At times he looked like a crazed and gangly magician, waving, grinning as the crowd oohed and awed.

Steve Ballmer is not known to back down, put a lid on it, or just chill. But sometimes I wonder if any of those would be better than continually looking ridiculous (but admittedly entertaining) on the public stage. Yes, I realize Microsoft is the 800-pound gorilla when it comes to the...

Today Google finally announced a shipping date for its much anticipated Chrome OS.

The market for technology that drives the next generation of magazines and animated web sites continues to sizzle.

If you're going to a Yankees baseball game, you can't bring a laptop. And now you can't bring in your iPad either. When I saw the headline about the ban I wondered why they would initiate such a "security" policy. Perhaps when fans are surfing, they are less prone to...

Want proof that Apple does it right? When it comes to the gloriously sexy new iPad, all you need to do is look at what everyone else is doing. Disaster is one of the first words that comes to mind. Rush-job might be another. It seems like Apple does...

When I saw the title, The  Automobile: Past, Present and Future I knew it would be an easy decision when evaluating which presentation to attend next at the Stanford Leading Matters conference. While Loni disappeared down a hall at the Santa Clara Convention Center to a panel on innovation,...

Yogi Berra lives. As he famously once said, "This is like deja vu all over again." I wonder if he realized that his words would be so appropriate in describing 21st century consumer electronics. Just like the Newton was reborn as the Apple iPad, Google is hoping that WebTV...

Google's I/O developer conference kicked off yesterday in San Francisco, and while there's been no out-of-this-world, game-changing announcements, there are a few interesting headlines that could pave the way for future bombshells. Notably, video and an upcoming app store—two areas where I see Google investing heavily. The most interesting is...

Carol Bartz, part CEO and part cursing pirate, believes Yahoo can become a media portal. It's a bold vision, and in some ways even a return to the past, but one that at least gives the dimming Internet giant hope for returning growth and profits. In the latest strategic...