Imagine if our country had to solve something as complicated as a financial crisis! We can’t even manage to get everyone a TV signal without it becoming a political brouhaha. So what do you make of the fact that the Senate voted to postpone the cutover to a digital television signal until June, followed by [...]

A friend wrote me today to ask advice about his aging dad’s tech life. Dad has Alzheimer’s. Dad and Mom each owned their own PC, but now they need to downsize and share a PC as they move into an assisted living facility. Mom is worried about sharing her PC; Dad, in his forgetfulness, may [...]

“Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children.” —Walt Disney
For a child, today’s play is tomorrow’s work. Whether it’s playing with a toy doctor kit, a tea set, a digital camera and editing software, or inside of a virtual world, the skills they’ll need tomorrow are being honed.
But their skills will only be [...]

On January 21, 2009, the Supreme Court ruled that they would not hear the case that might allow the Child Online Protection Act—an Act that’s been dancing around various courts for more than a decade—to pass into law. Instead, the justices upheld the earlier decisions that found the Act would be too restrictive.
Like cicadas, COPA [...]

They’ve always said that when the going gets tough, the tough go shopping, but in a recession you’ve got to be tough, smart, and tech-savvy. Read more at Discover Card.

New electronic devices can track your kids from the instant that they’re toddling in a mall right up until the moment that they’re driving around with their buddies. Is that a good thing or not? To read more visit my column at Hybrid Mom.

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas just ended. One of newest focuses of this huge electronics show is looking at the next generation of digital consumers—kids. According to toy industry data, the fastest, and almost the only, growing segment of the kids’ toy market is for digital toys.
We’ll be looking at some of [...]