What do old WWII films, Apple vs. Microsoft and the Republic of Armenia have in common? In the last couple weeks, all have reminded us that if there is one constant in the world of high technology, it is that there are no constants: winners can suddenly look like losers, losers can become winners,and what we've grown accustomed to can suddenly take on new life again. Three brief commentaries by Edgelings.com editor-in-chief Michael S. Malone

Facebook may have finally done it: found a way to take its look-at-me culture one step too far. It's called "Photo Tagger" from Face.com, and its an impressive little photo recognition app that, in use, will absolutely freak you out if you are Facebook user. You'll see what we mean when you read the story and watch the video from NBC-KNTV tech reporter and regular Edgelings contributor Scott Budman.

A new book by Edgelings editor-in-chief Michael S. Malone and Silicon Valley marketing guru Tom Hayes offers a novel and compelling view of what the emerging global marketplace will REALLY look like. Neither 'flat', nor 'bumpy', the authors predict that it will, in fact, be both: a dizzying combination of the chaos of a global market square combined with the hermetic private world of a million small groups. Here's a quick summary of the key themes of the book.

In a fit of sanity this week, the House Financial Services committee voted to amend Sarbanes-Oxley, the regulation -- passed in the aftermath of the dot.com bust and Enron -- that was designed to stop corporate corruption . . .but instead crushed U.S. entrepreneurship for the rest of the decade. Without S-Ox, as it is called, the economy still would have crashed -- but we'd also be climbing out of it a whole lot more quickly. This week's vote was a good start, but it should be only the beginning. Commentary by Edgelings editor-in-chief Michael S. Malone.

After spending years as a tiny on-line CD trading service, Silicon Valley's LaLa Media decided to position itself right at the intersection between a music industry that has finally decided to accept the new business model demanded by music sharing, and a growing number of new hardware and Web 2.0 platforms that want to offer that shared music. The result is something odd bedfellows -- not least tiny Lala, whose entire staff fits into a tiny Palo Alto loft, and such giants as Google and Facebook. Commentary and video by NBC-KNTV tech reporter and regular Edgelings contributor Scott Budman.