Leo Gordon Laporte (born November 29, 1956 in New York City, New York) is an American technology broadcaster and author. Currently he lives in Petaluma, California, with his wife Jennifer and two children, Henry and Abby.<p>Laporte studied Chinese History at Yale University.<p>He began his association with computers with his first home PC, an Atari 400. He operated one of the first Macintosh-only bulletin board systems, MacQueue, from 1985 to 1988.<p>Laporte is the host of G4techTV Canada's daily television show The Lab with Leo Laporte, formerly known as Call for Help. The series also airs in Australia on the HOW TO Channel, as well as Google Video.
<p>He also hosts a technology-oriented talk radio program titled Leo Laporte: The Tech Guy. The show, once an exclusive to KFI AM 640 (Los Angeles), is now syndicated on Premiere Radio Networks. Laporte appears semi-regularly on Showbiz Tonight,Live with Regis and Kelly, World News Now, and briefly with Bill Handel on Friday mornings on KFI.
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