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June 3rd, 2008Online Predator Bills Signed Into Law Today
President Bush signed into law two bills that will make it much harder for child molesters to lurk with anonymity on the Web, especially at social networking sites. The new law, called the "Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators...
Goodbye, Kind PC World
This is my 952nd Techlog post. It's also my last one--because today is my last day as editor in chief of PC World. As I blogged here three weeks ago, I'm stepping down from this wonderful job to try my...
Live From Google's "Factory Tour" of Search
I'm at the Googleplex in Mountain View for a Google Factory Tour--which involves neither a factory nor a tour. But it is an update on Google search, and should therefore be worthwhile. I'll update this post as the event proceeds......
Aliph's New Jawbone Headset: Smaller and More Stylish
Confession time: This is a quick headset review by a guy who's never liked headsets much. McCracken's First Law of Eyeglass Wearing correctly posits that it's impossible to comfortably hook more than one device behind your ear at one time....
My New Adventure
As I've often said, I'm one lucky guy. In my position as editor in chief of PC World, I have one of the best jobs in technology journalism. I get to do work I thoroughly enjoy, and to be part...
A Win for PCW!
I'm pleased to say that several of us PC Worlders spent Friday night at the Western Publications Association's annual Maggie Awards banquet, which recognizes magazines and Web sites published west of the Mississippi--and we didn't go away empty-handed. Chris...
No MicroHoo? Hallelujah!
When I saw the headline, I smiled: "Microsoft Abandons Yahoo Acquisition." Absent a surprise ending, the behemoth of Redmond's attempt to go head-to-head with Google in Web advertising by paying billions to snap up Yahoo has failed. And I'm relieved--if...
The $199 iPhone: Cool! Possibly Imaginary!
As nifty as the current iPhone is, there are muliple reasons not to buy it: It's got a slow data connection, it doesn't yet run third-party applications...and at $399 with no subsidy from AT&T, it's kinda pricey. We know that...
Sorry, MSN Music "Buyers!"
As I've said before, I don't have any religious opposition to the very notion of Digital Rights Management. But boy, does DRM in the real world keep turning out to be a compelling argument for the elimination of DRM, period....
