Jim Lynch: Tech Analyst and Community Manager

Well it finally happened…I bought a Nintendo Wii. I’d been thinking about getting one for a while but sort of gave up because I could never find one around at any of the stores I frequently visit. True, I could have probably ordered one online somewhere but I wasn’t that hot to trot about getting [...]

My boss Lance recently wrote a column excoriating republican nominee John McCain for being too far behind the technology curve to be president. I respect Lance’s opinions, but I disagree with his conclusion that McCain’s lack of technology use disqualifies him to be president. John McCain isn’t too old at all and his technology experience [...]

If you’ve been reading my columns each week then you know that I’ve had quite a few things to say about Apple’s new iPhone 3G and few of them were complements. In fact, I’d resolved never to buy it for a bunch of reasons I spelled out in The Dracula Phone and Ten Reasons Why [...]

There’s been a lot of talk about the “Mac Cult” or “Apple Cult” in the media. There’s even been a popular book about it called, appropriately enough, The Cult of Mac. But I’ll let you in on a little secret…there is no “cult of mac” and there’s no “apple cult” either. There is, however, a [...]

I’ve been online for quite a long time now…16 years or so in one way or another. So I go back way before the current iteration of online social networking existed. Yes, I’m probably dating myself by saying this but there it is: I’m a bit of an old salt as far as the online [...]

I listed 25 free apps and 8 free games in earlier iPhone app articles. But what about other utilities? Surely there has to be some additional cool freebies available in the app store? You bet there is and here they are for your downloading enjoyment!
#10 Alarm Free
Alarm is billed as being a “self-defense” emergency alarm [...]

Since Apple has released its app store, there are quite a few games available for purchase, but why pay for games when you can get some for free instead?
Here’s a list of my favorite 8 free games for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
#8 Jirbo Match
How’s your memory? Think you have what it takes upstairs to [...]

Looking for free apps for your iPhone? You came to the right place! Yup, that’s right…every single one of these apps is free! You won’t have to pay a dime to get these awesome applications. Free, free, free!
Just click the name of each app as you read this roundup and you’ll be taken to the [...]

Curses are tough things to deal with. Sometimes they take a long time to get rid of as the Red Sox know very well. The team was plagued for 86 years by the “Curse of the Bambino” and it wasn’t until 2004 that the Red Sox finally vanquished the curse by beating the lame New [...]

They say it’s not nice to kick a guy when he’s down but how about kicking him when he’s retiring? Seems to me that that’s fair game. In case you haven’t noticed there’s been a lot of media coverage about Bill Gates retiring from Microsoft and quite a lot of it has been more than [...]