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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 […]

Listen to Larry’s CBS News Podcast with Google Sr. Scientist Shumeet Baluja and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children President Ernie Allen Working with law enforcement, analysts at the National Center for Missing and […]

Apple last week confirmed that iTunes had outpaced Wal-Mart in January and February as the nation’s No. 1 seller of music. The Apple announcement followed an earlier report by NPD Group that compared iTunes music […]

LIMITS OF FREE SPEECH ARE TESTED BY WEB SITE’S HURTFUL, HATEFUL POSTS By Larry Magid San Jose Mercury News The online gossip site JuicyCampus.com carries this slogan: “Always Anonymous . . . Always Juicy.”I’m a […]