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

Wharton and Cisco Show Off the Telepresence Classroom of Tomorrow

By Harry McCracken Feb. 25, 2013

The business school and networking company turn facilities in Philadelphia and San Francisco into one virtual classroom.

TechnologizerTablets

Sony’s Xperia Z Tablet: Thin, Waterproof, Nice-Looking — and Normal

By Harry McCracken Feb. 25, 2013

The third-generation Sony tablet dumps the previous models’ quirky design for a more straightforward aesthetic.

TechnologizerTablets

HP Gets Into the 7″ Android Tablet Game

By Harry McCracken Feb. 24, 2013

The Slate7 is late to the 7″ party, but sounds like a reasonable deal at $169.

TechnologizerTablets

Samsung Announces an iPad Mini-Sized Galaxy Note

By Harry McCracken Feb. 24, 2013

Samsung rounds out its pen-equipped tablet line with a new medium-sized model.

TechnologizerGadgets

Google Glass: An Eyes-On Evaluation

By Harry McCracken Feb. 22, 2013

The Verge’s Joshua Topolsky has tried Google’s wearable-computing gadget — and likes it.

TechnologizerComputers

Google’s Chromebook Pixel: The Chromebook Goes High-End

By Harry McCracken Feb. 21, 2013

The Chromebook Pixel is an extremely high-end laptop — by far the fanciest Chromebook to date, with specs that would be impressive if it were a Windows Ultrabook or a Mac.

TechnologizerSmartphones