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Share e-Books With Your Kindle, Finally! Amazon will finally let Kindle users swap e-books with other Kindle owners. Amazon announced that Kindle users could start lending e-books to friends for a 14-day period. However, during that time the lender does not have access to the book. Also, not every book will be available for sharing, Continue Reading →

Cyber security experts have identified a sophisticated “cyber worm” designed to attack and destroy a physical, real-world target, like a factory or nuclear power plant. Continue Reading →

New and Much Improved Apple TV Steve Jobs unveiled a new version of Apple TV at the Apple press event on Wednesday. The new device is smaller than it’s predecessor and will only deliver rentals, including 99-cent TV shows from News Corp. and the Walt Disney Co. The device also connects with Netflix and online Continue Reading →

Cameron Diaz is Dangerous Who’s the most dangerous celebrity on the web? Cameron Diaz. McAfee reports that when doing an online search for the leading lady, there’s a 10 percent chance that the site you land on has malware such as spam, viruses or spyware. Diaz takes the top spot from Jessica Biel, last year’s Continue Reading →

Apple is having a bit of a public relations problem. As everyone on the planet now knows, if you hold your iPhone 4 and cover the antenna on the lower left side of the unit, you can reduce the radio reception by up to 20 dB and that’s enough to drop calls. I’m not a Continue Reading →

July 9, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: New Micro-Telescope For People With Damaged Retinas: The FDA approved a new tiny telescope that is designed to be implanted in the eyes of people who have damaged retinas. The implant costs about $15,000, but 75% of patients tested noticed a major Continue Reading →

I got a call from a prospective client today. They wanted me to assist them in building a website for their new online business. It was quite a conference call. There were all kinds of really smart people involved. The demo screen shots they created were stunning. Pretty pictures, awesome usability, excellent site architecture ... I was impressed. As the presentation continued they showed me all of the features the site was going to have: social web stuff, news feeds, interfaces to Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, data pulled in from all kinds of interesting places, you name it, it was on the list. 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 →

There was an interesting development in the Apple v. Adobe Flash War this week. Adobe decided to discontinue development of tools for making Flash apps for the iPhone family of devices. This may not sound like a big deal, but it is. Ninety-eight percent of desktop and laptop computers (including Macs) can run Flash video Continue Reading →

I’ve just returned home from the NAB, the National Association of Broadcasters annual meeting. As usual, it was at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Happily, it was very well attended and, even more happily, everyone I spoke to seemed genuinely upbeat about the future. All good! There were hundreds of thousands of square feet of Continue Reading →