Today's New York Times is reporting that the new Amazon Kindle Fire is just shy of a complete failure. David Streitfeld's Personal Tech column is entitled "As Kindle Fire Faces Critics, Remedies Are Promised", but look closely at that url and you can see the original title of...
Posted July 1, 2011 | 15:22:42 (EST)
There's already been a lot written about the new Google Plus service, Google's new social networking site that's generations beyond anything that Orkut ever offered and already an impressive competitor to the reigning king of social networks, Facebook. What I haven't seen discussed yet...
Posted March 24, 2011 | 18:37:33 (EST)
I was talking to a tech guy this morning about my new iPad 2 and he asked the same questions everyone asks: "What d'ya think of it? What's cool about it compared to the original iPad?" I have my stock answers, about it being slimmer, lighter and faster, the addition...
Posted February 16, 2011 | 15:22:00 (EST)
Looked closely at your kid's cellphone or that Kindle or fun little Nintendo DS gizmo? Turns out that a whole lot of modern devices can pop online and not only submit game scores to a central server, but allow users to surf the Web and visit...
Posted January 10, 2011 | 17:10:24 (EST)
I've been here in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show representing my site, Ask Dave Taylor, and it's been a great show, well worth the time, expense and visit to Las Vegas. I've stayed at the Wynn hotel, which has proven great, a...
Posted December 13, 2010 | 11:21:01 (EST)
I was reading, with great interest, the announcement that the U.S. Navy has demonstrated a new electromagnetic "rail gun" that can shoot projectiles at Mach 7 for a distance of 100 miles. Yes, it's futuristic, but I think it's more important because it's yet another milestone on the...
Posted October 19, 2010 | 13:12:09 (EST)
Every few weeks on Twitter I see some hashtag meme appear, something where we're told that if we just "retweet" or even use a specific hashtag (that is, a word prefaced by "#," commonly known as a hash symbol) that we're going to help raise money for some charity or...
Posted September 24, 2010 | 15:14:30 (EST)
Now that sites like Hulu have done a good job of offering up TV shows and series on demand, whether you're on an iPad, MacBook, PC or any other non-television device, the next step for the industry is clearly the channel stream, the sequence of shows, ads and...
Posted July 6, 2010 | 13:45:02 (EST)
I need to start this post by admitting that I'm obsessed with the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The biggest and most popular sporting event in the world, it's a truly international event where the best teams from around the globe compete for the national glory. Whether you supported...
Posted March 31, 2010 | 13:40:19 (EST)
In the spirit of disclosure, I am hoping to stir up a bit of a hornet's nest with this article here on the 'Post. Why? Because I think that there are a couple of different ways to approach user generated content that either reflect your political views or your approach...
Posted March 24, 2010 | 17:55:00 (EST)
As a content publisher, I'm personally very aware of copyright and license issues. In the age of the Internet, the age of easy cut and paste, it's virtually impossible to prevent theft. The problem gets worse if you work with images rather than text: however much you try to prevent...
Posted March 11, 2010 | 11:04:22 (EST)
While the issue of Amazon.com canceling its affiliate relationship with all the Amazon Associates members based in the state of Colorado has already been covered here on HuffPost (see The Real Story on Amazon and Colorado), I wanted to bring a more personal perspective to the story because...

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