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Mark A. Kellner

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Mark A. Kellner was a Faith & Family reporter for The Washington Times.

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Mark Kellner

KELLNER: Let there be Lightroom

The latest release of Adobe Corp.'s Lightroom photo management and manipulation software. It's called Lightroom 3 (and version 3.2 is waiting in the wings) and it's well worth the $299 retail price if you're at all serious about doing neat stuff with your pictures.

August 10, 2010
Mark Kellner

KELLNER: Some intelligent choices in smart phones

According to research released Monday by the Nielsen Co., "Multipurpose smartphones that allow users to access the Web and e-mail as well as run thousands of apps and share text and picture messages are now 25 [percent] of the U.S. mobile market, up from 23 [percent] in the last quarter."

August 3, 2010
Mark Kellner

KELLNER: New HP printer evokes yearnings of yore

Comes now a wireless inkjet printer from Hewlett-Packard that should, by rights, be vastly better than its predecessors. It is very, very good, but it falls down on a couple of points.

July 27, 2010
Mark Kellner

KELLNER: Steve Ballmer’s slate dreams

Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.'s CEO, is one of the brightest people I've ever encountered in computing. His comments Monday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center certainly garnered attention: Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, Mr. Ballmer declared, will soon power a line of devices that will compete with Apple's iPad.

July 13, 2010
Mark Kellner

KELLNER: Consider an iPad for Dad, along with accessories

The rest of the world (and a good portion of the U.S.) may be preoccupied with the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, but for many in this country, another date looms large on the horizon: Father's Day, which is Sunday.

June 15, 2010
Mark Kellner

KELLNER: Moving is easier when you organize

Whether it's graduation, the recent frenzy of home buying (sales in April, it was reported the other day, were up dramatically as the tax credit deadline neared), or just the natural migration so many of us undertake, moving from one place to another is almost a national pastime. The spring and summer seasons appear to be prime relocation times.

May 25, 2010

KELLNER: IPhone goes on the road for navigation

The trip came up quite suddenly, and there was a timeline involved: I had to get somewhere near Lancaster, Pa., and do so rather quickly. Fortunately, this was on a weekend, so I wouldn't have to deal with workday traffic.

May 19, 2010

KELLNER: Toshiba NB-305 mini a good gift for grads, dads

It's small, you can read books and watch movies on it, has lots of storage, a wireless Internet connection and a built-in keyboard. You can get one for less than $400, and it's a lightweight companion whose battery life should easily handle a cross-country, or even trans-Atlantic flight.

May 12, 2010

Reagan likely to be put on 3rd stamp

Ronald Reagan is expected to "three-peat" as the subject of a U.S. commemorative postage stamp on the occasion of his birth's centennial next year.

May 11, 2010

Reports: Reagan slated for 2011 stamp

Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the United States, is expected to "three-peat" as the subject of a U.S. commemorative postage stamp on the occasion of his birth's centennial next year.

May 10, 2010

KELLNER: Apple’s iPad is setting a new sales mark

On May 3, Apple Inc. reported an interesting, if not amazing, statistic: The firm had "sold its one millionth iPad on [April 30], just 28 days after its introduction on April 3. iPad users have already downloaded over 12 million app[lication]s from the App Store and over 1.5 million e-books from the new iBookstore," a statement indicated.

May 5, 2010

KELLNER: Program update includes glitches

Here's a little secret of computing: You don't really have to type your name, over and over again, when writing letters, reports, memos or whatever. You can, using a macro program, type a combination such as "btw" and have it expand to "by the way."

April 21, 2010