The Segway brand is getting a PR and sales boost as a result of soaring gas prices.  At $5,000 a pop, the “It” machine hasn’t lived up to the prophecies originally made for it as the product that would change the world.  However, with gas prices topping $4 per gallon in the U.S., people are getting creative about ways to save money at the pump.  Enter the Segway.
The Segway can go 25 miles on a single charge of its battery with a top speed of 12.5 mph.  People with short commutes who live in mild climates are looking at the …read more

Today’s lackluster buzz is all about the new HP TouchSmart Touch-Screen PC, but much of the buzz is actually skeptical based on former incarnations of the touch screen PC by HP.  Those in-the-know are saying the new HP Touch Screen PC is actually very good, but still, a cloud of pessimism and “so what?” is threatening to burst HP’s PR bubble.
The question being asked is this …
What if Apple had released this Touch-Screen PC?  Would the buzz be as big or bigger than the touch-screen iPhone buzz we’ve all been wrapped up in for the past year?
I wonder.  Frankly, I think …read more