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Taking the iPhone 3G S out for a spin
By Larry Magid I picked up my iPhone 3G S at the Palo Alto store early on launch day, Friday morning, and after several hours of testing, I’m impressed so far. Not only did I […]
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Teen online safety mostly about behavior
The Internet and the way young people use technology are constantly evolving, but the safety messages change very slowly, if at all. Like technology itself, Internet safety has to evolve. Back in 1994, when I […]
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Pre, iPhone, other smart-phones get cheaper to buy, but not to use
There’s great news and not-so-great news when it comes to smart-phones. On June 6, Palm released its $199 Pre — a worthy competitor to Apple’s iPhone. Two days later, Apple announced its faster and better […]
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Apple & Palm heat up smart phone wars
The smart phone wars have heated up over the past few days with the release of Palm’s new Pre and Apple’s announcements of a new iPhone, a cheaper price for its existing phone and a […]
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New federal panel looks at Internet safety
WASHINGTON — Last year, Congress passed the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act,which called for yet another committee to study Internet safety. By statute, the Online Safety and Technology Working Group is made up […]
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Between Search and Win 7, Microsoft is no dinosaur
It’s fashionable these days to refer to Microsoft as a dinosaur whose products and thinking are stuck in the 20th century. The company that was convicted of being an illegal monopoly not all that long […]
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Protect yourself from ATM & credit card skimming scams
ATM and credit card skimming fraud is on the rise. As you know, the back of your card has a magnetic strip which is scanned either by merchants or by ATM machines to record your […]
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Cell phone location service gives a Glympse to your location
One of the most popular questions asked of cell phone callers is “Where are you?” Thanks to a new service, you may not have to ask or answer that question. Glympse, which launched on Monday, […]
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Our Malta and Italy Videos
In April, Patti and I went to Malta, Florence and Rome. Here are our videos. Rome Florence Malta
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Is Google too big to fail?
by Larry Magid I’m starting to worry Google will become the world’s SPOF — that’s short for “single point of failure.” I also worry about the company’s power to determine whether certain other businesses make […]