ONLINE TECH SUPPORT

We’ve tried half a dozen of these online tech support services that fix your computer by controlling it through the Internet. They are a… Read more

TALK GETS EVEN CHEAPER

Talk is cheap, and getting cheaper. We took a look at VoiceStick, a memory stick that does phone calls. It turns out to be very… Read more

CRUSH THAT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

       We tried out a specialized PowerPoint compression utility by the name of NXPowerlite ($45 from NXPowerlite.com). Old hands will note… Read more

TRAVEL IS SO BROADENING

We were browsing a travel Web site the other day and got a lot of help from Yoono, a scrolling toolbar thatfits onto Firefox. Scrolling across the… Read more

LEARN TO SPEAK GEEK

We had an interesting brief conversation with the president of a high-tech company recently, and it explains why engineers believe they speak English… Read more

CAUTION: NOW BACKING UP

This is definitely cool, as they say. It’s called the BackupKey, from TurnKey Technology. It is a pocket-size hard drive that connects to… Read more

GETTING ALL CHARGED UP

People are carrying so many battery-powered wireless gizmos these days they can probably be detected from space. But when the battery runs down, no… Read more

LOST IN THE DESERT

Searching for our cell phone charger, we found a wonderful new search engine called Retrevo.com. This turns out be an engine for just consumer… Read more

INTERNUTS: ONLINE NEWSPAPERS & FOLKLORE

    ·  OnlineNewspapers.com. Our previous go-to site for newspapers online was ecola.com. We know, it sounds like a disease, but that’s… Read more

NUMBERS REPORT: BROADBAND

Seventy-eight percent of Web users use a broadband (high-speed) connection. That’s up from 65 percent a year earlier, a Nielsen/NetRatings study… Read more