Alex L. Goldfayn

This month, when Apple announced a new patch for its operating system that fixes 26 security flaws, Mac users got a taste of what the overwhelming majority of computer users...

Attention eBay auctioneers: Want to get a higher price for an item you're trying to sell? Set the auction's starting price as low as possible. Unless it is an item...

Editor's note: Alex L. Goldfayn, who writes the My Tech column for the baiduhai, has written a book on how consumers can maximize their enjoyment of digital photography and...

Shirley loves getting pictures. She has children and grandchildren, nieces and nephews, even grandnieces and grandnephews. Once a week, sometimes more, Shirley's daughter, Joyce, sends her pictures of the family....

Forced to pause an interview while waiting for my Mac to stop grinding its hard drive and catch up with the notes I've typed, the former stand-up comic went into...

Think your kids spend too much time watching television, using the Internet and playing video games? You're not alone. A study done last year by the Kaiser Family Foundation (www.kff.org)...

Andrea Sertoli, 48 President, Select Italy, Wilmette Just listening to Andrea Sertoli's melodic accent makes you feel like you're in Italy. "Italy is a showcase," he nearly sang. "The art,...

Last week, a cruise ship sailed by the wild and beautiful Napali Coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. On the observation decks, hundreds of people jockeyed for position to...

Ever open up your Web browser to check on a news item, and suddenly an hour has gone by and you're still online? Ever log on to research a hotel...

In the 3 1/2 years this column has run, Mike Sullivan is the first person to be profiled twice. When I wrote about him three years ago, Sullivan was the...