I try to maintain a positive outlook on my work, and do my best to make sure that I publish accurate information. When I review a new product, I want it to be the release version, even if that version has problems. Yes, I cover betas sometimes, clearly labeled as such, with appropriate warnings. In […]

As my son enters his junior year as an undergraduate majoring in both journalism and political science, one of his courses covers research. This may seem a trivial issue in a world where the word “Google” is a verb for online research. But it’s not always that simple, and someone who makes a living reporting […]

Microsoft has to be judged guilty of using some of the worst code names in the business. Windows Vista, for example, was originally known as Longhorn, as if some sort of Texas steer would convey images of a world-class personal computer operating system. So it was only natural that Microsoft’s latest effort — and I’ve […]

It wasn’t so many years ago that your Internet access bill was metered by the hour. Although AOL is considered expensive today, and this is a main reason, among others, that it is hemorrhaging members, that wasn’t true when it started. Then, paying $5.00 per hour for dial-up was actually considered a bargain. True, early […]