Year: 2008

Based on what we’re hearing about all the new iPhone applications, you’d think it was the first smart-phone to run third-party software. It’s not. In fact, all three major smart-phone operating systems – Palm, BlackBerry […]

The new Apple 3G iPhone has received a lot of attention, but the more important story isn’t the new hardware, but Apple’s application store and the many programs that run on the new phone. Thanks […]

Knee-deep in iPhone 2.0 fever, I’ve been thinking about the annual cost of using not only that device but all our other gadgets that require a subscription service.As you probably have heard, AT&T has raised […]

This week marks my 25th anniversary as a tech columnist. “The Computer File,” my syndicated Los Angeles Times column, debuted July 3, 1983. My first topic was “Learn Buzzwords Before Shopping,” in which I informed […]

Last week, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced an agreement with three Internet service providers – Time Warner Cable, Verizon and Sprint – to remove child pornography housed on servers connected to their networks. […]

About a year ago Google announced that it would launch a service to allow users to store their own health records on a secure website. There was a lot of discussion about what it would […]

Thanks to Nintendo, I now know I’m a somewhat overweight couch potato with poor balance. But there is hope. If I stick with the plan, I may lose weight, get stronger and improve my balance […]

Last week’s news about a new WiMax venture involving Sprint, Clearwire, Google, Intel and others could finally pave the way for a wireless networking system that’s not limited to a few hundred feet and – […]

By Larry Magid Reposted from San Jose Mercury News I’m happy to be a member of a recently formed Internet Safety Technical Task Force, but it has caused me to feel a bit of a […]

Istanbul, Turkey — I’m in a city that spans Asia and Europe yet I’m happily using cell phones from Sprint and Verizon Wireless. I’ve always thought of Sprint and Verizon as purely domestic carriers, serving […]