Either Honda has pulled a Microsoft and copied the leader in hybrid cars or it shows that there really is an optimal shape for hybrid hatchbacks (mouse over). At least the Honda wheels are nicer-looking.
Leave it to the Japanese to take an American invention such as the Segway and make it cheaper, smaller, and cool-looking. The best ideas and innovations still come from small American companies but it takes large Japanese conglomerates to make them profitable and available at Walmart:
iPhone unlocking has become quite prevalent, despite Apple’s attempt to lock users to AT&T service. Some reports say that up to 18% of iPhones have been unlocked, depriving AT&T and Apple of subscription revenue. Now, you don’t even have to be a computer geek to unlock one - below is a picture of a wireless store that publicly offers an iPhone unlocking service.
Sometimes, it seems that the Fake Steve Jobs is actually the Real Steve Jobs. Today’s entry on Dell’s future prospects is very insightful (at least to the halfway mark where Steve begins to show signs of megalomania) - the only lasting innovation is from product design. When companies pursue process improvement at the expense of product development, any advantages are quickly erased by the competition. Couple that with bad business practices such as screwing your customers and suppliers and outsourcing your engineering talent overseas, and you end up getting booted from the Dow.
Even though we will be buying from Dell now and for the foreseeable future, their demise will not be mourned nor missed.
If you don’t dare bet on yourself and your own people, you shouldn’t be in business - Fake Steve Jobs
I never thought that a UPS/surge protector should look good, but today’s Woot! item shows otherwise. The ones you can buy from APC and Belkin are downright ugly. This is the closest APC came to a nice-looking UPS, but only if you bought it with a first-generation iMac.
