Generation Gap Widens Over Spam
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The Last Gadget Standing was the very first event that I produced for CES. That was nine years ago. The premise of the contest hasn’t changed. At CES you’ll see hundreds of new product introductions....
View ArticleWhy Google Needs a Student Version
Google needs to have a student version of its popular search software. It’s not because of pornography. It’s not because of meeting weirdos online. It’s simply a matter of being able to concentrate...
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Like many of you, I’m struggling with my next smartphone move (one look at my phone would have you roaring with laughter about my indecision). After dissecting feature by feature, I go into a phone...
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One November morning in 2009, Peter Radsliff, the President and CEO of Presto, a PC-less based system for easy delivery of email as a printed sheet of paper, was on a call with his colleagues from...
View ArticleGeneration Gap Widens Over Spam
My 80-year-old dad just invited everyone he knows to join him on Desktop Dating. (I’ll refrain from providing the URL.) Desktop Dating is a porn dating site. The site’s opening screen shows two people...
View ArticleLearn a Language Like Babies Do
I remember sitting in Dr. Salas’ Spanish class. The sum of the year? I can sing A Las Son Las Mananitas and have a great conversation with anyone who has a cold. (Ojala que se mejore pronto.) I’ve...
View ArticlePreserving Your Digital Legacy is Tough Work
Thirty years in the computing business and the next thing you know is that you’ve amassed your own digital legacy. Years of life’s work, play and everything in between sitting around in a disk or off...
View ArticleWhy Schlep Five Pounds of PC When Netbooks Are Such Featherweights?
I am not too happy with myself at the moment. My back is even less happy with me. After years of carrying luggables and laptops I got tired of my clothes being destroyed by shoulder bags, my thighs...
View ArticleIntel Offers New Technology to Assist With a Variety of Reading-Based Problems
Intel’s Reader is a book reader of a completely different kind. It’s designed for those who have trouble reading the printed word. It doesn’t matter whether the reading problem comes from low vision or...
View ArticleRaskin Joins AIPatHome Advisory Team
AIP stands for Aging in Place, and as boomers age, or find themselves with aging parents, you’re going to hear more about how to use technology to allow folks to live in their own homes longer. Whether...
View ArticleCES 2010: Which Will Be the Last Gadget Standing?
The Last Gadget Standing was the very first event that I produced for CES. That was nine years ago. The premise of the contest hasn’t changed. At CES you’ll see hundreds of new product introductions....
View ArticleWhy Google Needs a Student Version
Google needs to have a student version of its popular search software. It’s not because of pornography. It’s not because of meeting weirdos online. It’s simply a matter of being able to concentrate...
View ArticleThe Soul of the New Machines: Apple, Google, and Blackberry RIM
Like many of you, I’m struggling with my next smartphone move (one look at my phone would have you roaring with laughter about my indecision). After dissecting feature by feature, I go into a phone...
View ArticleAgetek : The Quiet Digital Revolution Gets Noisier
One November morning in 2009, Peter Radsliff, the President and CEO of Presto, a PC-less based system for easy delivery of email as a printed sheet of paper, was on a call with his colleagues from...
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