Technologies

Los Angeles, November 5 -- It has long been widely speculated that cellphones and Internet are making tech users isolated from the rest of the world. But a new study confirms that the Internet and other personal technologies are not the contributing factors to an increase in social isolation in the United States.

Microsoft 's (Nasdaq: MSFT) scapegoat operating system, which never caught on with corporate IT managers -- or Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), for that matter -- is officially on its way out. The $49 preorder edition of Windows 7 Home Premium is the top-selling computers and accessories product in the "electronics" aisle at Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN).

Beautiful Woman

The spring in her step has turned to fall.

-- A.R. Ammons

If I was a flower growing wild and free
All I'd want is you to be my sweet honey bee.
And if I was a tree growing tall and green
All I'd want is you to shade me and be my leaves.

-- From All I Want Is You by Barry Louis Polisar

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) wants to have its software on netbooks, but on its terms and at PC-sized margins. Bad idea. Really bad idea.

Leave it to Oprah to attract the crazies.

You can't blame GameStop (NYSE: GME) CEO Dan DeMatteo for trying. The video game retailer's helmsman appeared on CNBC yesterday, calling for video game console makers to cut prices.

Strum, fire, or fight, Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) keeps moving in the right direction.

Let's see what Intel says on Tuesday.
This could be the beginning of the end
of this semiconductor crash.
With its new innovative processor lines
and savvy use of capital
(during the downturn),
look for Intel to lead the way
out of the deep market depths!

It's not personal, The9 (Nasdaq: NCTY). It's just war.