It is a story playing out across Silicon Valley, where restaurateurssay that staying afloat is a daily battle withrisingrents, highlocalfeesandacutelaborshortages.
"We build our new technology edifices on the rubble of older technology, " says Paul Saffo, aSiliconValley technology forecaster who relishes telling the story of Disney's ill-fated house of the future and other now neglected technologies.