2004
Search local
business
es and services with Google...
Dasani bottled water pulled from all shelves in the UK after large amounts of a carcinogen is found in it: http://www.guardian.co.uk/
business
/story/0,3604,1174127,00.htm...
March 1 to 7, 2004
The first car designed by women for women was launched at the Geneva Auto Show, with emphasis on comfort, storage, and low maintenance: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
business
/3528757.st...
An influential Washington policy group released a report stating that the entertainment industry's pursuit of anti-piracy laws is bad for
business
and for the economy...
February 16 to 22, 2004
Got a Mac? Hallelujah! http://
business
week.com/magazine/content/04_08/b3871084.ht...
"When I started in the music
business
, music was important and vital to our culture... that's all changed....
Add wireless to your
business
! At Schlotzsky's in Texas, a survey finds that more than 40 percent of customers say that free wireless access is a factor in choosing the restaurant to dine at...
February 2 to 8, 2004
The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) has a nice article on this year's dream engineering jobs. They interview the guy who made Sony's jumping robots, but the real story i...
January 12 to 18, 2004
"Experts slam Wal-Mart lockdowns" http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/
business
/7739156.ht...
December 29 to January 4, 2004
Is the American Dream over?
business
Week said so, and so does this article. More proof that the rich are richer and poor are poorer. "The Death of Horatio Alger"...
Will a new high-tech fund in Hawaii work? Local VC Barry Weinman may not like it, but I think the state needs to provide a starter foundation for
business
before VCs can step in. Local VCs have neve...
December 22 to 28, 2003
Does anyone in Oahu need a free
business
-class RICOH FT7870 copy machine? I'm not sure if it's been sold yet...
December 8 to 14, 2003
business
Week on "The Rise of The Indian" There are more IT engineers in Bangalore than Silicon Valley now. Startups seeking funds are now asked what their "India strategy" is...
December 1 to 7, 2003
The woman who claimed to be trampled at Wal-Mart after Thanksgiving has been found to have filed 16 previous claims from various
business
es...
October 27 to November 2, 2003
"Why Those Young Men Aren’t Watching TV Anymore" http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/
business
/SiliconInsider/SiliconInsider-1.htm...
October 27, 2003
ChevronTexaco and Ecuador http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/23/
business
/world
business
/23texa.html?ex=1067572800&en=cc9b358b298a8763&ei=5062&partner=GOOGL...
October 20, 2003
This week was Marriage Protection Week! In honor, here's an article about how only 50.7% of America is actually married: "Unmarried America...
I should get into this
business
... "Execs who are tech dummies seek secret training...
October 6, 2003
"Mergers, acquisitions, takeover bids... that's the vocabulary as would-be wives take a
business
approach to relationships...
September 30, 2003
You heard it here first folks. Windows is indeed a threat to national security: http://
business
.bostonherald.com/
business
News/
business
.bg?articleid=36...
The RIAA withdrew one of their suits due to mistaken identity - This Mac-using grandma was liable for $300 million for stealing songs by artists such as the rapper "Trick Daddy"...
September 8, 2003
Diamond-cutting robots are on the rise! Contrast with the recent progress made in synthetic diamond tech (see the recent Wired) and you'll see how the entire industry could be completely automated i...
India's struggles with genetically modified crops... http://www.wired.com/news/
business
/0,1367,57615,00.htm...
September 2, 2003
LEDs and the future of the light bulb: "If the world switches over to LEDs rapidly enough, it could obviate the need to build more than 100 power plants between now and 2020...
August 25, 2003
Promising biomass-based power generation technology "Fueled by sawdust pellets, corncobs or coconut shells, BioMax generates electricity for rural towns,
business
es...
Rockin' on without Microsoft This is the best, no-nonsense, pragmatic, pro-
business
view of one CEO who removed every bit of Microsoft software from his company. If you're still using Windows in you...
July 10, 2003
With iChat, Who Needs a Phone? Apple's latest tech wizardry makes voice calling over the Net a snap. That could be a push off a cliff for today's telecom giant...
July 8, 2003
I personally believe that RFID will happen in some form whether consumers like it or not - it's just a matter of when and how it is implemented. As with any revolutionary technology, there are grea...