Sebastian Rupley

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Sebastian Rupley is a technology journalist and commentator. He lives in San Francisco, California with his wife.

Career

Rupley is Editorial Director for PCMagCast, "PC Magazine"'s channel for live Web seminars and online events on tech topics for consumers and small businesses. Previously, he was West Coast Editor of "PC Magazine" for over a decade, where he oversaw news and feature stories for the publication, and represented the brand on panels and at conferences on the West Coast. [http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/bizportal/sb360/bio_sebastian_rupley?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~section=course_20080630] He also served as Features Editor of PC/Computing magazine, managing and promoting many noted technology journalists. [http://presentations.inxpo.com/Shows/ZiffDavisSMB/05-07/Presentations/BioPages/Rupley.htm]

Rupley is the author of the book "Portable Computing", one of the first titles ever to appear about laptop computers and mobile technology.fact|date=September 2008

Rupley serves as co-host (introduced as "co-crank"), alongside PC Magazine columnist John C. Dvorak, on Ziff-Davis Media's popular weekly IPTV show Cranky Geeks. He selects topics from current events in the technology industry, and participates in discussions moderated by Dvorak.

Awards

Rupley has won numerous national journalism awards, including back-to-back Gold awards from the American Society of Business Professional Editors [http://widgetsummit.com/2006/speakers/sebastianrupley/] in 2004 and 2005 in the category of Original Web Content, and awards from the Computer Press Association.

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