Our niece just asked us if she should ask for a PC or a Mac for her birthday, as she gets ready to go off to college. We told her to go with a Mac,… Read more
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ZDnet.com reports on a study by The Environmental Working Group (download the full report as a PDF) that lists the smartphones that emit the most and… Read more
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Think how nice videos could be if you could speed up past the meaningless parts and slow to follow the hard parts? (This reminds us of a funny story… Read more
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Archie and Veronica are finally getting married, shocking fans worldwide. For the uninitiated, we’re referring to the characters in the “Archie”… Read more
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Nero is offering a free version of their excellent Nero 9 software for burning text, numbers, photos, movies, etc., to CDs and DVDs. It also lets you… Read more
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A chance comment at a meeting of our University book club led us to realize that not everybody knows a lot of the simple tricks and tips that we use… Read more
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“This is amazing,” Bob said. “Some hacker has managed to shut down the entire Internet. No matter what site I try to go to, it is unavailable…. Read more
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Facebook.com has hit one billion video views. Facebook Video was launched in June 2007 and there are now four times as many video views as there are… Read more
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If you think the current economic crisis is bad, wait till you’ve experienced it in the virtual world. According to a study by the University of… Read more
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Panasonic just launched an LED lightbulb in Japan that can shine for 19 years. It’s called the “EverLed.” This is the wave of the future…. Read more
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