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| Get Alex's latest Chicago Tribune "My Tech" columns and resources from The Technology Tailor Show on WGN Radio delivered into your inbox every Monday for free. |
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| Alex's Published Articles |
Published Articles by Alex L. Goldfayn
My Chicago Tribune "My Tech" column has been running weekly since 2002. Each piece profiles one or two people and discuss the specific technologies they use to improve their life or work.
The goal, from day one, has been to teach you about technology through the stories of your peers. What tech gadgets, tools and Web sites are your fellow consumers and professionals using? To what end? How do these tools improve their lives and work?
One critical trend that has held true over the years of writing this column: while the technology discussed in these columns offers tremendous personal and professional value, it is almost always surprisingly affordable -- and sometimes it's free.
Here are all the Chicago Tribune "My Tech" columns ever written, and, below them, my other published stories. Please enjoy! |
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Chicago Tribune MyTech Columns: |
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Lessons on the road to an HDTV
(Nov 13, 2006, Chicago Tribune) |
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After two painstaking years filled with research and remarkable self-control, my wife and I finally pulled the trigger on a magnificent high-definition plasma television and all of the accoutrements that go with it. |
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Assessing in-flight battery risk
(Nov 6, 2006, Chicago Tribune) |
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The United Airlines passenger's laptop that went up in flames at LAX started giving off smoke when he was seated on the plane.
My burning question is, what would happen if a laptop ignites in flight? |
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Site combines storage with photo sharing
(Oct 30, 2006, Chicago Tribune) |
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Now there's a new company that combines photo sharing with Web-based storage into a single service called MyFabrik (www.myfabrik.com).
The San Mateo, Calif.-based Fabrik Inc. offers a way to "store, manage and share personal media, whether it's photos, video or documents," said Dave Tang, Fabrik's vice president. |
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Multiple passwords urged, but remembering all a chore
(Oct 16, 2006, Chicago Tribune) |
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It doesn't help that we, as Internet users, have countless passwords to track and manage. These days, Web sites for banks, credit cards, e-commerce stores, auction sites, not to mention newspapers, community message boards, dating sites and instant messaging tools, all call for passwords. |
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'Superhacker' helps Web store gain trust
(Oct 2, 2006, Chicago Tribune) |
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When I was a little boy, my dad and I would often walk to a busy, family-owned electronics store on the corner of Devon and Western Avenues.
It was called International Video and Electronics, and you could buy anything there: They carried telephones and televisions, microphones and microwaves. |
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Other Published Articles by Alex L. Goldfayn: |
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Remote Possibilities: Gaming gets out of the box and into the living room
(Mar 1, 2006, Wild Blue Yonder / Frontier Airlines In-Flight Magazine) |
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It's close, but my Chicago Bears are winning. The hateful Washington Redskins are making a furious comeback though, slicing through our defense like it's not even there. I am anxious, yelling like I have some control over the outcome. |
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Sexy BlackBerry puts love of Treo to the test
(Feb 4, 2006, Chicago Tribune) |
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Every morning for the last four years I've pocketed the same three things before setting off for the day: my keys, my wallet and my Treo smart phone.
This routine may be changing. |
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LETTER FROM CES: In the city of Las Vegas -- or is it the Microsoft booth?
(Jan 7, 2006, Chicago Tribune) |
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LAS VEGAS -- This weekend, 135,000 tech types are in the midst of their annual pilgrimage here to the high-tech worship service known as the International Consumer Electronics Show.
Among them are exhibitors, buyers and 4,500 media members--including me.
On a certain level I am a reluctant attendee, anticipating the geeky, stressful, claustrophobic, numbing, outrageous experience that is CES. |
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2006 CES: Prime time for TV content
(Jan 7, 2006, Chicago Tribune) |
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LAS VEGAS -- Battle lines for how we will watch television are being drawn at this week's Consumer Electronics Show.
A slew of products, services and concepts are being touted that may change the programming we receive, the way we receive it, the way we watch it, and even the kinds of companies that will provide our television content. |
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2006 CES: A computer for your stereo system
(Jan 6, 2006, Chicago Tribune) |
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LAS VEGAS -- Near the back of the massive south convention hall at this year's Consumer Electronics Show is a tiny 10-by-10 foot booth occupied by an Arlington Heights company called Ace Computers.
Though it's a mere speck within this week's show, which spans over 2 million square feet of convention space traversed by 130,000 high-tech industry types, Ace Computers has managed to pick up one of the event's most prestigious awards.
But that didn't help it get a bigger booth. |
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View all Other Published Articles by Alex L. Goldfayn |
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