In the US alone there are dozens of well meaning organizations and companies that have made Internet Safety their bailiwick. Internet security companies like Symantec, Trend Micro, and McAfee for example, are but a few that have concentrated efforts on giving parents tools to monitor their kids’ Internet behaviors.
Organizations like WiredSafety, FOSI, getNetWise, NetSmartz, Pause, [...]

Ernest Hemingway earned the name Papa at the ripe old age of 27. His parents hated his writing. In a literary duel with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway gave Fitzgerald’s critique a three word  brush-off: “Kiss My Ass”. Like MTV or “E”, Shmoop appeals to the quick moving, often purient interests of digital aged kids.  Hence, the [...]

I write about technology. One look at my photo tells you that I don’t write about beauty. But indulge me for a moment. A friend just gave me a few boxes of a new high tech beauty product called WrinkleFree Eyes. The magic sauce includes strips of microcharged (small amount of electric current) film that [...]

Can’t you just imagine the Samsung engineering team sitting around a table, pondering “what can we think up next?” Well, even if you couldn’t, they did. I’m not sure if the results qualify as a stroke of genius or stupid answers to silly problems, but the new Samsung Dual View camera has not one, but [...]

I expect machine takeover any moment. This week I got two tastes of new technologies that reminded me about problems that machines can solve better than me: Ford’s Active Park Assist and Samsung’s new Dual View Camera.

Never mind you, which netbook will your kids be carting to and from 1st grade this year? Will it be the one with SpongeBob or with Little Mermaid? This week Dell announced a new netbook designed for the 6- to 12-year-old: the Inspiron Mini Nick Edition.

Before File-Open-Save and Lacoste were the standard for applications and their developers, there was Kai Krause. Kai’s Power Tools, or KPT, were a collection of psychedelic digital effects that extended the capabilities of PhotoShop. Goo and PowerGoo were consumerized versions of these effects. You could take a photo and apply a few creative stretches and [...]

There are a number of high tech companies seeking to save consumers from themselves by helping them curb overspending. Some of the ideas are quite novel, and if you’re tempted by a big luscious ad or you’re someone with a gift list as long as War and Peace, check out these clever shopping restraints. (Just [...]

A pocket video recorder is the 21st century version of pen and paper. You can whip it out, document, and then share the moments of your day. The top contenders in the pocket video space are the Flip camera and the Kodak Xi8. Flip’s got the catchier name and it captured high definition video first. [...]