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==Career==
Magid is CEO of ConnectSafely.org and, for 20 years, served as the on-air technology analyst for [[CBS News]] He is also a frequent contributor to BBC, PRPNPR and other broadcast outlets.
 
In 1981 Magid was hired to secretly write the manual for the [[IBM PC]] version of [[EasyWriter]], so he was among those aware of the computer's existence before its August 1981 debut.<ref name="magid20010809">{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/09/news/tt-32245 | title=The Start of a Love-Hate Affair With a Computer | work=Los Angeles Times | date=2001-08-09 | accessdate=10 January 2015 | author=Magid, Lawrence J. | authorlink=Larry Magid}}</ref> His technology columns and reviews appear regularly on CNET [[News.com]], [[Forbes.com]], [[Huffington Post]] and in the ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]''.