Month: February 2008

It was the Saturday night before the Oscars and my wife and I realized that there were several nominated movies we hadn’t seen yet. It was also a very rainy evening and we were in […]

I don’t usually cheer the death of a product or a technology but I’m glad to see the demise of HD DVD. After years of contentious battle between two competing high-definition DVD standards, Toshiba, the […]

At the risk of sounding like I oppose online commerce and support high taxes, I have to agree with New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who wants out-of-state e-tailers like Amazon.com to collect state sales tax […]

Immigration is a major topic this election year with much of the discussion focusing on the best way to secure our borders. But amidst all the speechmaking there is another piece to the issue that […]

By Larry Magid For the past few weeks I’ve been in search of the perfect digital camera. If such a camera existed it would take incredibly great pictures, be small enough to easily fit into […]

It’s been just over a year since Windows Vista was released to consumers and since then the response has been tepid. Microsoft trumpets it as “the fastest-selling operating system in history, with more than 100 […]

My reactions have been bouncing back and forth ever since I heard the news early Friday morning that Microsoft wants to devour Yahoo. Part of me thought that Microsoft was up to its monopolistic tricks […]

Back when he was president, Bill Clinton admitted he didn’t know much about the Internet. He was covered, though, because Vice President Al Gore knew a great deal about it. But if you’re running for […]

Unless you plan to be at the University of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 3, the only way to see the Super Bowl is on TV, which is why a lot of people are going to […]