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Windows 7 – Microsoft’s tenancious new offering

October 22, 2009

Microsoft is, if anything, tenacious. After nearly three years trying to get people to buy Vista, the company decided to put that operating system in its rearview mirror. On Thursday, Microsoft will introduce Windows 7 […]

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Still bullish about cloud despite Sidekick mishap

October 19, 2009

I’ve been a big fan of “cloud computing,” but the public’s acceptance of storing vital data on remote servers may take a hit because of media reports about T-Mobile Sidekick users losing personal data. I […]

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Living in a tech-induced fishbowl can be stifling

October 3, 2009

While I fully understand the gravity of putting something on public record that you may later regret, I also worry about how fretting over the future implications of everything you say and do can affect […]

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Digital world needs an Emily Post

September 28, 2009

by Larry Magid There was a time when adults turned to Emily Post to help them know how to behave. She was an author and journalist who educated mid-20th century America about etiquette and manners […]

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Hotel has modem port but where are the power strips?

September 22, 2009

I’ve been traveling with a portable computer of one sort or another since the eighties. Back then and through most of the nineties my biggest frustration was that hotel rooms almost never had modem jacks […]

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Newer isn’t always better

September 16, 2009

I appreciate all the great technological advances of the last 25 years or so but I sometimes question whether it’s all for the good. Don’t get me wrong — I love my big-screen TV, my […]

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Caution: Email send button can be hazardous to your reputation

September 14, 2009

By now, just about everyone knows that whatever is digital can be copied, stored, and forwarded, which is one of the reasons I try to avoid using e-mail for anything highly confidential or potentially embarrassing. […]

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eBooks should get easier to borrow

August 31, 2009

Last month I wrote that it’s only a matter of time before most books are read digitally. But one drawback I mentioned is that the most popular book reader — the Amazon Kindle — doesn’t […]

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Shocking stats and video about texting while driving

August 29, 2009

When I think about all the possible dangers associated with technology (cyberbullying, sexting, inappropriate material, online and game addiction and even the remote chance of being harmed by a predator), nothing strikes me as scarier […]

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Could you be responsible for the Twitter outage?

August 6, 2009

by Larry Magid Of course you’re not personally responsible for bringing down Twitter, but if your computer isn’t equipped with up-to-date anti-malware software and the latest version of your operating system, you could unwittingly be […]

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