wavLength Archives

• 2011.07.15: test
• 2011.07.11: test
• 2008.06.03: Starbucks "free" Wi-Fi a debacle on day 1
• 2008.06.02: Public radio on Twitter
• 2008.06.02: Now that's how to use surveillance cameras
• 2008.05.09: My Twitter drive meets goal
• 2008.04.26: Chumby choo-choo keeps a-rollin'
• 2008.04.21: Sorry Chumby, cute is not enough
• 2008.04.11: Saving money the Web 2.0 way
• 2008.04.08: Counterfeit chips raise hacking, terror threats
• 2008.04.07: A more accurate map of greenhouse gases could lead to smarter policy
• 2008.03.25: The unlikely place where Post-it inventor had Eureka! moment
• 2008.03.25: American life after newsapers
• 2008.03.19: Games for changing the world
• 2008.03.12: Hacking into human hearts
• 2008.03.12: SXSWi Dispatch: Guitar Hero
• 2008.03.10: SXSWi Dispatch: Mini-scandal over Zuckerberg keynote speaks volumes about reputation dangers on Internet
• 2008.03.10: Forget SXSW, the hot ticket is Mid by Midwest
• 2008.03.10: SXSWi Dispatch: Extropians
• 2008.03.10: SXSWi Dispatch: Hanging out with the nerds
• 2008.03.09: SXSWi Dispatch: Being Internet famous
• 2008.03.09: SXSWi Dispatch: Social networking for people over 40
• 2008.03.09: SXSWi Dispatch: Muslims seek to counter online extremism
• 2008.03.06: Austin bound
• 2008.03.06: Is Future Tense a driving hazard?
• 2008.03.06: Twitter in plain English
• 2008.02.14: Customers leave pieces of themselves when they quit Internet services
• 2008.02.06: Analyst: Relax, severed Internet cables just a coincidence
• 2008.01.30: The case against government support of journalism
• 2008.01.29: Should the government support journalism?
• 2008.01.24: Tech reviewer trinity tackles MacBook Air
• 2008.01.24: Bill Gates calls for "creative capitalism" to fight poverty
• 2008.01.24: The Atlantic drops its paywall
• 2008.01.23: wavLength interview: Harnessing the power of cell phones to detect threats of nuclear terrorism
• 2008.01.22: Windows Vista the #2 tech flop of past 20 years?
• 2008.01.15: Macworld live-Twittered, sort of
• 2008.01.14: Facebook's Zuckerberg defends Beacon on 60 Minutes
• 2008.01.11: Internet rises as source of political news and information at expense of mainstream media
• 2008.01.10: Bob Edwards is hosting Fresh Air!
• 2008.01.10: Another big moment for Internet video in American politics
• 2008.01.07: Firefox starts a viral campaign to lure users of Internet Explorer
• 2008.01.04: Bloomington native makes good at high-profile startup
• 2008.01.04: Geek teams to pull all-nighter to build better Websites for funding-challenged nonprofits
• 2008.01.01: Good times for libraries
• 2007.12.20: These are a few of my favorite things
• 2007.12.20: Is the iPod a good learning tool?
• 2007.12.19: Report: Teen content creation rises
• 2007.12.19: Google incorporates FlightStats.com
• 2007.12.19: NPR's flawed take on FreeRice.com
• 2007.12.19: Report: Gates Foundation causing unintended harm
• 2007.12.19: Bubble video is back
• 2007.12.18: Google Docs: Obscure but handy
• 2007.12.18: As old phone technology is abandoned, sound quality going down the tubes
• 2007.12.11: Google Street View debuts in Twin Cities
• 2007.12.05: Is ad for Dell computer sexist?
• 2007.12.05: Funny, tragic data disasters of the year
• 2007.12.02: Live on Midday
• 2007.11.27: Vinyl vs. CD: An MTV analysis from 1993
• 2007.11.13: Should you trust FreeRice.com?
• 2007.11.08: Mango Languages offers free language lessons, but some experts are not impressed
• 2007.11.06: NPR creates music site, adds better flash media player
• 2007.11.05: Majority of downloaders paid zilch for Radiohead album
• 2007.10.23: Study: Video games can reduce stress
• 2007.10.21: What do YOU see in my broken Pod?
• 2007.10.17: Light blogging ahead...
• 2007.10.17: Can a breezy online game help prevent phishing?
