Keith Shaw

Senior Editor, Programming Director

Keith Shaw is Programming Director at Network World, responsible for multimedia strategy (videos, podcasts, chat events). In addition, he writes the Cool Tools column, which looks at personal technology, gizmos, gadgets and other fun stuff. You can reach Keith at kshaw@nww.com.

In addition, Shaw is the editor of the DEMOletter newsletter/blog, coordinating the weekly publication of articles for the DEMO community of demonstrators, sponsors, attendees and media members. He also assists the features department in a variety of print and Web site projects. He has moderated several events for the Network World Events group, including Technology Tours on wireless LANs and Messaging/Spam. In 2004 he won an award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for the Sept. 15, 2003 article, Spam in the Wild.

Shaw has been at Network World since December 1999. Before joining Network World, he worked at Computerworld for three years in several editing and production positions. He has been a journalist for more than 17 years, with experience at many daily newspapers. He has vast experience in writing, editing and design. He holds a bachelor's degree in newspaper journalism from Syracuse University.

kshaw@nww.com (508) 490-6527 Fax: (508) 490-6438

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Recent articles by Shaw

Tech vendors are like high school
May. 09, 2008
Jason and Keith talk about the Microsoft/Yahoo breakup, Sprint and Clearwire getting cozy (but Sprint possibly dumping Nextel), and Google whining about Verizon. Plus, the return of Movie Madness!

Verizon broadband smart phone aims for iPhone market, with extras
May. 08, 2008
Verizon Wireless' XV6900 broadband smart phone aims to be iPhone-like with its graphical interface, but with additional features that the iPhone doesn't have and that try to appeal to business users and enterprises.

Wrapping up Interop 2008
May. 02, 2008
In a special edition of Twisted Pair, Jason Meserve and Keith Shaw wrap up Interop 2008 from the show floor.

Should you pass on iPass?
May. 02, 2008
Over the past month, I've been testing a service from iPass that aggregates Wi-Fi hot spot services from a number of providers, offering users Internet connectivity from several locations without having to shell out for ...

Will I be blerging at 65? | NetworkWorld.com Community
May. 13, 2008
There's a big assumption that the U.S. is pretty connected when it comes to Internet access, computer usage, e-mail and technology adoption, but we often need to be reminded that there are others out there (either by ...

Botnet no match for Microsoft
Apr. 25, 2008
Keith and Jason talk about the death of the Storm botnet, WiMAX fighting back, and whether they would ever vote for president by text message.

Have good penmanship? You'll like this digital pen
Apr. 22, 2008
The Mobile Digital Scribe, unlike previous attempts at digital pens, is the same size as a normal pen, uses standard ink refills, can record writing on any size paper, and lets you write notes without being attached to ...

End Users Behaving Badly
Apr. 18, 2008
Jason and Keith talk about ISPs meddling in traffic, whether Google "played" the 700MHz auction, and why end users continue to do bad things with company computers.

BlackBerry Pearl comes with Wi-Fi connectivity
Apr. 16, 2008
RIM's BlackBerry Pearl 8120 has strong messaging features, multimedia and especially Wi-Fi, but enterprises and those looking for stronger multimedia features should look elsewhere.

Employees love stale cake
Apr. 11, 2008
Keith and Jason talk about the latest scary security news from RSA, the batch of acquisition news, and why employees love free gadgets and free food.

GPS Snitch lets you track people, vehicles easily
Apr. 09, 2008
BlackLine's GPS Snitch is a 4-inch portable device with a GPS radio and wide-area wireless network connection (it connects via GSM) that lets it communicate back to BlackLine servers. In addition to the GPS and GSM ...

Sorting out the iPhone clones at CTIA
Apr. 04, 2008
Keith and Jason talk about the birth of iPhone clone at CTIA, whether we would buy stuff with our cell phones, and other Vegas goings on here at the show.

Checking out cool at CTIA Wireless
Apr. 02, 2008
If there was a theme to last week's CTIA Wireless 2008 show in Las Vegas, it would be,

Comcast's compromise and alien abductions
Mar. 28, 2008
Keith and emergency co-host Neal Weinberg (filling in for an ill Jason) talk about the Motorola breakup, Comcast giving in on its BitTorrent traffic shaping, and take bets on who's going to win the Hacker Super Bowl.

Odds and ends in the Cool Tools office
Mar. 26, 2008
Before I hit this week's CTIA Wireless 2008 show in Las Vegas, I wanted to

Blunders, bootup and bloopers
Mar. 21, 2008
Jason and Keith discuss the latest retail data breach, Apple's mega-monster security updates, and why younger employees are an IT security threat. Plus, enjoy our first volume of Twisted Bloopers!

Twisted Bloopers, Volume 1
Mar. 20, 2008
Network World audio podcast blooper reel.

Huzzah! Stuff works!
Mar. 18, 2008
This week I reassess problems with Dymo DiscPainter, Digital Spectrum Photo Frame, FrameChannel and ComOne Phoenix Internet Radio.

Wishy-washy fence sitters
Mar. 14, 2008
Jason and Keith play both sides on the H1-B visa debate, talk about what projects IT could cut in an economic downturn, and try to find things other than cell phones that distract them while driving.

Murphy’s Law hits this week’s reviews
Mar. 13, 2008
Gremlins strike during the testing of a CD/DVD printer, a Blu-Ray disc duplicator, a wireless digital photo frame and wireless Internet radio gadget.

Everyone loves a good proxy fight
Mar. 07, 2008
Jason and Keith talk about the $1 billion AT&T network investment, the continuing Yahoo/Microsoft saga, and whether they'd benefit from a four-day work week.

Create an 802.11n network without ripping up your 802.11g net
Mar. 04, 2008
Netgear's HD/Gaming 5GHz Wireless-N Networking Kit lets you create a wireless bridge between a router and a client. In addition to creating a bridge for a game console or other Ethernet device, the system creates an ...

A Filet-o-Fish is worth 1,000 Facebook Friends
Feb. 29, 2008
Keith and guest co-host Neal Weinberg discuss Windows Server 2008, why IT security skills are lacking at many IT shops, and whether they'd eat 12 McDonald's value meals in order to gain 100,000 Facebook friends.

Samsung's slim international smartphone comes with Sprint service
Feb. 27, 2008
Samsung's Ace international smartphone comes with Sprint service, full keyboard and 2.3-inch color display, and its light weight makes it feel more like a cell phone.

End of the line for Ethernet, HD-DVD and cherry pies
Feb. 22, 2008
Keith Shaw and Jonathan Summey discuss whether 802.11n will truly replace wired Ethernet, the triumph of Blu-ray DVD and the McDonald's cherry pie conspiracy.