Gadget Boom For Ever?

August 30, 2007

Gadget Boom For Ever?

I suspect the party is coming to an end, writes Michael Parsons (in Where have all the gadgets gone?, Times Online, August 24):

The US is under pressure and no one knows how bad the current panic in the financial system really is. If things do turn sour, the last thing consumers will be doing is taking a punt on new flat-screen televisions and expensive digital music players. I expect the CES show in Las Vegas in January next year to be rather dull…

Meanwhile, Boing Boing not only redesigned the main site but also launched a new blog: Gadgets.boingboing.net - critical, intelligent, optimistic, and selective (- Mark Frauenfelder, Boing Boing co-editor)