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

One headset for two phone systems? That's Savi
Jul. 02, 2009
Savi Office, by Plantronics, combines the traditional desktop phone wireless headset with a VoIP headset connected to a PC.

Same mobile router, different approaches
Jun. 23, 2009
I've got the same complaints that I had with the Sprint version of the MiFi. There should be a signal strength indicator as well as some kind of LCD screen on the device that tells you how good your 3G wireless is in ...

Palm Pre: The official Cool Tools review
Jun. 17, 2009
The touchscreen Pre is Palm's latest entrant into the smartphone market, and includes all of the features users would expect from today's smartphones.

Wi-Fi gets personal with Mi-Fi
Jun. 10, 2009
Sprint Mi-Fi 2200 has a 3G/Wi-Fi combination that lets users take advantage of 3G network access and provide Wi-Fi LAN coverage for as many as five other users.

More power for your iPhone or iPod
Jun. 04, 2009
The beautiful modular design of the battery and docking stations means users can put the wall charger in their home, the car charger in their vehicle, and the Reserve Battery can be charged by both docking units.

Worst Microsoft ads ever | NetworkWorld.com Community
Jul. 02, 2009
Microsoft needs some new ad wizards

Gadgets for any kind of techie Dad
Jun. 15, 2009

Bluetooth headset Battle Royale
May. 27, 2009
A few weeks ago I praised the Plantronics Voyager Pro high-end Bluetooth headset for its noise-reduction features and extremely comfortable fit (you really can wear it all day). Two other headset vendors wanted my ...

Interop journey lets me test new tools
May. 22, 2009
Last week's Interop Las Vegas 2009 show gave me a chance to break out some of the travel-related devices that have been around the office for a while. In the course of doing audio podcast interviews and videos, I took ...

Seagate's Replica: truly set and forget
May. 14, 2009
The Replica backup storage device, by Seagate, is a 250GB or 500GB hard drive that connects quickly and easily to your PC or notebook to provide instant backup of everything that you've got stored on the computer.

Voyager headset goes Pro
May. 06, 2009
The Voyager PRO Bluetooth headset, by Plantronics, is a noise-canceling headset designed to appeal to mobile professionals who spend a lot of time on their phones and want performance and a business-acceptable look and ...

Viva La Mouse!
May. 04, 2009

Wireless photo frame with a twist
Apr. 30, 2009
The Kaleido R7 digital photo frame, by IPEVO, lets you synchronize photos wirelessly from another computer on the same wireless network.

More iPhone juice, less bulk
Apr. 23, 2009
The Juice Pack Air, by Mophie, is a rechargeable external battery case that gives you extra battery juice will providing additional protection for you iPhone 3G smartphone.

Sharing USB devices easily
Apr. 17, 2009
The four-port USB Net ShareStation, by Iogear, is a handy little device that's designed to connect to your home router or a switch (either wired or wireless) and as many as four different USB-enabled devices.

Monkeying around with chi.mp
Apr. 09, 2009
Like many social networks, a chi.mp account gives you your own "Web space", letting you post status updates and photos, and link to other social networks or Web feeds.

Seagate's entertainment foray
Apr. 02, 2009
Seagate is best known for its hard drive technology, and it moves into the entertainment space with the FreeAgent Theater HD media player, which acts as a liaison between its FreeAgent Go portable hard drive devices and ...

Livespeakr portable speakers are compact, powerful
Mar. 30, 2009
Livespeakr portable speaker system, by Digital Group Audio, is a small and compact speaker system that can be transformed into different positions for iPod and iPhone users.

RoadTrip-pin with the iPhone
Mar. 19, 2009
RoadTrip with SmartScan, by Griffin Technology, combines an FM transmitter for playing an iPod/iPhone through your car stereo speakers with a car charger.

A book-reading scanner; Kindle for iPhone
Mar. 11, 2009
The BookReader V100 scanner offers 1200 by 1200 dpi scanning resolution, as well as optical character recognition software that converts printed text into a digital format. In addition, text-to-speech recognition ...

Checking the cool at DEMO 09
Mar. 04, 2009
Just like the Consumer Electronics Show in January, this year's DEMO 09 (produced by Network World's events division) in Palm Desert, Calif., was affected by the continuing gloomy economy. With only 39 companies ...

Um, thanks, Microsoft? | NetworkWorld.com Community
Jun. 22, 2009
Outlook error message is very specific

Refueling portable devices; a tuneful keyboard
Feb. 26, 2009
The Fueltank, by Callpod, is a portable device is about the size of a portable USB hard drive, and contains a rechargeable lithium ion battery, which the company says has more than seven times the capacity of a standard ...

BodyGuardz: Lots of work for iPhone protection
Feb. 19, 2009
In the nine or so years that I've been writing this column, I've come across only a few products that have looked good on paper, but after opening the box or trying out the device, things quickly go downhill.

More odds and ends from the office
Feb. 12, 2009
A lot of smaller devices have been piling up lately, so I'm going to do a bunch of quick mini-reviews to "clean out the in-box": More odds and ends from the office Cool Tools By Keith Shaw , Network World , 02/12/2009 ...