Don Reisinger

About

Don Reisinger is a longtime content writer to several technology and business publications. Over his career, Don has written about everything from geek-friendly gadgetry to issues of privacy and data security. He became an eWEEK writer in 2009 producing slide shows focusing on the top news stories of the day. When he's not writing, Don is typically found fixing computers or playing an old-school video game.

10 Premium Laptops from Boutique PC Vendors

10 Premium Laptops from Boutique PC Vendors By Don Reisinger Puget M725i Although some companies in this slideshow truly push the envelope with laptop design, Puget’s M725i doesn’t go so far. The device features a basic black design that’s really nothing to write home about. But what it lacks in design, it makes up for […]

10 Web Services We Want to See in Google TV

10 Web Services We Want to See in Google TV By Don Reisinger 1. Boxee Apple has done everything it can to block Boxee. That’s unfortunate. Boxee is a free entertainment platform that delivers top Web content to set-top boxes or a user’s computer. If the Google TV has Boxee, it will already be a […]

10 Things You Should Know About Safer Social Networking

It’s not often that a tech story pops up relating to syphilis. According to researchers in the U.K., they can draw a link between an upswing in syphilis cases and increased Facebook use that has resulted in more strangers meeting up offline. For its part, Facebook says that the claim is downright ludicrous and using […]

10 Ways Apple Could Use the iPhone as a Weapon

With news breaking that Apple is selling the iPhone at full price without requiring customers to buy a contract, some are wondering what CEO Steve Jobs has up his sleeve. Is this a thinly veiled attempt to help users unlock their iPhones and bring them to T-Mobile? Is it a shot over AT&T’s bow, saying […]

10 Reasons Why Firefox Could Beat Microsoft Internet Explorer

Although the Windows Web browser choice screen, which allows European Windows users to choose which Web browser they would like to use, started just a few weeks ago, already Microsoft is losing market share to the competition. It seems that although Microsoft’s browser is the most recognizable and the majority of the market uses it, […]

10 Reasons Why Apple Needs to Be More Lenient with iPad Applications

If there has been a single thorn in Apple’s side since the release of its iPhone, it’s applications. Originally, the iPhone only allowed users access to applications via the Web. Realizing the folly of such a strategy, Apple finally delivered the App Store, which allowed developers to create applications that could run natively on the […]

10 Hardware Products Google Should Develop

10 Hardware Products Google Should Develop By Don Reisinger 1. Smartphone OK, so the company already offers the Nexus One. But it’s not made by Google. HTC developed the Nexus One with some insight from the search giant. That’s not good enough. Google needs to develop its own smartphone from beginning to end. With Google’s […]

10 Reason Why the Apple Lawsuit with HTC Could Set Back the Mobile Industry

In a statement released earlier this week, HTC said that it plans to vigorously fight the patent infringement suit Apple recently filed against it. The company contends that it is without fault and in no way violated patents Apple currently holds in any of its Android-based phones or Windows Mobile devices. At this point, both […]

10 Ways Google Can Defend Its Android Turf Against Apple iPhone

The battle between Apple and Google continues to heat up. Recently, Tim Bray, a prominent former Sun Microsystems software developer, recently joined Google’s Android mobile OS team. The new hire wasted no time publicly criticizing Apple’s stance in the mobile world. Bray said he plans to use his new position to prove that Apple’s strategy […]

10 Reasons Why Windows Phone 7 Series Needs Enterprise Help

Windows Mobile is in a difficult position. The mobile operating system is losing ground on a daily basis to more complete and appealing operating systems, such as the iPhone OS and Android. And until it’s relieved by Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system, it’s entirely possible that Microsoft will be starting at a lower […]