• 2007.10.15: Jammie Thomas: Settling with record labels would not have been right
• 2007.10.11: Klawe: Never been a better time for women to enter computer science
• 2007.10.05: These are the 24 songs that cost Jammie Thomas $220,000
• 2007.10.04: Higher ed discovers YouTube
• 2007.10.03: Radiohead challenges recording industry
• 2007.10.03: Record labels might fear victory in file sharing trial
• 2007.09.24: Brooklyn doc to treat patients over 'Net
• 2007.09.20: Dean of tech critics gives so-so review to iPod Touch
• 2007.09.19: Miro: Internet TV with a political motive
• 2007.09.12: Don't use technology in Europe. It's bad for you.
• 2007.09.06: Unopened rebate letters found in Silicon Valley dumpster
• 2007.09.06: Tough love on iPhone price cut
• 2007.09.05: Forget iPhone, I'll take the iPod Touch
• 2007.09.05: Tech attorney parodies Larry Craig incident
• 2007.08.23: The Internet gives new life to academic films
• 2007.08.21: The bygone days of the phone phreaks
• 2007.08.20: Today's Future Tense: The Backstory
• 2007.08.16: Bart Davenport of indie band Honeycut talks about licensing a song to Apple
• 2007.08.15: Robotic vehicle demonstrated in Twin Cities today
• 2007.08.14: A sleeker medical device for diabetics
• 2007.08.13: How is technology changing golf?
• 2007.08.08: One Laptop Per Child demoed
• 2007.08.08: Ad for new iMacs features my favorite band
• 2007.08.03: Citizen media cover bridge collapse
• 2007.07.26: Newbies flocking to MacOS
• 2007.07.19: I'm Fake Steve Jobs
• 2007.07.18: Doing the Facebook thing
• 2007.07.18: Harry Potter and the Impossibility of Keeping Mum
• 2007.07.17: Harry Potter book leaked on Internet. Does it matter?
• 2007.07.11: What, Future Tense is a music show now?
• 2007.07.01: Listeners review iPhone
• 2007.07.01: Dwight Silverman on the iPhone
• 2007.06.29: Colbert enraged over iPhone slight
• 2007.06.28: Getting an iPhone? Let's talk.
• 2007.06.28: Your iPhone questions answered
• 2007.06.27: David Pogue gets funny with iPhone
• 2007.06.26: Mossberg reviews iPhone
• 2007.06.26: Catch me on Midday today
• 2007.06.25: Amazing theremin cover of Gnarls Barkley song
• 2007.06.22: The Internet's most hated words
• 2007.06.21: The Webware 100
• 2007.06.21: SkyMall catalog has the goods
• 2007.06.20: Jerry Yang's big challenge
• 2007.06.19: Google's rising interest and influence over presidential politics
• 2007.06.14: You can't say that about my software
• 2007.06.13: EFF's Kevin Bankston nabbed by Google's Street View
• 2007.06.12: Safari browser for Windows? Whatever.
• 2007.06.12: Google's creepy "Street View" map captures privacy advocate
• 2007.05.30: Microsoft unveils new Surface computer
• 2007.05.24: Denver Post runs with story on compromised medical records
• 2007.05.22: Private medical records of Colorado residents exposed on Internet
• 2007.05.21: World Without Oil
• 2007.05.17: NPR goes public in fight to save Internet broadcasting
• 2007.05.17: Future Tense: The case of the Linkin Park Cyberstalker
• 2007.05.15: Tech 3 for 5.15.2007
• 2007.05.15: Future Tense: iPod earbuds that fit
• 2007.05.14: Tech 3 for 5.14.2007
• 2007.05.14: 3D printers edge closer to the home
• 2007.05.10: Tech 3 for 5.10.2007
• 2007.05.08: Should we assign expiriation dates to personal data?
• 2007.05.02: Who's got the best hotel Wi-Fi?
• 2007.05.02: Gartner: IT industry beginning to think green
• 2007.05.02: New regs threaten Army blogs
• 2007.04.30: SplashCast
• 2007.04.30: Berklee College of Music launches new Internet stations
• 2007.04.29: Life in the SF Bay Area won't be fun
• 2007.04.27: Lawmakers propose fee reversal for Internet radio stations
• 2007.04.27: Negroponte rethinks One Laptop per Child project
• 2007.04.27: Political parties lack specificity on tech matters
• 2007.04.25: Lessig: Political parties should allow public to "remix" debates
• 2007.04.25: Video games and the Virginia Tech shooter
• 2007.04.23: Dell customers demand Windows XP
• 2007.04.20: U.S. government networks under attack
• 2007.04.20: More consumers complain about "bloatware"
• 2007.04.18: Stuff that doesn't work
• 2007.04.18: House committee to hold key cybersecurity hearing Thursday
• 2007.04.18: Future Tense: A death sentence for Internet radio?
