Month: February 2007

This is major progress. First Steve Jobs comes out against Digital Rights Management and now one of the major labels is starting to crack. Could this be the start of a sane policy of selling […]

This is an extremely interesting observation by researcher David Finklehor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center. What it implies is that we might be teaching teens and children the wrong things when it […]

Well, I’m now officially a blogger. Thanks to Dave Winer for suggesting I give out my RSS feed (I almost forgot) and thanks to Dan Bricklin for helping me figure out how to house this […]

It sounds crazy, but a New York State Senator says that there outta be a law against using an iPod and other devices while walking around New York City. New York State Sen. Carl Kruger […]

By Larry Magid from San Jose Mercury News Monday, February 5, 2007   Until last week, I wasn’t convinced the world needs yet another video download service.   We already have video rental services like […]

by Larry Magid   Palm Desert, Calif., Feb. 2, 2007         Every year, about 700 tech industry insiders gather in the desert to look at new products. The event, which is in […]

By Larry Magid Special to the Mercury News TV tuners for PCs have been around for more than a decade, but until recently they have been of questionable use. When I first reviewed a PC […]

November 13, 2006 It should come as no surprise that parental involvement is the key to keeping kids safe online. You can lecture your kids, you can install filters to block objectionable websites, you can […]