DETROIT If youre considering updating your home entertainment system and splurging on a big screen TV dont. There are some really compelling alternative technologies in the market that only recently have become price and performance contenders, writes Hans Erickson. While some technologies are mere hype (X Box or HDTV anyone?), others hold real potential and
DETROIT - While the publishing houses try to push through legislation to thwart the likes of KaaZaa and Morpheus sharing MP3 versions of songs all over the planet, the digital age of audio continues to explode, writes Hans Erickson. The rage this year? Networked digital audio in the home. First we had portable MP3 players,
DETROIT - After the 2000 presidential election debacle, you probably had hoped wed learn some lessons for future elections, writes Hans Erickson. But alas, here in Michigan were cruising toward yet another election using a system thats almost as old as our constitution! If youre like me, you lament the fact that we cant simply
DETROIT I have some really good news for you if youre into Instant Messaging. If you can say free, secure, powerful and easy in the same sentence, youve just described Trillian, an IM client with the personality of Sybil. Trillian is a free software download available from Cerulean Studios at www.trillian.cc. If youve used an
WASHINGTON D.C. As we taxied down a runway at Reagan International Airport earlier this month, I gazed at the nearby trees and wondered how authorities could ever find the serial shooter when there are so many places to hide? Earlier in the day, I had found out that one of the killers victims was a
DETROIT In todays technologically pumped-up world we have smart bombs, smart cards, even SMART buses (when were lucky), writes Hans Erickson, CIO of the Detroit Regional Chamber. What we really need when it comes to managing technology is smart law. Lately Ive seen several examples of what might charitably be called the polar opposite of
ANN ARBOR - Ask anyone in the tech industry or the Internet services arena what will be required to create the mythical internet growth that Worldcom had us all buying for a couple years, and youll get one of two answers: (1) We need ubiquitous broadband to grow the available customer base to stimulate the
DETROIT - Making sure that employees have the latest technologies to improve efficiency is one thing. Extending that to guests is quite another. Having more than 1,200 guests wanting that technology is well, lets just say, a byte more than most are willing to take. But that is the challenge the Detroit Marriott Renaissance has
Managing an organizations relocation is a job no one wants, and when its assigned, it often goes to an IT person, writes Ann Sachs of Robbins-Gioia LLC. But whoever gets it, that person will never want to do it again despite how well it goes. Moves result from needs for new space, sometimes smaller, sometimes