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Set-Top Debate: Boxee vs Roku vs Apple TV
Streaming content in your home is quickly becoming much more than just a fad. People are cutting the cord in favor of set-top boxes such as Roku, Apple TV and Boxee. Using a device such as this gives the consumer more control over the content they can watch as well as being more cost-effective than [...]
Do You Love Broadband?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Ars Technica reported that 23% of U.S. households don’t have Internet anywhere in the house? Why not? many people just don’t see the need for this “Internet” thing at all. Really? Lamarr thinks broadband should just be something in the house [...]
Save on Holiday Shopping with Griffin
Yes, it’s nearly that time of year. Heck, I know people who are already finished with their holiday shopping! . I’ve long been a fan of (and supporter for) Griffin Technology. Not only do they have a wide array of products for most of your mobile devices, the products look great and work well. I [...]
How to Keep Your Cables Untangled
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I HATE CABLES! I hate the mess they make. I hate seeing them coiling all around the gadgets on my desk. I can’t stand it when they get all tangled together into one huge knot. I picked myself up a new [...]
Google TV Thoughts
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Someone in the live chat room asked me last night what my thoughts are about Google TV… bringing the Google experience to your television instead of just the Internet. It makes sense to me, given that Google owns YouTube. They are [...]
iPad Cable Extension
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed My iPad tends to run out of juice pretty quickly. My MacBook only passes along five watts of power, and the iPad needs ten watts to recharge itself. I could use the wall plug-in, but that would require stringing yet another [...]
Will Google Fiber be Good for Your Broadband Diet?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The other night, I decided it would be fun to take live questions from the chat room and email. One of the questions was sent in by Eddie, who happens to be a co-developer of the WicketPixie WordPress theme. He wondered [...]
Fact or Context: The Ocean That is the Internet
I read an excellent article a few moments ago. Julien Genestoux talks about how the Internet is a vast, never-evaporating ocean. All of the content that is constantly pouring into that ocean are raindrops. In the article, he states that “When you’re a search engine, you obviously have an exhaustivity requirement. You can’t really skip [...]
Twitter Bans More Than 370 Passwords
Having a secure password for anything and everything is a no-brainer. Sadly, though, many people still aren’t very careful with what they use. When you choose a password, you really do have to be careful. If someone hacks your Twitter account, it’s true they won’t have access to your sensitive data (such as your social [...]
World’s Shortest USB Cable
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I hate having super-long USB cables when all I really need is one that’s an inch or two long. It’s such a waste of space, especially when I’m traveling. Thank goodness the folks at ThinkGeek have the iStubz to charge my [...]
How to Use FireWire 400 Devices in 800 Ports
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I don’t know if you remember the battle between USB and FireWire, but USB won of course. I still have a few devices that use FireWire, including the camera I use to record my videos. FireWire has less overhead than you [...]
What’s in Your Home Theater?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Have you set up a home theater yet? I finally had the opportunity to finish our home theater system that was started when we moved in. It’s a chore to pick the right equipment and set up the right environment. I’m [...]
Am I the Only One in Love with Retractable Cables?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed When I got my laptop cooler, I quickly realized I needed a specific type of USB cable… one that had a male adapter on both ends. I had a difficult time finding the exact model I needed. It got me to [...]
How Do You Organize Your Messy Cable Clutter?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed There will come a time when the device that you come to rely on is going to run out of energy. What do you do when that happens? You have recharge it. And to recharge it, you have to plug it [...]
How do you Deal with Old Technology?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed We talk about new technology quite a lot. While home visiting my parents at this time, I’ve noticed how much my parents are behind the times when it comes to tech. Here in my old bedroom, there’s actually a small television [...]
