The news today that CompuUSA will close its remaining 103 stores, after selling off another 126 earlier this year certainly shows us how far high tech and computing in general has come in 25 years. Although I’m not privy to the CompUSA books my guess is they couldn’t compete with the big box electronics retailers who have a much wider range of electronics at lower prices to offer consumers, and prosumers as well The news today that CompuUSA will close its remaining 103 stores, after selling off another 126 earlier this year certainly shows us how far high tech and computing in general has come in 25 years.Although I’m not privy to the CompUSA books my guess is they couldn’t compete with the big box electronics retailers who have a much wider range of electronics at lower prices to offer consumers, and prosumers as well.From digital cameras and GPS systems, to flat panel displays and high def DVDs, having a mainly computer focus is out of date and CompUSA is paying the price. Not that I’ve ever succeeded in any kind of real business other than writing, but it does seem to me that the CompUSA executives could have been a bit more proactive in moving the company away from PCs and over to the huge market for any kind of electronics.CompUSA came into being because the public was thirsting for knowledge about PCs and how to use them. Now, they are just another electronic commodity and are, in fact, far simpler to figure out than trying to figure out how to connect your flat panel LCD to a Comcast DVR cable box.Isn’t it amazing that consumers will actually pay Circuit City $375 to have their flat panel installed on the family room wall and connected to the cable company? Would anyone every pay an equivalent amount for a PC installation? I kind of doubt it.It’s robbery but if you don’t have a friend who knows how, it’s all dead weight.What’s next? Obviously, as TVs and the displays go all digital and the Internet gets more like TV, YouTube and such, and more social, FaceBook and such, built in Wi-Fi and Internet access will become ubiquitous on what we used to call the tube. If the broadcast industry thought it was having a problem with losing viewers to the Web now wait till they see what happens when everyone has these all in one boxes and flipping between TV and YouTube is a remote click away. And with picture in a picture on every digital TV, broadcast programs will become even more peripheral. Maybe folks will keep a small window open in the corner to see if they’re missing anything on the boob tube, which is doubtful, meanwhile the rest of the screen will be filled with the kinds of fun stuff TV just can’t seem to duplicate. Technology Industry