Being a PC person, I don't often delve into MAC stories but this is news. For the first time, the latest OS operating system, SnowLeopard, will, say the pundits, include anti-virus software, and it was bound to happen. SnowLeopard is due out any day now (officially Aug 28) at $29 for the upgrade (you listening, Microsoft?) - and the world is waiting with baited breath - or at least the MAC fans are. Most of us don't want to shell out the bucks attached to the price points of MAC stuff. The systems, that is PC and MAC, are getting closer...

This may be the coolest iPod app I've ever seen. GoPostal is a service app for iPhones that allows you to snap a photo, compose your own custom message, and send a postcard from your phone or computer. It's dirt cheap and more fun than summer craft camp. Made by a company called Print Your Life the app can be accessed at their website (click on Design a postcard from your computer). You can create an account or be a guest. The process takes seconds and the resulting postcard is not an e-card, it's mailed through the post office. Cost of...

What are the worst electronic gadgets and concepts available today? I searched the web to see what venerable gadget gurus had to say and here's a list of sites for you to visit if you're interested in avoiding the crappiest gadgets on Earth. Save money. Wired's gadget lab disses AT&T, Asus and Apple, among others. Check out their list of trashy inventions. Audio gadgets to throw down a black hole - Sgt. Pepper??? Worst science cliches - are we done with silver bullet theory - please? Can we quit with the Holy Grail nonsense? Switched thumps Sega and Gizmondo among others Twenty worthless pieces of...

The term "Smartphone" refers to most cell phones in use today. Early cell phones simply made radio-telephone voice conversations possible, but today we find that phones give us lots of extra features like internet, e-mail, text messaging and even computer applications. "Smart" gadgets in anyone's book. The Washington Post called Nokia's entry the most popular, that surprised me. The Post says in a recent article that iPhone will swamp Nokia in 2013. I would have put Apple ahead already, but the typically inflated price point on the iPhone is likely a stumbling block. You can expect a smart phone to: ...

Amazon spit out a new Kindle announcement today. Are they being a little too voluminous with this stuff? Bigger. Ok. Deluxe - well, the price is pretty deluxe, for Amazon profit. And everyone knows the letter "X" is marketing magic. If there's a reason for boomers to care about this product release (sometime during the summer) maybe it's the almost 3X more display real estate. But come on, the price tag!  In a time of econ crunch, belt tightening and rampant job losses? It's very close to $500. $489. Other Kindle features: It'll handle PDF (portable document format) Adobe's ubiquitous...

I don't have an iPhone but I have an iPod Touch, which, when I got it, I figured would not be of much use to me. I was wrong. Because of apps, I use the little bugger all the time - my iPod touch is always at hand. I know people who won't make a move without their iPhone, or some other-brand sort-of equivalents. They app themselves through each day. Do you? The people at Apple told me, "It's the apps!" when I asked them what's so cool about these iPods and iPhones. And they are dead spot on. On Twitter (get an account...