A shortage of semiconductors for cellular phones, digital gadgets and network equipment has pushed chip prices skyward again.
Last week, Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker Media, announced that Mr. Manaugh was taking his curiosity and high-minded approach to Gizmodo, the popular tech blog known for its focus on digital gadgets and scatological tone.
The firm's failure to benefit from stronger overall demand for flat-panel TVs and digital gadgets forced it to implement extensive cost-cutting measures that include job losses, offloading businesses and reducing factory space.
Hewlett-Packard, on the lookout for new growth opportunities, is hoping to find them in small-business information technology services and in the elusive market for digital entertainment gadgets.
At a rugged 6-foot-3, Mr. Coffer seems fitted for the rigors of life and photography without digital gadgets, but he had to make a long journey toward both.
The kind of social networking taking place between actors and audience at the St. James Theater, where the recent Broadway revival of "Hair" has splashed down for a welcome return visit this summer, doesn't require any fancy digital gadgets.
Steve wasn't the only tech giant to impose strict limitations on the kid's screen time -- many Silicon Valley titans ban all digital gadgets on school nights and allocate austere limits for weekends.
The skeptics use their digital gadgets without reservation.
Instead, they are increasingly buying other digital gadgets: DVD players, digital cameras, video-game consoles and handheld computers.
