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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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KELLNER: Operating systems offer some gains

I don't know how Charles Darwin would explain it, but imagine that we're each born with an "operating system." For most of us, this inner programming works well, even if it becomes a bit bruised and battered over the years. We adjust and move on.

May 25, 2009

YOUR TECH: Annoyances come with new GPS

Is it too much to want everything to work as imagined, if not as designed, in a new $400 GPS unit? I'm not sure it is, especially when it comes to TomTom's new GO Live 740, a unit that I like a lot, but want to like even more.

May 20, 2009

KELLNER: Tech innovation from the courts?

Last week, Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner for competition, announced that the European Union has levied a $1.45 billion fine against Intel Corp., the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip maker, for obstructing sales of computer chips by other makers, specifically Advanced Micro Devices, headquartered next door to Intel in Sunnyvale.

May 18, 2009

Federal workers throw out millions of pages a day

Federal employees every day print millions of pages that are instantly discarded or recycled, costing the government an estimated $440.4 million each year, a study released Tuesday said.

May 12, 2009

KELLNER: Kindle DX hype soon to be tested

Amazon.com's new, larger — and more expensive — Kindle DX electronic book reader holds a lot of promise for those who've yet to commit to e-books. Whether it can deliver remains to be seen.

May 11, 2009

YOUR TECH: An app for every need

In a magnificent coincidence of bad timing and bad judgment, two events converged to form a not-so-perfect public relations storm in the land of iPhones last week.

April 29, 2009

KELLNER: Competitors soften Microsoft’s roar

The impressive news last week that Microsoft Corp. posted its "first ever" decline in year-over-year quarterly sales and that revenues fell 6 percent, has set many tongues wagging in the tech world.

April 27, 2009

KELLNER: DIY hard-drive replacement

One of the interesting things about many desktop computers is that a number of their parts are user-accessible. With a good set of instructions, you can open a "standard" desktop computer and add a part or replace one.

April 22, 2009

KELLNER: A pioneer in car radio

"You know that you'll lose your AM and FM with this," Chris Caracofe told me, in a matter-of-fact way, as we walked from the Crutchfield showroom in Harrisonburg, Va., to the car-stereo installation area. He paused.

April 15, 2009

KELLNER: Windows 7 coming to save us from Vista

I'm revisiting 64-bit operating systems for PCs because of reaction to last week's salvo at the 64-bit version of Microsoft Vista Ultimate, which I still think should die, and quickly.

April 13, 2009

KELLNER: A Duet that sings sweet sounds

In what I'm hoping is my middle age, I'm becoming obsessed with sound: finding good sound, nurturing it and finding some more. Music, of just about any stripe, is often at my fingertips, and, well, I like it that way.

April 8, 2009

KELLNER: Apple’s all-in-one easy to love

Three weeks ago, this column examined the TriGem/Averatec all-in-one PC, which offered a number of features but is still encumbered by Windows Vista. There is a better way, however.

April 1, 2009

YOUR TECH: Kindle 2 in sync with iPhone

After a month with my Kindle 2, the e-book reader from Amazon.com, I'm still happy with the purchase. It's not perfect, offered a few pleasant surprises.

March 25, 2009