	Dan Appleman Gadgets Examiner \| Bio My Bio Subscribe RSS Feed Favorites

Find out more about Dan:

Dan Appleman is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience in hardware, software and gadgets of all kinds. Author of How Computer Programming Works and numerous other technical books and articles, he stubbornly insists that technology be judged by its real value, and not just by how new or cool it is. Reach Dan at GadgetExaminer@gmail.com.

Subscribe to Dan's Email Alerts

Get alerts when Dan submits a new article

Dan has been added to your favorite examiners

View my favorite Examiners

Gadgets Examiner's Articles

Showing: Most recent articles

Motorola Droid - iDon't save you money

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Verizon wireless today launched the new Motorola Droid phone with Android 2.0. Their “iDon’t” ads have been hitting the media...
Keep Reading »

Meeting clock shows costs, not time

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Endless meetings can feel like (and often are) a waste of time and money. It's easy to know how much time has passed in a meeting, but with...
Keep Reading »

Muvee Reveal - video editing for the rest of us - part III

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Muvee Reveal (See Muvee Reveal – video editing for the rest of us) makes it easy to mix video clips and still photos. Still photos aren’t...
Keep Reading »

Muvee Reveal - video editing for the rest of us - part II

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Muvee Reveal offers a unique approach to video editing, using its own intelligent algorithms to attempt to identify the most important parts of your...
Keep Reading »

Muvee Reveal - video editing for the rest of us

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Every now and then you run into a piece of software that, by looking at a task in a new way, completely changes the nature of that task – making...
Keep Reading »

Laplink Upgrade Assistant helps with Windows 7 migration

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Upgrading a system to Windows 7 is easy if you are upgrading from 32 bit Vista to 32 bit Windows 7, or 64 bit Vista to 64 bit Windows 7. But if you...
Keep Reading »

Dot.Conned turns the table on Internet con artists

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Annoyed that the disposed foreign minister of Nigeria really wasn't offering you a million dollars to help with a simple transfer? Have you ever...
Keep Reading »

Netflix to stream videos to PS3 systems starting November

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Sony and Netflix have announced that starting in November, PS3 owners who are Netflix members will be able to...
Keep Reading »

Amazon announces Kindle with international wireless support

Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader has become the most successful e-book device to date, combining an excellent screen with instant wireless...
Keep Reading »

Ghastly gadgets for Halloween

Halloween is coming, and with it a selection of gadgets both chilling and ghastly. And though still a few weeks away, some early preparation can let...
Keep Reading »