• 2007.04.17: A Twitter story written in Twitter style
• 2007.04.13: Podcaster pulls hoax; claimed he was replacement for Imus in the Morning
• 2007.04.09: Help me test Google Voice Local Search
• 2007.04.04: Are politicians placing too much emphasis on tech?
• 2007.04.04: YouTube's third founder speaks on the site's origins
• 2007.04.03: Gopher researcher on MPR's All Things Considered
• 2007.04.03: Silverman: EMI, Apple deal looks revolutionary
• 2007.04.02: For 30 cents more, DRM-free songs from iTunes
• 2007.04.02: Orwell's London neighborhood under constant surveillance
• 2007.03.30: What's it like to be on Future Tense?
• 2007.03.30: Future Tense: What's the appeal of Twitter?
• 2007.03.29: Reconsidering Writing a blog post about how I don't get the whole Twitter thing
• 2007.03.29: Bush talks alterna-fuels; CD sales plunge; and more NPR tech
• 2007.03.27: How to throw a Wii party
• 2007.03.26: Bruce Sterling on the future of cities
• 2007.03.22: Apple TV roundup
• 2007.03.22: Taking on ride on the Airbus A-380 (and more NPR tech stories)
• 2007.03.20: Thinking differently about Apple
• 2007.03.20: Do you now, or did you ever own one of the worst PCs of all time?
• 2007.03.20: Who's my blog daddy?
• 2007.03.19: Hotlanta buses glow with techno-ads
• 2007.03.19: YouTube to honor best videos of 2006
• 2007.03.19: GrandCentral's theory of unified phone numbers
• 2007.03.19: U.S. is biggest source - and target - of computer crime
• 2007.03.16: It's his career that's dead
• 2007.03.16: "I'm a Mac," "I'm a PC" ads get under Gates' skin
• 2007.03.16: Whenever I see your smiling face...
• 2007.03.14: NPR: Conservapedia as antidote to Wikipedia's "liberal bias" (and some barely relevant Merle Haggard analysis)
• 2007.03.13: Happy birthday, Smiley Face! :-)
• 2007.03.13: Finding the good stuff on YouTube, Google Video
• 2007.03.09: A record of my events
• 2007.03.06: Are podcasts making money?
• 2007.03.06: Wal-Mart gives a boost to HD Radio
• 2007.03.06: This American Life moves to TV
• 2007.03.05: A chance to grill me
• 2007.03.01: Main MPR Web site blocked in censor-happy China
• 2007.03.01: TV news falls for Web's "emo" parodies
• 2007.02.28: The rise of co-working spaces
• 2007.02.28: Future Tense: The Mexican gray wolf is calling
• 2007.02.27: Alaska man's computer confiscated after he used library's wireless connection after closing time
• 2007.02.27: Future Tense: BitTorrent goes legit
• 2007.02.27: The office cubicle of 2017
• 2007.02.26: Oscar broadcast features iPhone spot
• 2007.02.26: Newsweek profiles techPresident blog
• 2007.02.26: I'll be speaking at Macalester
• 2007.02.22: Headline of the day
• 2007.02.22: TV critic urges cranky old newspaper readers to check out his blog, podcast
• 2007.02.22: Drew of Toothpaste for Dinner wishes he could hit people in Second Life
• 2007.02.22: I recommend KUOW's "The Works" podcast
• 2007.02.22: NPR Technology Podcast for Feb. 22, 2007
• 2007.02.21: Turing Award goes to a woman for first time
• 2007.02.21: Future Tense: JetBlue says "my bad" on YouTube
• 2007.02.20: Odeo's for sale
• 2007.02.20: You never know who's in your foursome
• 2007.02.20: Future Tense: Daytrotter.com puts Quad Cities on the indie music map
• 2007.02.20: Future Tense: New blog tracks MySpace friends of 2008 candidates
• 2007.02.16: A quality rant from Gizmodo dude
• 2007.02.16: Future Tense: How much juice does it take to power the 'Net?
