Rafe Needleman
Encyclopedia
Rafe Needleman is a magazine
and website
editor and published author
. He wrote a Star Trek
trivia book in 1980 and has covered technology and business since 1988. Previously a co-host of CNET's Buzz Out Loud
Daily Podcast with Molly Wood
, Rafe also hosts CNET To The Rescue and the Reporters Roundtable podcast and maintains the blog Rafe's Radar.
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as a reviews editor. Following that, he launched Corporate Computing magazine, and then moved on to become manager of advanced technologies for ZD Labs. In 1995, he became editor-in-chief of Byte
. He joined CNET
as editor of CNET.com, shortly after it started in 1997.
In 1998 he moved to Red Herring
, as editorial director of the Events department. After a year he became editor of Redherring.com and started writing Catch of the Day, a column about startups, which was emailed to over 150,000 subscribers every weekday.
After Red Herring folded, he continued to review cutting edge technology, both online and in print, for a Business 2.0 column called What’s Next. He returned to CNET in 2004 as editor of business technology and started the blog Webware in 2006.
He is also co-host of CNET's "The Real Deal", podcast (co-hosted with Tom Merritt
) dealing with consumer technology.
Rafe cannot see in 3 dimensions and recently posted an article on CNN about his affliction here: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/15/3d.tv.opinion/index.html .
Magazine
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and website
Website
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editor and published author
Author
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. He wrote a Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
trivia book in 1980 and has covered technology and business since 1988. Previously a co-host of CNET's Buzz Out Loud
Buzz Out Loud
Buzz Out Loud, "CNET's podcast of indeterminate length," or BOL, as it is affectionately titled by its fans, is a weekly podcast about technology produced by CNET. The show is hosted by Molly Wood, Brian Tong, and producer Stephen Beacham and various rotating guest hosts. Veronica Belmont...
Daily Podcast with Molly Wood
Molly Wood
Molly Kristin Wood is an executive editor at CNET.com and previously a writer for Associated Press, MacHome Journal magazine, and O'Reilly Media. Wood hosted the "Gadgettes"...
, Rafe also hosts CNET To The Rescue and the Reporters Roundtable podcast and maintains the blog Rafe's Radar.
Star Trek book
As a young man, Needleman wrote the book The Official Star Trek Trivia Book which was published by Pocket BooksPocket Books
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Tech columnist
He started covering technology at InfoWorldInfoWorld
InfoWorld is an information technology online media and events business operating under the umbrella of InfoWorld Media Group, a division of IDG...
as a reviews editor. Following that, he launched Corporate Computing magazine, and then moved on to become manager of advanced technologies for ZD Labs. In 1995, he became editor-in-chief of Byte
Byte (magazine)
BYTE magazine was a microcomputer magazine, influential in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s because of its wide-ranging editorial coverage...
. He joined CNET
CNET
CNET is a tech media website that publishes news articles, blogs, and podcasts on technology and consumer electronics. Originally founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through CNET Networks' acquisition...
as editor of CNET.com, shortly after it started in 1997.
In 1998 he moved to Red Herring
Red Herring (magazine)
Red Herring was a technology business magazine, which flourished during the dot com boom, with global distribution and bureaus in Bangalore, Beijing, and Paris. It also sponsored conferences designed to bring venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and technologists together. But the magazine went into...
, as editorial director of the Events department. After a year he became editor of Redherring.com and started writing Catch of the Day, a column about startups, which was emailed to over 150,000 subscribers every weekday.
After Red Herring folded, he continued to review cutting edge technology, both online and in print, for a Business 2.0 column called What’s Next. He returned to CNET in 2004 as editor of business technology and started the blog Webware in 2006.
He is also co-host of CNET's "The Real Deal", podcast (co-hosted with Tom Merritt
Tom Merritt
Thomas Andrew "Tom" Merritt is a technology journalist and broadcaster who hosts a daily show on Leo Laporte's TWiT.tv Netcast Network Tech News Today...
) dealing with consumer technology.
Rafe cannot see in 3 dimensions and recently posted an article on CNN about his affliction here: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/15/3d.tv.opinion/index.html .