E-Books

Make Telephone Calls via Gmail Google introduced a new service that allows Gmail users to place telephone calls directly from their email accounts. Calls made to phones in the U.S. and Canada are free, and International calls to countries like Japan and Britain are as low as 2 cents per minute. Google’s new service is Continue Reading →

July 29, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Hacked ATMs: Do you think hackers are just interested in your computers? Think again. At the recent Black Hat conference, Computer hacker Barnaby Jack presented a way to force ATMs spit out cash by remote control. While the audience applauded, the goal Continue Reading →

July 27, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Do you wish your iPhone worked with another carrier? Would you like it to have access to an entire world of apps that aren’t available from the Apple App store? If so, your in luck, because the Library of Congress has just Continue Reading →

July 20, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Droid X Sold Out:eBooks Outsell Hardcovers: Amazon announced that eBooks for Kindle are outselling hardcover books. According to Amazon, customers are purchasing 143 Kindles, and 180 Kindle books, for every 100 hardcover books. Jeff Bezos believes eBooks have hit the “tipping point,” Continue Reading →

I hate being a criminal. It’s really no fun at all. I bet you hate it too. But the amount of casual piracy that is woven into the fabric of our digital lives is really starting to bother me. One of my good friends just sent me an email. He just returned from a weeklong Continue Reading →

This week on Digital Life: Is Verizon finally going to sell iPhones? If so, should you wait? And, can Steve Jobs stop iPhone sex chats? Plus, should you buy Amazon’s updated Kindle DX or just get an iPad? And, I’ll ask wired.com’s John Abell if there will there ever be enough wireless bandwidth. I’ll speak Continue Reading →

July 2, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Amazon’s New Big Screen Kindle: Amazon dropped the price of its Kindle DX and updated the popular eReader. Dubbed the Pearl, it features better contrast on an updated E-Ink screen. While the Kindle DX is a high quality eReader, the $379 price Continue Reading →

June 29, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: FCC To Auction More Spectrum: Yesterday President Obama decided to help you get a handle on your digital life. The government will auction off more wireless spectrum to be used for fixed and mobile broadband connections. What? It means that within a Continue Reading →

June 22, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: FiOS Without A Contract: Verizon is now offering its FiOS service without a contract. In fact, you can pay month-to-month if you like with no termination fee Why? Remember those negative ads from cable companies saying that Verizon locks you into a Continue Reading →

June 3, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Kindle On Sale At Target: Want to see the Amazon Kindle before you buy it. Starting June 6th, Target will begin selling the eReader for $259. Amazon says the Kindle is its best-selling product, so it should do great at Target. AT&T Continue Reading →