In the early 1980s, the rising cost of fabs created a new kind of company that designed chips but did not want to be in the business of running multi-billion-dollar fabs themselves.

ECONOMIST: Semiconductors

If you ask us, the smart money is on multi-purpose devices running hybrid displays from Pixel Qi (or similar) like Notion Ink's Adam.

ENGADGET: The e-Reader story of CES 2010

This week, a federal judge in Texas delayed the trial of one-time Forbes 400 billionaire Allen Stanford, who is charged with running a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme.

FORBES: Jailed Billionaire Stanford: Drug Addicted, Delirious, Possibly Brain Damaged