I got the sense that it was a PR hit for Nantero, bought and paid for.  Notice the arc of the article: it says &quot;[Popular hot technology] is dead.  [Big vendors] have recently introduced [exciting new product], but [here are problems and doubts about those].  There&#x27;s also [small startup you&#x27;ve never heard of] which has [alternative product] featuring [this list of features straight from their landing page].&quot;<p>Usually these types of articles are designed to lead people directly to the product that&#x27;s paying for the article.  Sensationalistic is good for this; it gets people to click, it gets people to disagree, and then the controversy spreads the article across the net.  Seems like it&#x27;s working, in this case.