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

Seriously, I'm looking for a chicken recipe
Oct. 10, 2008
Jason and Keith talk about the economy freezing IT budgets, which political candidate spammers like best, and why filtering porn on airplanes is a must-have.

Accessing HD content from anywhere
Oct. 08, 2008
Sling Media's Slingbox Pro-HD is a small appliance that connects to your TV and home network to let you stream TV content across the LAN or the Internet.

Neal's Excellent Fish Adventure
Oct. 03, 2008
Keith and Neal talk about the new WiMAX network in Baltimore, Microsofts new Cloud operating system, and the world of competitive fish shows.

RealDVD: Get it while you can
Sep. 30, 2008
RealNetworks' RealDVD software lets users save their DVDs onto their computer's hard drive.

Camping out for Windows 7
Sep. 26, 2008
Keith and Jason are underwhelmed by Google Android, wonder whether they should start lining up now for Windows 7, and guess how many text messages they're sending each month.

Sonos, Logitech offer great network music options
Sep. 23, 2008
Sonos debuts its Multi-Room Music System. Logitech's Squeezebox Boom Network Music System is an all-in-one system that can access lots of music over a home network.

What's more popular than Palin and Social Networks?
Sep. 19, 2008
Jason and Keith discuss how Wall Street's woes are hurting IT, figure out how they can virtualize the podcast, and wonder what it will take to get their names popular with spammers.

Two travel gadgets that hit the spot
Sep. 17, 2008
Kensington's iPhone and iPod rechargeable battery pack and Belkin's Mini Surge Protector with USB Charger are both extremely portable.

Rename "telecommuter" and win stuff | NetworkWorld.com Community
Oct. 14, 2008
Plantronics is sick of the term telecommuter, first coined in 1973 (according to Plantronics), so it wants some help in coming up with a new term. The company, which makes office and mobile phone headsets and other ...

Digital paper and way to save on A/C bills lead DEMOFall 08 charge
Sep. 12, 2008
Keith and Jason, fresh from DEMOFall 08 in San Diego, recap the show and bring you their eight favorite companies: Microstaq, Intellius, Usable Security Systems, Photrade, Plastic Logic, RealNetworks, CrowdSpring and ...

What was cool at DEMOfall 08?
Sep. 10, 2008
It's time once again for people on-site here at DEMO and back at work to ask me, "What was cool at DEMOfall?" The show (produced by Network World's events team) took place last week in San Diego and featured 72 ...

Football fever, Comcast caps and DVR madness
Sep. 05, 2008
Keith and Jason tell you the REAL reason Comcast is capping bandwidth, why the world needs another browser (Google's Chrome), and whether they can live without their DVRs. Plus, the return of Pigskin Pick 'em!

Two "iGadgets" enhance music experience
Sep. 03, 2008
Griffin Technology's iTrip Universal portable music player FM transmitter is easy to set up and use. Aerielle's i2i Stream is a pair of tiny wireless streaming devices that lets two people share one MP3 player.

The universe is soooo boring
Aug. 29, 2008
Jason and Keith talk about the latest iPhone issues and bugs, try to see if they can guess each other's passwords, and argue whether they'd play World of Warcraft on the International Space Station.

Netflix box rocks, but where's the content?
Aug. 27, 2008
With Roku's Netflix Player you can watch Netflix movies and TV shows through the TV instead of having to wait for DVDs in the mail.

Routers, fat trees, algorithms, oh my!
Aug. 22, 2008
Jason Meserve and guest-host Denise Dubie go deep into some new router technologoies, dicuss the latest woes from Apple over its iPhone 3G and wonder why it took Microsoft so long to to get a celebrity pitchman.

Gadgets get Wi-Fi right (Part 2)
Aug. 19, 2008
The Dash Express in-car GPS navigation device's Wi-Fi connection is easy to configure, and its Outlook and Web browser plug-in gives you two-way Internet connectivity.

No fake fireworks or lip-synching in this episode
Aug. 15, 2008
Keith and guest co-host Jonathan Summey talk about Olympic shenanigans, the MIT hackers who just want a free subway ride, and the pros and cons of being invisible.

Gadgets get Wi-Fi right (Part 1)
Aug. 12, 2008
With the Eye-Fi Explore Wi-Fi-enabled SD card you can automatically upload photos from a digital camera and have the photos go into your PC via your wireless LAN.

New Das Keyboards let you type faster; Outi earphones are worn outside the ears - Network ...
Aug. 05, 2008
New Das Keyboards let you type faster; Outi earphones are worn outside the ears so you avoid the "What?" response when someone talks to you.

We'll pay $20 for Jason to stay retired
Aug. 01, 2008
Jason and Keith discuss whether anyone will ever understand data security, why 60 years in prison for the 'UFO hacker' is a good idea, and whether we'd shoot our DNA up into space.

Three quick gadget hitters
Jul. 30, 2008
Griffin Technology's PowerDock lets you simultaneously charge iPods and iPhones; Macally Peripherals' FlexTune combination iPod charging/speaker system lets you extend the speakers out horizontally from the base; and ...

Moving to that dee-luxe studio in the sky
Jul. 25, 2008
Jason and Keith talk about the DNS attack code unleashed on the Internet, the Brocade-Foundry deal and celebrate the last recording from the Twisted Lair studio.

Ease of use makes two devices shine
Jul. 23, 2008
The Pinnacle Video Transfer handheld device allows quick and easy backup of different video sources. Sierra Wireless' easy-to-install Compass 597 tiny USB device offers wireless WAN access to Sprint's Mobile Broadband.

One bad apple in IT, 1M good Apple iPhones
Jul. 18, 2008
Jason and Keith talk about the San Francisco IT guy holding the city "hostage", how cybercrime is becoming like the Mafia, and of course our thoughts on the iPhone 3G now that we've touched one (sort of).