A NEAT ZITE

Zite is a free do-it-yourself magazine for the iPad that gets better the more you use it. Select an article and give it a thumbs-up if you like it…. Read more

THE GREAT BACKUP IN THE CLOUDS

We have so many pitches from manufacturers who want us to write about their backup systems, that we’re, well, pretty backed up. Now we can look at… Read more

OLD GAMES FOR KIDS

“The Oregon Trail” can now be played at Facebook.com/OregonTrail. It’s more complicated than the original game from 30 years ago. The… Read more

TRENDS: IS THAT HDTV CONNECTED TO THE WEB?

Only 25 percent of high definition TVs are connected to the Web right now, but in four years it will be 76 percent, says research firm Parks… Read more

GETTING YOUR MUSIC NOTICED

Disrupt.fm lets musicians post music to their Facebook wall, which gives it exposure among… Read more

BLOCKING TELEMARKETERS

PrivacyStar blocks telemarketer calls on Android or Blackberry phones for $3 a month. It has a button for reporting callers to the U.S. Federal Trade… Read more

HIT SONGS THE YEAR YOU WERE BORN

JoshHosler.biz: Find out the hit songs the year you were born, or any other… Read more

THE YEAR YOU WERE BORN: BEST-SELLING BOOKS

Biblioz.com: Find out what books were best-sellers the year you were born. Click “Birthday Best Sellers” at the top of the screen. It’s… Read more

EDITING AND ORGANIZING YOUR PHOTOS

A friend of ours didn’t know how to resize photos to put on a website. It wasn’t file compression she was after, but changing a large photo… Read more

TOO MUCH PHONE TIME?

After a recent New York Times column focused on kids’ gadget addiction, a reader wrote to say he counted how many of the students walking by him on… Read more