Mark A. Kellner

KELLNER: IPad wants to know how you’d like your content

The anticipated April 3 launch of Apple Inc.'s iPad will bring throngs to many Apple retail stores and Best Buy outlets (even if the latter is rumored to only get 15 iPads per store), while others will await the arrival of the FedEx driver as if they were kids on the lookout for another "Harry Potter" novel. Published March 31, 2010

KELLNER: WordPerfect returns with new version

In a move that might draw comments such as, "They're still publishing WordPerfect?" I can testify that, on March 23, Ottawa-based Corel Corp. launched a new version of the word processor that first saw commercial sales some 30 years ago. Published March 24, 2010

Study: D.C. area 3rd riskiest for cybercrime

The Washington area, home to some of the most tech-savvy people on the planet, is the nation's third-riskiest cybercrime city, trailing Boston and Seattle, according to a survey released Monday morning by Norton from Symantec and independent research firm Sperlings BestPlaces. Published March 22, 2010

KELLNER: New database version crosses platforms

If there's anything in computing that's the antithesis of "sexy," as in "attractive" or "exciting," it's probably the humble database. Sure, there are more than a few propeller heads out there who are excited about what a database can do, but most of us are rather blase about it. If we absolutely must use such an application, let it be over quickly and painlessly, kind of like sedation dentistry. Published March 10, 2010

KELLNER: Quicken’s half-loaf for Mac needs work

One month ago — to the day — I noted the difficulty users have with handling personal finances on their Apple Macintosh computers. Unless a modern-day Mac user either is very patient with applications such as iBank or iFinance, or unless they are willing to trust an online service such as Mint.com, it is tough sledding. Published March 3, 2010

KELLNER: Full-page papers direct to your palm

If newspapers can be likened to anything these days, perhaps they are best seen as a guilty pleasure. Published February 24, 2010

KELLNER: Windows projection system falls short

Best Buy has a very good idea: Sell specially built notebook computers and accessories at a reasonable price, and the customer should be quite happy. Published February 17, 2010

KELLNER: Parallels lets Mac, Windows peacefully co-exist

I am sitting in front of an Apple Inc. iMac computer, equipped with a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 Gbytes of RAM, not to mention Mac OS X Version 10.6.2, also known as "Snow Leopard." So why am I also running Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium on this machine, not to mention OpenOffice.org's productivity suite? Published February 10, 2010

KELLNER: Accounting for personal finances on your Mac

This shouldn't be a problem, but it is, and on more than one level: Getting a handle on your personal finances via the Apple Macintosh platform isn't the easiest thing out there. Published February 3, 2010

KELLNER: Interest is intense for Apple’s ‘newest creation’

Someone else said it first: Not since Moses descended from Mount Sinai has the world been as interested in a new tablet. Published January 27, 2010

KELLNER: Making the 1040 less taxing

Less than three months remain until April 15, and last Friday, the Internal Revenue Service declared its electronic filing system "open for business," allowing taxpayers the chance to get their refunds quicker. If you're receiving W-2 forms and other statements in your mailbox, you might be itching to begin. Published January 20, 2010

KELLNER: Decoding tech hype

The winds of tech hyperbole blew fast and fierce in Las Vegas the past few days at the just-concluded Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and, tempting though the news is, not all of it has immediate promise. Published January 11, 2010

KELLNER: Time for tech resolutions, security solutions

If it's a new year — and it is — it's time for some tech resolutions, or goals, if you prefer that word. Published January 4, 2010

New-age workers

With unemployment at 10 percent, it seems that Stephen R. Covey's timing couldn't be better. Published December 31, 2009

YOUR TECH: Wishes for 2010

Now that the presents are, by and large, distributed, unwrapped, appreciated and/or returned, what items should you start thinking about for next year's holiday wish list? Published December 30, 2009

KELLNER: Best and worst of ‘09 is same item

As the year-end "best and worst" lists roll out, may I offer a short take on what is at once the best technology of 2009 and also the year's worst. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the "netbook." Published December 28, 2009

KELLNER: Last-ditch holiday gifts

Tick, tock, tick, tock - the clock is winding down, relentlessly bearing down on the "deadline" of Dec. 25. What to do? Herewith, some last-minute suggestions. Published December 23, 2009

KELLNER: Lenovo S12 cools user’s enthusiasm

Let's call the Lenovo S12 the G. Harrold Carswell of netbooks, shall we? Published December 21, 2009

YOUR TECH: Not so radical after all

A recent news flash might have sent a chill down the spines of some Santas: Google is con- Published December 16, 2009

KELLNER: Google promises a future on a cloud

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google Inc., wants us all to live in the clouds — the realm of cloud computing where our data (read, our very lives) reside on a server somewhere out there. Published December 14, 2009