You’re probably reading that headline and thinking, “forgetting the last ten years, are we?” Indeed, the first decade of the 21st century was quite an amazing one for the digital community, with new and exciting technologies springing up seemingly almost constantly and with web becoming even more ubiquitous than it had been in the 90’s. But that was only the beginning.

Imagine if, knowing now what we do about the last 30 years, someone told you the 70’s were the true decade of the computer. Sure, computing took a massive leap forward in those days, but it was amateur hour compared to what was to come.

This is another official update to the original "Shift Happens" video. This completely new Fall 2009 version includes facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology, and was developed in partnership with The Economist

Instead of the traditional generation gap, we are seeing the beginning of a brain gap that separates digital natives, born into 24/7 technology, and the older generation, their parents, who came to digital technology as adults.

The Internet is not simply changing the way people live but altering the way minds work. Small calls it an "evolutionary change" that will position the technologically fluent at the top of a new social order.

Developed in conjunction with Sapient, Samsung's uVending touch-screen technology brings a whole new level of consumer interaction to automatic vending. The technology uses animation and an interactive menu on its 46-inch display to advertise the product choices within the machine and guide users to make their selection.

Demonstrated as part of a multimedia vending machine for Coca-Cola, the technology is also equipped with Wifi for automatic refill ordering and content updates, along with motion sensors and a built-in camera to document attempts at vandalism, according to PSFK. The new machines will appear soon in the US in the Simon mall chain, with a UK debut planned for sometime in 2010, PSFK reported. A short video demonstrates the technology at work.

How much protection does digital rights management software really provide?

Computer spying and theft of personal information have risen notably in the past year, costing tens of millions of dollars and threatening U.S. security, the FBI's cyber division head said on Wednesday.

We do a little problem solving with the subject of our latest "Your Business" Makeover. We showed the owner of a laundromat how to apply Six Sigma's principles to his business to clean up his issues.

Interview with Dr. Kenneth Kahn, Director of the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship at Purdue University.

Ken Rudin, CEO of LucidEra, is interviewed about the future of business intelligence.

This Cisco video on supply chain management discusses using technology to integrate partners.