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Watching TV from your Blackberry
I just returned from riding around in a car watching live TV on my Blackberry. Research in Motion hasn’t added a TV tuner to any of its popular Blackberry devices but Sling Media just introduced […]
Year: 2008
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Looking back at 2008 in tech
by Larry Magid No earth-shattering new technologies emerged in 2008, but it was an eventful year. It was a year of definition for high-def TV, because Toshiba in February dropped its support for its HD […]
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Acer netbook – cheap and small
I was not surprised when iSuppli announced that notebook sales exceeded desktop sales for the first time in the third quarter of this year in what the research company called a “watershed event.” The report […]
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Follow Santa on Google Maps and Twitter
by Anne Collier NetFamilyNews.org If your family celebrates Christmas, you can track Santa’s global progress on Christmas Eve, thanks to Web 2.0! You can get minute-by-minute reports on Twitter’s noradsanta feed. As I write, Santa […]
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Parents – keep family PCs secure
News that Microsoft had to issue an emergency patch to fix a flaw in all versions of Internet Explorer reminds me how important it is for parents to make sure that all the computers in […]
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Blogging from 30,000 feet
I’m on a Virgin America flight about an hour west of Washington DC as I chat with a friend via instant messaging, update my Facebook page, send little notes on Twitter, watch streaming web video […]
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Prosecution in teen suicide misguided
Reposted from San Jose Mercury News December 8, 2008 by Larry Magid What Lori Drew allegedly did to Megan Meier was despicable, but it doesn’t justify her conviction late last month for violating federal laws […]
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Blackberry Bold Yes, Blackberry Storm No!
I’ve recently been playing with two new Blackberries from Research in Motion (RIM) and have concluded that, when it comes to changing Blackberry’s winning formula, less is more. The BlackBerry Bold, whose user interface is […]
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Is Microsoft’s free security suite a good thing?
Last week, Microsoft dropped a bombshell on the PC security industry by announcing that it would eliminate its $50-a-year Windows Live OneCare service and instead offer a free anti-malware program called Morro. The software, which […]
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Obama transition site could be more bloggish
When it comes to the use of technology, President Obama will have a hard act to follow – candidate Obama. As has been widely pointed out, the Obama campaign was masterful in the way it […]