Technology

Need advice on a smart phone, tablet, a new game device or computer? Mario Armstrong, WYPR tech commentator, joins Jim Barry of the Consumer Electronics Association to answer listener questions about the latest and greatest gadgetry on the market this holiday season. Original airdate 12/4/12

With the holiday season in full swing, former Baltimore Sun tech reporter Gus Sentementes shares his gift picks for the techie in your family.

The Kindle Paperwhite retails for $119 at Amazon. Reviewers say it's one of the best e-readers for actually reading books.

Need advice on a smart phone, tablet, a new game device or computer? Mario Armstrong, WYPR tech commentator, joins Jim Barry of the Consumer Electronics Association to answer listener questions about the latest and greatest gadgetry on the market this holiday season.

The University of Maryland is moving to the Big Ten Athletic Conference. Supporters say it will bring more revenue and perhaps save some sports teams that were slated to be discontinued. Critics say the decision was made too fast and too secretively. Tom Hall talks with sportswriter Mark Hyman about what the Big Ten move means for the Terps.

As Catholic Bishops gather in Baltimore for their biannual conference, we talk with Baltimore Archbishop William Lori about Catholic voters and political issues.

We check in with The Baltimore Sun's technology reporter Gus Sentementes for the latest in tech news.

Maryland Morning theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck brings us her review of "Heroes" at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore.

The Baltimore Sun's Gus Sentementes tells us the latest on the cybersecurity industry in Maryland, the splash the iPad mini has made on the tablet market, and

In three weeks, Marylanders will decide whether to legalize same sex marriage.  It's a referendum being watched around the country.  We talk with two reporters about strategists...and money... coming into the state.

Today is ‘Ada Lovelace Day,’ a day that recognizes women working in science, technology, engineering, and math. We talk with Penny Rheingans, director of the Center for Women in Technology at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, about how to draw more women into tech.

About two hundred years ago, the Romantic poet Lord Byron wrote a few lines about his young, estranged daughter, Ada Lovelace:

Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child! 

Ada! sole daughter of my house and heart? 

When last I saw thy young blue eyes they smil'd, 

In four weeks, Maryland voters will decide whether some undocumented immigrants should receive in-state tuition rates for higher education. A new report out of University of Maryland-Baltimore County examines what economic impact the so-called Dream Act would have if voters approve it.  We talk with the head researchers.

Then, Nathan talks with Baltimore Sun technology reporter and blogger Gus Sentementes about the month in tech news.

And, J. Wynn Rousuck reviews Center Stage’s production of Arthur Miller’s “An Enemy of the People.”