Additionally, electronics stores are slowing down because gadgets are discretionary spending. And people are reevaluating their buying priorities. Or haven't you heard of Circuit City?

Moreover, the target gadget demographic just all went running to grad school to wait out a terrible job market and will emerge even further in student loan debt.

Web 2.0 still hasn't figured out a viable business model that won't anger people who don't want to pay and don't want to see ads. Or haven't you heard of the NYTimes (failed Times Select subscription and people still unwilling to pay for online access), Facebook (maligned Beacon service which would have provided revenue) and Twitter (maligned SMS message service which would provide revenue)?

eBooks are still in the infancy and need to figure out how to avoid piracy. Newspapers are failing in no small part because of Craigslist, which offers largely free classified ad services (formerly newspapers' bread-and-butter). The USPS is by and large self-sufficient.

And those gadgets that you believe will drive the US economy - they have to get shipped from Shanghai to your doorstep somehow.

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HTPC Lite or is that sooo 5 years ago

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Seriously, why would you want a laptop that has a tv tuner card? If you're in a hotel, how exactly does that benefit you?

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