Making our presence known might be dangerous Researchers involved in the search for extra-terrestrial life are considering what the message from Earth should be. The call has been made at th... Read more
Joel Turner was only 19 when three men broke into his house and stabbed him to death. His mother, Janet Connors, had already spent four decades as a social activist in Dorchester, Boston’s l... Read more
We wrote recently about how the rise of mobile phones with built-in cameras has led to an irresistible urge to record our experiences everywhere with a digital picture. But what happe... Read more
Few of us could imagine life without Internet access. Accessing the Internet for information, entertainment, and functions like banking are now well integrated in Americans’ daily lives. In... Read more
Blogs were once the outlet of choice for people who wanted to express themselves online. Like any aspiring filmmaker, Michael McDonald, a high school senior, used a blog to show off his vide... Read more
Image via CrunchBase by David Pogue – NY Times A few days before my 100-year-old mother’s death this summer, she said she had only one regret: not being able to see her family in Calif... Read more
Image via Wikipedia My 2-year-old daughter surprised me recently with two words: “Daddy’s book.” She was holding my Kindle electronic reader. Here is a child only beginning to talk, revealin... Read more