Google Voice: Another reason Google will rule the world

I’m impressed by Google Voice, a new and basically free service that gives you a single phone number that rings all your phones, saves your voicemail online,... 

The iPad: Now that the dust has settled

I’ve been doing a lot of radio interviews around the country on the iPad and what it means for personal technology. Click here to hear one I did today with Walt Sorg of WILS in Lansing. My bottom... 

$100,000 for an hour with the Apple Tablet

Talk about checkbook journalism. You have to hand it to Valleywag, the gossipy Gawker family’s Silicon Valley tech site. They’re offering a cool hundred grand for an hour of hands-on use if... 

Get McAfee off Facebook

If you’ve ever bought a computer with McAfee pre-installed and then tried to get rid of it or disable its incessant barrage of the-sky-is-falling hysterical warnings about viruses and worms, you... 

TSA lied: Body scanners CAN store your strip search image and transmit it on the Internet

Whoa! Even George Orwell didn’t envision this. Turns out those body scanners that we’ve been hearing so much about lately do more than show whether we’re packing more than what we should... 

Online help for Valentine’s Day

Online help for Valentine’s Day

Here comes Valentine’s Day and big sales in chocolate and greeting cards. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But to help make this Valentine’s Day a bit different, I’ve come up with some online suggestions on how to appreciate and celebrate the holiday in some creative, new ways. A site called Gifts.com is not a bad place to start, with their Love-O-Meter guide that offers Valentine suggestions for every stage of a... 

How To: Change your Facebook Privacy Settings

How To: Change your Facebook Privacy Settings

If it seems to you that everybody these days is on Facebook, that’s because, well, everyone is. More than 350 million people in fact, enough to make the popular social networking site bigger than most nations. But with Facebook’s massive popularity has come new problems. It happened because of recent privacy changes Facebook made that users may not realize leaves their personal details exposed for the world... 

Scamming the Scammers

Scamming the Scammers

Despite years of warnings, we still get those scam emails from Nigeria and other far flung places offering us huge sums of money if we’ll help someone claiming to be a banking or political figure smuggle out a fortune. It’s called the 419 scam after a law in Nigeria that prohibits such practices. While the scam continues, it’s produced a counterforce, a group of Internet vigilantes that turns the tables... 

Twitter tools that will get you followers and organize your tweets

Twitter tools that will get you followers and organize your tweets

The new year 2010, they say, will be THE year for social networking, led by the hugely popular Twitter service that send out those short, 140-character updates. How to manage those Tweets and get more followers is a major online activity these days. I’ve found three tools that will help you manage those social networking tasks. Twitter seems to be where all the online buzz is these days. Check out a Twitter... 

Online help for keeping those New Year Resolutions

Online help for keeping those New Year Resolutions

It’s a brand new year and if you are like most Americans, you’ve set some New Year Resolutions for 2010. Experts tell us that year after year, the top three are losing weight, getting in shape and getting organized. Technology and the Internet can help you reach your goals. If you’ve determined to lose weight this year, click on over to Spark People. It’s a free and powerful social networking site dedicated... 

Do-it-yourself tech troubleshooting help for broken Christmas gizmos

Do-it-yourself tech troubleshooting help for broken Christmas gizmos

It’s the week after Christmas and all through the land, one phrase can be heard from those with phone clutched firmly in hand: “Help! It doesn’t work!” These are the days when you don’t want to be working the help desk of an electronics or computer company. Nor do you want to have to call them. You are not going to get through without having to wait a very long time. For these first couple of weeks... 

Santa Tracker 2009 ready to show route to your rooftop

Santa Tracker 2009 ready to show route to your rooftop

As excitement builds for Santa’s big day, parents are once again turning to the Internet to help their children anticipate his arrival. Technology will help track those Christmas Eve deliveries from North Pole takeoff to your rooftop. The Santa Tracker goes live Christmas Eve, once again combining the search power of Google and the NORAD missile-tracking people. It all goes live on Christmas Eve, Using data... 

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