Latest articles by Frank Beacham
Giving Up Privacy for a ‘Free’ Internet
If the Internet is to remain "free," the argument goes, advertising targeted to the "preferences and habits of consumers" is essential.
‘Cyber Ethics’ – Oh, Please!
After being summoned to a Manhattan television studio to serve up some instant punditry on the arrest of the notorious Canadian hacker, Mafiaboy, I caught a live TV feed on the breaking story.
Pocketable, Reliable Plug-‘n’-Play USB Memory
Although USB is portrayed by the PC industry as a simple plug-‘n’-play method for daisy-chaining computer peripherals, the reality is that some devices stubbornly refuse to work as promised.
After Sept. 11, a TV Technology Debate Becomes Moot
For years, writers and editors covering television technology have tried to corral the subject. What, we’ve asked and debated, exactly is TV technology and what is only peripheral to it?
A Decade Later, 'Net Issues Remain the Same
It was 1996, almost exactly a decade ago, when I wrote a column for this publication posing some questions about the future of the Internet.
World Events Provide Window To Turbulence in Big Media
Open your eyes and ears. Observe. Think. Note that we're experiencing rapid changes in how we learn about world events.
Good Night, and Good Luck
Few new television ventures leave me speechless, but this one did.
News at the Crossroads of Multimedia
At about the same time television news sold its soul to the devil, a savvy Internet innovator was standing at the crossroads to salvage the wreckage.
Static Begins to Clear on How Internet Affects TV
Thanks to vastly improved and lower-cost Internet technology, more users and new data on human behavior, we are getting a clearer picture of how television and the 'net are co-existing.
