Is Big Data real or just another techy fad?

FORBES: More Data, More Dollars?

There's a whole host of techy tools that will let you log your 10k personal best, and break down your splits into minute detail, but what about poor old Rover?

ENGADGET: Fujitsu's Wandant dog pedometer tracks your pet's moves, uploads them to the cloud

It should be an incredible week and, if that weren't enough, I'm headed straight to Detroit afterward for the North American International Auto Show to dig for some news on techy autos.

ENGADGET: Editor's Letter: CES ahoy

Back in its golden age in the 1950s and 1960s, it offered middle-class people, not just techy high-fliers, a shot at the American dream complete with superb schools and universities, and an enviable physical infrastructure.

ECONOMIST: California v Texas

The opposite, really: He's quite a techy guy.

WSJ: When Twittering Gets in the Way of Real Life

The techy term for this?

NPR: Making an Animated Escape to 'Madagascar'