Inside Digital Media

Although he died four years ago, author Michael Crichton brilliantly anticipated future technologies and their implications through fiction. For example, the dinosaur cloning in his 1990 novel Jurassic Park preceding the first ldquo;real worldrdquo; cloning of a sheep named Dolly in 1996. Without Cr...

Last November we provided a seven minute video demonstrating how to easily watch any Internet video on a flat-panel TV. When I say easily, I really mean it. It annoys me when someone with specialized experience claims a new procedure for the uninitiated is ldquo;simplerdquo; when it really isnrsquo;...

Although itrsquo;s been predicted before, the stars in their courses are finally lining-up against the studios.

First, most Hollywood motion pictures arenrsquo;t very good. As moviegoers we generally only learn about the good and successful ones. But the catalogues licensed to Netflix, Hulu, YouTube...

Since IP telephony is merely one of many applications available on Internet networks, itrsquo;s increasingly evident that broadband Internet access shall become more important to rural residents than traditional telephone service.nbsp; While the FCC is recommending subsidy changes, the situation war...

Today the Disunion series of The New York Times published my third article. The story corresponds to a Civil War incident known as The Great Locomotive Chase which occurred one-hundred-and-fifty years ago yesterday...

The four reasons I'm buying more books than five years ago are (1) Internet interactivity, (2) second-hand markets online, (3) Amazon.com rewards points and (4) iPad.

Internet Interaction

The ability to interact over the Internet stimulates my book buying in two ways...

Wireless Internet Service Providers held their semi-annual conference in Orlando last week. A number of important industry-specific developments were announced and one was coincident.

1. Last Friday Towerstream (Ticker:TWER) filed a Form 8-K with the Securities #38; Exchange Commission disclosing it...

A little under a year ago, we posted four reasons why Apple may decide to become a Wireless Internet Service Provider. Presently, we conclude that if Apple doesnrsquo;t do it, one or more of the other Internet-dependent giants shall, by the year 2020. Companies like Apple, Amazon, Google (YouTube),...

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The night before many Americans file income tax returns this year marks the Centennial of the Titanic disaster. Consider how media frontiers correspond to the end-points of the one hundred year span...

As The New York Times continues its Sesquicentennial recognition of the Civil War, I'm honored to have a second article, The President and His General, selected.

In addition to clicking on the hyperlinks above, readersnbsp; may also locate the article by searching for ldquo;The President and His Gen...