About the Authors

Leo Laporte is the former host of two shows on TechTV—The Screen Savers and Call for Help. Leo is a weekend radio host on Los Angeles radio KFI AM 640 and co-hosts Call for Help on Canada’s TechTV network. He also appears regularly on many other television and radio programs, including ABC’s World News Now and Live with Regis and Kelly as “The Gadget Guy.” He is the author of four recent bestsellers: Leo Laporte’s 2005 Gadget Guide, Leo Laporte’s Mac Gadget Guide, Leo Laporte’s Guide to TiVo, and Leo Laporte’s 2005 Technology Almanac.

In January 1991, he created and co-hosted Dvorak On Computers, the most listened to high-tech talk radio show in the nation, syndicated on more than 60 stations and around the world on the Armed ...

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