• 2007.02.16: Tivo owners are nuts
• 2007.02.15: Future Tense: IT workers scrambling to prepare for early daylight savings time
• 2007.02.15: Your weekly NPR Technology podcast
• 2007.02.14: Washington Post reports on case of teacher facing jail time over spyware-infected computer
• 2007.02.14: Will early DST be a mini-Y2K?
• 2007.02.14: Internet turns radio into visual medium
• 2007.02.12: Be your own Idol
• 2007.02.12: XTremeMac MicroMemo tops Belkin, Griffin in test of iPod microphones
• 2007.02.09: How to get free audiobooks
• 2007.02.08: It's the aliens, stupid
• 2007.02.08: NPR Technology Podcast. Come get it.
• 2007.02.08: Who made what from Google's YouTube purchase
• 2007.02.08: Internet repels huge attack; public was never in any danger
• 2007.02.08: Video games: The miracle drug?
• 2007.02.08: Future Tense: Video games improve vision. Bonus: Imagining life without DRM
• 2007.02.07: Man downloads 5 songs, gets sued
• 2007.02.07: Radio Lingua offers new German, Italian language learning podcasts
• 2007.02.05: Gorbachev to Gates: Don't send Russian schoolteacher to Siberian camps
• 2007.02.05: Dwight's 15 geekiest movies
• 2007.02.05: Save the Pants: An ad made just for YouTube
• 2007.02.05: Al Gore: Tech can save the earth
• 2007.02.05: NPR's weekly tech podcast: Vista, Vista, virus, Super Bowl, food maps
• 2007.02.05: Worst NPR.org headline EVER
• 2007.02.05: Site identifies songs you hum; Wikipedia in trouble?
• 2007.01.31: Future Tense: Choose fancy fonts at your own risk
• 2007.01.31: Light blogging for the next few days
• 2007.01.31: New podcasts at NPR.org
• 2007.01.30: Coming soon: iPod microphone reviews
• 2007.01.30: Apple adds color to iPod Shuffle
• 2007.01.30: Bill Gates pumps Windows Vista on The Daily Show
• 2007.01.30: Substitute teacher faces prison term over spyware-infected class computer
• 2007.01.26: This week's NPR Technology podcast
• 2007.01.26: Best tech story I read today
• 2007.01.24: Kojo Nnamdi Show: A digital camera primer
• 2007.01.24: Future Tense: Is StolenIDSearch.com a crazy idea?
• 2007.01.23: NPR Weekend Edition Saturday: A virus anniversary
• 2007.01.23: TOTN: Surveillance cameras more good than bad?
• 2007.01.22: Microsoft Office 2007: Do you need it?
• 2007.01.19: Obama winning hearts in tech country
• 2007.01.19: Strange-looking high-tech boat unveiled in the waters of San Francisco Bay
• 2007.01.18: In the Loop: How is tech bringing us together?
• 2007.01.18: Investigators: Nokia phone did NOT set man on fire
• 2007.01.17: Future Tense: An interview with eMusic president and CEO David Pakman
• 2007.01.16: From my inbox: Smell my tires
• 2007.01.16: iPhone: See it for yourself
• 2007.01.15: NPR: Pogue and McGuire on iPhone and more
• 2007.01.15: U.K. troops say Google Earth being used by terrorists to target them
• 2007.01.15: Future Tense: Examining the souls of voting machines
• 2007.01.12: My Macworld adventure...
• 2007.01.12: Podcasts ready to hit "inflection point" in '07
• 2007.01.11: Cisco exec spins iPhone lawsuit
• 2007.01.11: NPR: Walt Mossberg opines on the Apple iPhone
• 2007.01.11: Future Tense: Universities ramp up podcast offerings
• 2007.01.10: PC World editor killed; cops claim he was involved in drug trade
• 2007.01.10: Future Tense: Obama as JFK of Internet?
• 2007.01.10: iPhone: Let the griping begin!
• 2007.01.09: How I almost disrupted Jobs' Macworld speech
• 2007.01.08: Future Tense: "CrossOver" Mac is new option for running Windows apps on Macs
• 2007.01.08: Taps for digital rights management?
• 2007.01.04: Free Mozart and Beethoven for your iPod
• 2007.01.04: How big is Second Life really?
• 2007.01.04: iPod inspired Dubai building design?
