Month: November 2013

This post is adapted from one that first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News It’s hard to believe Black Friday and Cyber Monday are only days away. If this year is typical, throngs of […]

Some of my favorites include the Roku (starting at $50) along with perhaps a starter subscription to Netflix ($7.95 a month) or Amazon Prime ($79 a year) or maybe a wearable fitness gadget like the […]

Netflix has become a popular video streaming service for millions of families but some of the content may be unsuitable for some members of your family. As J.D. Biesdorfer wrote in the New York Times, […]

Twitter has added Perfect Forward Secrecy to its arsenal of tools to keep private user data  from falling into the wrong hands.  The new protocol is being added to the HTTPS encryption that is already […]

Click here for Larry’s full review at Forbes.com [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/121480721″ width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]  

Read the article by Kent German at CNET News.com

Listen to Larry’s 1-minute CBS News/CNET Tech Talk segment about the new hotspot At $170 or $50 plus $5 a month for two years (plus the cost for your data plan) the Samsung LTE Mobile HotSpot […]

Listen to Larry’s 11-minute interview with XBox programming chief Larry Hyrd … Read the full post on Forbes.com

Sony’s PlayStation 4 (PS 4) goes on sale today (Friday) in the U.S. for $399.  It’s been seven years since Sony introduced its PS 3 and this is a significant upgrade. It’s smaller than its […]

Click above for my CBS News/CNET Tech Talk segment about the reported buyout offer Snapchat, the photo-sharing app where pictures disappear after they are viewed has reportedly turned down a $3 billion buyout offer from […]