Harry McCracken

Harry McCracken is an editor at large at TIME, where he writes about personal technology for the magazine and TIME.com. He’s been a gadget nerd since the late 1970s and is the founder of Technologizer and the former editor in chief at PC World magazine. He's talked tech on everything from the History Channel to Dateline NBC to NPR's Science Friday. Contact him at harry_mccracken@timemagazine.com.

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TechnologizerInnovation

Tiny Toon: IBM Makes a Movie Out of Atoms

By Harry McCrackenMay 01, 20130

Big Blue’s researchers have set a Guinness record with their new cartoon — every pixel’s an atom.

TechnologizerInnovation

Living History: Computing Pioneer Harry Huskey Is Honored at 97

By Harry McCrackenApril 30, 20130

The Computer History Museum honors a distinguished scientist who worked on the first computer, and just kept going.

TechnologizerHealth & Science

Jawbone’s Fitness Future: A Platform and an Acquistion

By Harry McCrackenApril 30, 20130

The Bluetooth audio maker is letting other apps and services talk to its Up band, and adding BodyMedia’s products to the lineup.

TechnologizerApps & Web

Handle Tries a Task-Based Approach to Taming E-Mail Chaos

By Harry McCrackenApril 29, 20130

A new web service aims to complement Gmail with one-click tools for dealing with the messages — important or otherwise — which fill your inbox to the bursting point.

TechnologizerSmartphones