Eric Lundquist

I recently wrote a column about the role of technology in the financial meltdown. I’d summarize the column’s content in the following way: Never have so many smart, expensively educated executives spent so much on technology and known so little about the financial health of their companies. The column drew a lot of response, which […]

I feel like I’ve written this column before. The headline could be, “How could Wall Street companies invest so much in technology yet know so little about their businesses?” We’ve recently watched the Lehman Brothers meltdown, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac become wards of the state, and once-big, strong companies such as AIG and Washington […]

I’m at CTIA, keynote session on Thursday. Mobil bar code scanning using an ordinary camera phone and with the idea o f changing how consumers interact. Launch the code scan application, for example you are waiting at the bus stop and notice movie poster, you see a new 2-d barcode and wave the phone over, […]

Anyone else having trouble getting on TechCrunch.com today? I keep getting this message: Error 503 Service Unavailable Error talking to backend Guru Meditation: XID: 1270347069 Varnish

This is the story of 170 televisions, 140 MP3 music players, 21 mobile phones and 57 DVD recorders. Those were the numbers carried in a Reuters report detailing the equipment seized during the ongoing IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin. I don’t think you are going to see an IFA press release on this one. […]

Saturday a.m. , August 30, I am here at the IFA show in Berlin, Germany. This is a liveblog of that event. Consider it a story in the raw. I’m part (the audience part) of a blogging panel with. Robert Scoble Thomas Knuwer Robert BasicHarry McCrackenLarry Magid Steve WildstromDave Graveline My mini-analysis: The times are […]

This is the opening day of IFA and the kickoff keynote is Jong Woo Park, president digital media business Samsung electronics company. The Samsung story this year is all about the seamless experience. Park hopes to find a resolution to all the interfaces and basic complication of too many digital products. He refers to it […]

Here is my one minute “What I learned at ShowStoppers” report Garmin. In more of a market battle in Europe. Has the iPhone prototypes. GPS is popular in Europe. This is really useful in countries where the road signs are difficult or non-existent. Sounds like Boston to me. Via. Lot of interest in the low […]

Quick, take a two euro coin out of your pocket. That would be about the size of a quarter. Panasonic this morning is talking about a 58 inch neoPDP technology flat panel. The demo is of an IPtv network and how it will change distribution of content. Panasonic says for ipTV to work you need […]

So, the IFA folks use a model named Miss IFA to represent the show. She’s everywhere. Here is Harry McCracken’s photo tour.

Here’s a roundup of new products that will be launched or are expected to be launched at IFA 1.Marketwatch is talking about a new e-paper product from Delta Electronics. PC World has the details on new portable media players from South Korean vendor Maxian. 3. Network World has the line on Micro-Start International launching a […]