I sent an email to Senator Lieberman expressing my disappointment on the position he has just taken on healthcare. I noted that I was a contributor and worker in his campaign for president in 2003, contributing more money and time than I had ever given to any candidate prior.

The headline across the top of today's Op-Ed page in the WSJ reads "Tax Day Becomes Protest Day." The op-ed piece notes how the Tea Parties could change American politics.

My protest was to call up and cancel my 28-year subscription to the WSJ. It's becoming Murdoch's print version...

Apple made a splash with its advertising comparing the Mac to the PC. Now Microsoft has fired back with their own commercials touting PCs as a better value. So what are the true facts? It all depends on how you make the comparison and what's important to you. But I...

Why can't U.S. auto companies compete with cars from Asian and European companies?
It seems to me that it comes down to one thing: the product. Not having the right products at the right time, mediocre execution and lack of innovation. As one who writes about and lives products...

I was one of about 400 attendees at Palm's CES press conference announcing their new phone and operating system. The audience showed an enthusiasm for the product usually reserved for Apple announcements. The new Palm Pre looks like a slightly shrunken iPhone with a more sculptured look, but with two...

What is it with Steve Jobs and batteries?

A new 17-inch MacBook Pro was announced today at MacWorld. It's thin, lightweight (for a 17-inch notebook), but has one serious flaw: A non-removable battery. No matter how Apple tries to explain how they've been able to make the battery last longer...

TV brands rated for recycling program

As seen in a recent 60 Minutes expose, e-waste is becoming an environmental and public health hazard. The Electronics TakeBack Coalition's Annual Report Card grades TV manufacturers for their recycling programs that reduce this waste, and has just been released. With so many TVs...

Triage is the process of prioritizing patients based on the severity of their condition. This facilitates the ability to treat as many patients as possible when resources are insufficient for all to be treated immediately.

Nowhere is this more appropriate than in addressing the problems of the Big 3 automakers....

Why can't U.S. auto companies compete with cars from Asian and European companies?

It seems to me that it comes down to one thing: the product. Not having the right products at the right time, mediocre execution and lack of innovation. As one who writes about, reviews, and lives...

Solana Beach, a town of 13,000 is a suburb north of San Diego. Unlike conservative San Diego it's more Democratic. Our neighborhood has had many more Obama lawn signs than McCain, by a a ratio of almost 10:1. Today someone drove through this part of the town and stole all...

Slow connections, 3G turning to 2.5G, and dropped calls. Is the Apple 3G phone fatally flawed? I've been using the 3G iPhone since it came out on July 11. And yes I get dropped calls and poor signal strength in many locations, just the same as others report.

Unless you've been hibernating, you probably know today was the day Apple began selling their new 3G iPhone all around the world. The momentum had been building for months, but with tens of thousands all buying and activating their phone within several hours of each other, could anyone know how...

Next Friday morning the new iPhone 3G will go on sale at Apple and AT&T stores beginning at 8 am. While Apple's announcement made the new phone seem like a 50% price reduction from the first generation, that's not the case. Payments are just shifting from the cost of the...

At the D6 conference in nearby Carlsbad, CA, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer provided a sneak preview of what they're calling Windows 7. Microsoft had hinted in recent weeks that Windows 7 might be a replacement for the badly maligned Vista, one of the biggest product failures since New Coke....

I've used ultra-compact notebooks for years: four generations of the IBM/Lenovo X-series and two from Sony's TX line. I switched to a MacBook as my primary computer more than a year ago to avoid the increasing aggravation of Windows. But the MacBook, as all Apple notebooks, weigh more than 5...

Forget everything you've read or heard about electronic books. After dozens of companies have tried and failed, Amazon's Kindle has succeeded big time. I've been using one actively for several days and it's life changing.

Amazon has re-thought the entire process and has come up with the best implementation...

As a resident of San Diego we were asked to stay off our cell phones as much as possible to allow access by emergency personnel fighting the wild fires. That's certainly a reasonable request considering the abnormally high cellular traffic and the need for emergency personnel to coordinate their rescue...

My wife, mom and dog were asked to leave our home in coastal San Diego this morning. While we're about five miles away from the closest blaze, much depends on the Santa Ana winds that can propel the fire through canyons and close in on us quickly. We were fortunate...

It's fascinating to watch how the cellular phone companies establish policies to increase their revenue while trying not to create so much dissatisfaction that their customers will jump to another carrier. It's akin to walking a tightrope.

It's hard to think of another industry in which there's such an...

First it was poison in dog food and toothpaste, and then defective tires and toys with lead paint. Should products from China be avoided? Can Chinese manufacturers be trusted?

These events have created a frenzy of responses from politicians and instant talk show experts suggesting everything from banning China imports...