Larry's World

Kids are curious, explorative - and vulnerable. And there are people taking advantange of that. How do you let kids access the vast resources of the Internet without being inflicted by spammers, spyware and worse? Answering this is Larry Magid, on his own show this week, in his talk to the Young Presidents' Organization on a subject he cares deeply about: Internet Child Safety. [Larry's World audio from IT Conversations]

As CEO of Homestead, Justin Kitch has seen more than his share of ugly web sites. Speaking with host Larry Magid, Kitch shares his expertise on designing and presenting information on the web, pointing out that most sites on the web are fairly ugly. People tend to over design their own sites, says Kitch or hire professionals who overuse technology to justify what they're charging the client.

Larry Magid interviews the Vice President, Products and Offerings of IBM's Personal Systems Group, Peter Hortensius on the motivations and impacts of the IBM Lenovo merger deal and what this means to a major, once-dominant American computer company. [Larry's World audio from IT Conversations]

Larry Magid interviews Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, revisits Moore's Law, in which he observed that the number of components on a microprocessor would double every year for the next ten years. That was 40 years ago, and it's still working. [Larry's World on IT Conversations]

First there was AM, then FM, satellite radio, streaming on the Internet, podcasting and now Mspot, a small California startup offering audio over cellphone networks. Larry Magid interviews Daren Tsui, the CEO of Mspot, that now offers 13 channels (eight of them for music) both streamed and on demand. [Larry's World audio on IT Conversations]