Articles by larry

It’s time to modernize school technology (Credit: London School of Economics, 1981 — via Flickr Creative Commons) The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to modernize E-Rate. E-Rate was established in 1996 to provide federal […]

Participants from throughout the world are gathered in Vilnius, Lithuania, this week for the fifth-annual Internet Governance Forum. The IGF is an annual United Nations-sponsored event where representatives from governments, nonprofits, academic institutions, and businesses […]

Sprint’s Epic 4G from Samsung stands out from the competition as one of the best Android phones on the market. The first thing you notice is the stunning 4 inch AMOLED display and the extra […]

A new Facebook scam is taking advantage of people’s desire to be able to “dislike” posts by tricking users into completing an online survey and spamming links to their friends. Sophos blogger Graham Cluley has reported […]

Lately I’ve gotten a sense that lots of Internet users are suffering from “privacy panic,” not unlike the “predator panic” that plagued the Internet a few years ago when lots of people falsely believed that […]

Twitter is giving website operators and bloggers access to its new “Tweet button.” You can grab a bit of code here that you can insert into a website or blog post. If readers want to […]

Lately I’ve gotten a sense that lots of Internet users are suffering from “privacy panic,” not unlike the “predator panic” that plagued the Internet a few years ago when lots of people falsely believed that […]

The Net is full of criticisms of Google and Verizon’s announcement on Monday when they released a joint policy proposal “for an open Internet” but as disturbing as the “Verizon-Google Legislative Framework Proposal” is, it’s […]

Apple’s enduring contribution may be less about the products it makes than the ones it inspires. As I look back at the company’s history and that of its competitors, it’s clear to me that Apple […]