I found myself shopping for my own birthday present last week. As a reward for having made it long enough to achieve “senior citizen” status, my lovely wife, Annie, suggested I order the digital camera I wanted. She also suggested that I might get a better price than she could find.

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Not too long ago, a hacker broke through a “secure” Internet vendor’s system, getting at thousands of credit card numbers. The news media, as it tends to do, had a field day; and while the reaction — knee-jerk, anti-Internet, pedestrian — was histrionic, the incident begs the question: Is it safe to [...]

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With the holidays coming, your little ones may be hankering for something violent. To that end, we have video games, which allow the tykes to blow things up.

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As made sorrowfully clear by the cult of Princess Diana, fame has come not just to mean notoriety; it’s now the return on a Faustian pact. Still, even in the aftermath of the “stalkerazzi,” who doesn’t admit to feeling the seduction of celebrity veneration, at least now and again? With the [...]

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“Shop Naked.” That’s what a lot of Internet stores are inveigling you to do. From home, you can shop however you damn well please — adorned in the underthings of the opposite sex, if that’s what you’re into.

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You want a new look for summer ’98 beaching. Despite the protests of your significant other, who sits shaking his/her head as you trade in that old baggy suit for a tight Speedo/Bikini, you are determined to look sexy.

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