SHORT BIO
Molly Wood is the former host and senior editor of "Marketplace Tech," a daily broadcast focused on demystifying the digital economy, and former co-host of "Make Me Smart," where she and co-host Kai Ryssdal would try to make sense of big topics in business, tech and culture.
What was your first job?
Grocery store checker (but I also drove an ice cream truck once).
Fill in the blank: Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you ______.
Time, the most precious thing of all.
What is something that everyone should own, no matter how much it costs?
A pet!
What’s the favorite item in your workspace and why?
My electric fireplace! It is both cute and cozy.
Episodes by Molly (3,464)
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What does FTC ruling on blogger payola mean to Internet users?
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Molly Wood
Oct 7, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission this week announced new guidelines that would penalize bloggers for failing to disclose when they receive money for endorsing products.
Will 2010 be year of the tablet computer?
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Molly Wood
Oct 5, 2009
With Microsoft and Apple looking to unveil tablet computers in the next year, will the mini-computers become the next big trend?
Did Apple abuse its software update tool?
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Molly Wood
Oct 2, 2009
When tech blogger Ed Bott ran Windows 7 last weekend, he got a software update from Apple that he says violated a sacred trust.
Microsoft Security Essentials: Good enough?
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Molly Wood
Oct 1, 2009
Does Microsoft's new free security software package do the job?
Tech elite get to play with Google Wave today
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Molly Wood
Sep 30, 2009
Google Wave premieres for 100,000 people today, hoping to entice users to use its collaborative social network.
Google, Microsoft battle for Los Angeles
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Molly Wood
Sep 29, 2009
The rival tech companies are competing for a multi-million dollar contract to provide email and office software for the offices of the City of Los Angeles.
Par-tay down with Windows 7
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Molly Wood
Sep 25, 2009
Microsoft is giving away copies of Windows 7 to help promote release parties to show off the new program.
Secret questions can be easy answer for malicious hackers
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Molly Wood
Sep 24, 2009
Are you as safe as you think online? A new scholarly paper says those secret questions may not be secure.
Soviet doomsday machine revealed
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Molly Wood
Sep 23, 2009
Soviet scientists had designed a device in the mid-1980s to retaliate against a nuclear attack in the U.S.