• 2007.01.04: Amazon's Jeff Bezos reveals space project
• 2007.01.04: Future Tense: A place for local blogs
• 2007.01.03: Game consoles go beyond games
• 2007.01.03: Onerous DRM falling out of favor: Could it be?
• 2007.01.03: Future Tense: Pogue's favorite tech features
• 2007.01.02: MPR's Fantasy Legislature
• 2007.01.02: Dwight likes his iPod, but has a few complaints
• 2006.12.28: Links for Dec. 28, 2006
• 2006.12.28: Future Tense: Time-wasting Web sites
• 2006.12.27: Future Tense: Malware causing Windows users to switch to Mac OSX?
• 2006.12.27: The Shins "fansource" new video
• 2006.12.27: It's a link party
• 2006.12.27: U of M Twin Cities campus totally wired
• 2006.12.27: Top YouTube videos of the year
• 2006.12.26: Send an animated GeoGreeting
• 2006.12.24: Rise of the iPod, rebirth of Steve Jobs on TV
• 2006.12.24: New York Times: Researchers discover security flaws in Microsoft Vista
• 2006.12.24: Future Tense: A backpack to lighten your load
• 2006.12.22: Future Tense: Last-minute gifts you can that do good
• 2006.12.22: KPFT: Technology Bytes
• 2006.12.21: A Luddite's guide to gift giving
• 2006.12.21: Animals in the (tech) news
• 2006.12.21: Future Tense: Next tech titan will come from China or India
• 2006.12.20: Kojo Nnamdi Show: The Year in Tech
• 2006.12.20: NPR: How 78 rpm records shaped music
• 2006.12.20: Cure for melancholy? Maybe not
• 2006.12.20: NPR: Hipster job seekers post video resumes online
• 2006.12.20: Turning normal eyeglasses into big screen movie projectors
• 2006.12.20: An interview with a virtual land developer who's made a non-virtual million bucks
• 2006.12.19: Is malware driving Windows users to Macs?
• 2006.12.19: Time: YouTube founders Chad Hurley, Steve Chen try to minimize third man?
• 2006.12.19: NPR's guide to non-gory video games for kids
• 2006.12.18: Making better passwords
• 2006.12.18: Star Tribune: Demand rises for "vintage" video games
• 2006.12.18: NPR: College student makes a wearable scoreboard for basketball players
• 2006.12.18: GPhone, iPhone, YouTooTube and more
• 2006.12.18: Why I still have a land line
• 2006.12.17: No mo' Morse
• 2006.12.17: Can your PC handle Windows Vista?
• 2006.12.17: Guitar Hero 2: I got a owie
• 2006.12.15: NPR's "download to zune" button - why?
• 2006.12.15: NPR, others considering online "music discovery" site
• 2006.12.14: Schneier analyzes MySpace passwords
• 2006.12.14: As if we have time to waste...
• 2006.12.14: Microsoft spoofs Apple TV ads
• 2006.12.14: Blackberry orphans, LED's, and RFID shoes
• 2006.12.13: Where technology and faith meet
• 2006.12.13: Alt.npr Press Start podcast reviews games for holiday
• 2006.12.13: Donate your old thumb drives
• 2006.12.13: Business Week's Steve Wildstrom pans digital radio
• 2006.12.12: Wii: What's your major damage?
• 2006.12.12: YouTube for podcasts?
• 2006.12.11: Lonely Zune seeks mate
• 2006.12.11: This blog gets blogged, to which I blog back
• 2006.12.11: Old tapes provide early look at Google
• 2006.12.11: Here's your bogus claim of the day
• 2006.12.11: Scott Simon on the heroism of James Kim
• 2006.12.10: The guys at Woot like the Roomba
• 2006.12.10: Tech in my house
• 2006.12.07: James Kim, 1971-2006
• 2006.12.04: So it's true! Gadgets ARE built to fail
• 2006.12.04: Secrets of Apple iPhone revealed?
• 2006.12.03: Do patents sometimes impede scientific progress?
• 2006.11.29: Where the auto industry is headed
• 2006.11.29: Future Tense: iPod earbud replacements the top accessory
• 2006.11.28: Premium headphones as best add-on for iPod?
• 2006.11.27: TV newscast totally pwns "leet" story (not)
• 2006.11.27: Adding human intelligence to machines
• 2006.11.27: Twin Cities-based Curbly hopes to cash in on DIY, social networking