Jason Meserve

Multimedia Editor

Jason Meserve is Network World's Multimedia Editor and writes about streaming media, search engines and IP Multicast. Check out his Multimedia Exchange Weblog.

Check out Jason Meserve and Keith Shaw's weekly podcast "Twisted Pair"

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Recent articles by Meserve

Browser patches galore
Nov. 17, 2008
Browser patches are the big ticket items this week with updates out for Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Google Chrome. Mozilla's Firefox update involves 11 flaws, 10 of which are moderate or greater in importance. ...

Quantum of Solace: Good, Real Good
Nov. 14, 2008
James Bond fans should be thrilled with the latest installment international spy series featuring Daniel Craig as the estimable 007. There's action on land, sea and air in this one, though the number of gadgets is ...

When good employees turn eeeevil...
Nov. 14, 2008
Jason and Keith discuss how the economy could mean more insider attacks, whether they have a work spouse, and why a camel can make better football picks than they can.

Microsoft better-late-than-never with 7-year-old patch
Nov. 13, 2008
From the better-late-than-never department: One of the two patches Microsoft released this week is for a 7-year-old bug in Windows, one that a founding member of the Trustworthy Computing team had warned about from the ...

Patch Tuesday Lite on tap from Microsoft
Nov. 10, 2008
After a mammoth October Patch Tuesday that was followed up by an emergency patch a week later, Microsoft is going lite on the security updates this month with two new fixes slated for tomorrow. One fixes a bug in ...

BlueAnt Supertooth 3 Bluetooth Speakerphone
Nov. 10, 2008
BlueAnt Supertooth 3 Bluetooth Speakerphone By Jason Meserve , Network World , 11/10/2008 Click Here Share/Email Comment Print Cool Yule Rating: 4.5 stars Price: $79.99 (Amazon.com) Product Web site ...

Panasonic Lumix FX37 digital camera
Nov. 10, 2008
Panasonic Lumix FX37 digital camera By Jason Meserve , Network World , 11/10/2008 Click Here Share/Email Comment Print Cool Yule Rating: 4.5 stars Price: $252 (Amazon.com) Product Web site Description: It's ...

Amzer iPhone cases
Nov. 10, 2008
Amzer iPhone cases By Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve , Network World , 11/10/2008 Click Here Share/Email Comment Print Cool Yule Rating: 3.75 stars Price: $8.95 (fommy.com); Snap On Case: $9.95 Product Web site ...

We Cheer by Namco Bandai (for Nintendo Wii)
Nov. 10, 2008
We Cheer by Namco Bandai (for Nintendo Wii) By Jason Meserve , Network World , 11/10/2008 Click Here Share/Email Comment Print Cool Yule Rating: 4 stars Price: $39.99 (Amazon.com) Product Web site Description ...

Dymo LabelWriter Twin Turbo
Nov. 10, 2008
Dymo LabelWriter Twin Turbo By Jason Meserve , Network World , 11/10/2008 Click Here Share/Email Comment Print Cool Yule Rating: 3.75 stars Price: $159.88 (Amazon.com) Product Web site Description: The Dymo ...

Plantronics Voyager 835 Bluetooth headset
Nov. 10, 2008
Plantronics Voyager 835 Bluetooth headset By Jason Meserve , Network World , 11/10/2008 Click Here Share/Email Comment Print Cool Yule Rating: 4 stars Price: $58.24 (Amazon.com) Product Web site Description: ...

Lenovo ThinkVision L2440x monitor
Nov. 10, 2008
Lenovo ThinkVision L2440x monitor By Jason Meserve , Network World , 11/10/2008 Click Here Share/Email Comment Print Cool Yule Rating: 4 stars Price: $549.99 (Lenovo.com) Product Web site Description: ...

Jabra Bluetooth Speakerphone (SP700)
Nov. 10, 2008
Jabra Bluetooth Speakerphone (SP700) By Jason Meserve , Network World , 11/10/2008 Click Here Share/Email Comment Print Cool Yule Rating: 3.5 stars Price: $63.69 (Amazon.com) Product Web site Description: ...

iHome iH12 Cube Clock Radio for iPod
Nov. 10, 2008
iHome iH12 Cube Clock Radio for iPod By Jason Meserve , Network World , 11/10/2008 Click Here Share/Email Comment Print Cool Yule Rating: 4.5 stars Price: $74.30 (Amazon.com) Product Web site Description: The ...

Griffin iPhone cases (élan Form and Reflect)
Nov. 10, 2008
Griffin iPhone cases (élan Form and Reflect) By Jason Meserve , Network World , 11/10/2008 Click Here Share/Email Comment Print Cool Yule Rating: 2.5 stars Price: $20 (Amazon.com); Reflect: $14.49 (Amazon.com) ...

D-Link 10-inch wireless Internet photo frame
Nov. 10, 2008
D-Link 10-inch wireless Internet photo frame By Jason Meserve , Network World , 11/10/2008 Click Here Share/Email Comment Print Cool Yule Rating: 4.5 stars Price: $209 (Amazon.com) Product Web site ...

Angry copy editors do not launch dictionary attacks
Nov. 07, 2008
Jason and Keith discuss the cracking of WPA, whether Yahoo and Microsoft will kiss and make up, and why younger employees will cause nightmares for corporate IT.

Obama mania spawns malware
Nov. 06, 2008
Malware authors know a good thing when the see it and usually waste little time pouncing on the opportunity. Barack Obama's presidential election win spawned a wave of Obama-themed malware attacks that try to lure ...

Google patches Android flaw
Nov. 03, 2008
Google was quick to patch software flaw in its new G1 Android phone operating system. Users began seeing an update last week after security researchers disclosed the flaw earlier the same week. Fortunately, no known ...

Windows 7: Change we can believe in?
Oct. 31, 2008
Jason and Keith chat about Office moving to the cloud, how to use social networks for business purposes, and whether they've ever called in sick when they weren't really ill.

Malware authors get busy in down economy
Oct. 30, 2008
What do malware authors do when the stock market is down? Increase their rate of malware distribution in an effort to capitalize on economic fears. And to do so, they're having to revert to some older tactics as the ...

Buzz around The Fly stands the test of time
Oct. 30, 2008
Denise and Jason endure the gross-out factor that made this story of a science experiment gone wrong a horror film classic.

The Lawnmower Man shreds Stephen King's reputation for horror
Oct. 29, 2008
Denise and Jason learn firsthand why the legendary horror author wanted his name removed from the film incarnation of his acclaimed short story.

One Missed Call fails to frighten
Oct. 28, 2008
One Missed Call gets the Ugly Award in our Halloween Trilogy of Terrors series. Ed Burns stars along with Shannyn Sossonman, but that's about where the highlights end.

That was fast: Microsoft bug already exploited
Oct. 27, 2008
Hope you've got that out-of-cycle Windows patch installed, because there's already a worm running amok exploiting the flaw. Microsoft took the unusual step of rushing out a patch for Windows last Thursday and within ...