Today, some questions from the in-box.

This week in the column I answer some recent emails of general interest.

Some time ago I wrote a column on problem-solving that used two analogies, that of the first Boston Red Sox World Series victory and the safe recovery of the NASA astronauts on the perilous Apollo 13 mission.

Today in the column I look at the recent Fortune Magazine award to Steve Jobs as CEO of the decade, as well as other tech news.'

Now that Windows 7 and Snow Leopard for the Mac are on the market, we can all step back and see just how they seem to be doing.

I've mentioned before that my two major hobbies in life turned out to be my two main professions: music and technology. In a way this perfectly expresses my own opposite natures and perhaps the duality that we all have within us.

I'd like to begin today by thanking everyone for the tremendous response to the new TFP Tech Talk page on Facebook and my associated account on Twitter.

If you saw the movie "Shrek," you may remember how Shrek the ogre tried to explain himself to the donkey with one word: layers.

Last week Google released Google Wave to a large number of developers. Wave purports to combine several functions into one package.

Today, some questions and answers from the inbox.

When I was making a living as a musician, I sometimes felt a bit misunderstood. Because I worked very hard to master several styles of music that I loved, I was always getting categorized by one faction or the other.

Today in the column I cover the recent Apple show and other new tech developments.

Imagine someone blowing up a balloon, then quickly letting the air escape. Now, imagine them doing it over and over in a seemingly endless cycle. To paraphrase a famous anti-drug commercial, this is your brain on Apple.

Last week it was announced that the Disney Co. is buying Marvel Entertainment for around $4 billion -- Mickey Mouse meets Spider-Man, I suppose.

Today in the column I cover a few recent tech stories.

It seems that change is everywhere. It's almost as if it's blowing in the wind, as Bob Dylan said.

This week in the column we take note of the winds of tech change that seem to come every Fall.

Today, answers to reader e-mails.

Today, answers to reader e-mails.

A recent article on downloadsquad.com reviewed an interesting little program called Eufony, a bare-bones audio player. It lacks basic common features like forward and back buttons, but it only requires small amounts of memory, and it plays several musical formats. This might be a good choice for a USB or so-called "thumb drive" with music on it, sort of poor man's iPod.

There was a time when only PC owners had to concern themselves with malware and viruses, but that is no longer true.

This week in the column I repeat an often requested format in Advice to the computer lovelorn.

I've had several requests to repeat the theme of a column I did sometime back called Advice To The Computer Lovelorn.

It seems that every technological advance brings with it a problem. Today we'll look at some examples of this principle.

In the column today I discuss some problems that can result from tech advances.

In the column this week I update you on a few new stories of interest.

I've spoken here a few times about RFID technology, short for radio frequency identification.

Here are new stories I'm following for you.

In the column today I discuss a few breaking stories.

This week I dedicated the entire column to a discussion of Facebook, the popular social network.

I've mentioned Facebook quite often in this column, and a great many of my friends and business associates use it daily, as I do. I was asked not long ago what it was

I tend to be somewhat methodical and sometimes clinical in my thinking when it comes to technology, probably because I'm so deeply involved in it.

This week in the column I take a look at the softer side of tech, those sweet things in life that technology makes possible.

TECHcast: Donnie Jenkins talks about ’3 Inventors Of The Warm And Fuzzy’ 06/30/09

Last week, Opera announced its new product called Unite, which purports to turn a desktop computer into a Web server.

TECHcast: Donnie Jenkins talks about ’Social Networks Explained’ 06/23/09

This week in the column I discuss Opera Unite, Google Wave and the new Flip camcorder software.

TECHcast: Donnie Jenkins talks about ’3 cell phones compared’ 06/16/09

In the column today I look at some more of your recent email questions.

Today in the column we present a tech fairy tale of sorts, featuring Microsoft and Google.

TECHcast: Donnie Jenkins talks about ’Bing, Microsoft's new search engine’ 06/08/09

Fables and parables have been popular methods of telling stories and sharing spiritual truths for centuries. Such stories are valuable because they can explain deep truths in a form that almost anyone can understand.

Microsoft has announced plans to compete with the popular Apple iPod Touch by releasing the Zune HD video and audio player this fall.

TECHcast: Donnie Jenkins talks about ’Tiny URLs’ 06/02/09

This week in the column I examine several new tech stories and developments for you, including the upcoming Microsoft Zune player.

Zdnet.com reported last week that the long-awaited Palm Pre cell phone will be released June 6 and sell for $199 after a $100 rebate with a two-year contract. The phone will be available at first only on the Sprint network.

This week in the column I update you on a few current tech stories.

TECHcast: Donnie Jenkins talks about ’Real-time problems and advantages compared’ 05/26/09

A bad impression or experience can often cancel out many previous good ones in a person’s memory. This is especially true in business.

In the column this week I expound on an old country saying that has much meaning in modern technology.