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October 2, 2007

  • Web of the Week: http://oldapps.com
    Sometimes old school is the way to go. Like when your aging computer can’t keep up with minimum requirements for new software. If you long for…
  • TV or not TV?
    Without even knowing it, I’ve been conducting my own informal survey. Now the proud owners of a defunct and passé round (as in not flat screen)…

September 25, 2007

  • Grab a gadget: Sept. 27
    To most of us vacuuming is, well, a chore. But you can add a little feel-good fun to your floor cleaning with a Dyson DC07 pink vacuum cleaner. With…
  • Hovering around
    Once upon a time, brilliant authors thought up a futuristic flying vehicle to use in their stories. They called it the hovercar. The idea has…

September 18, 2007

  • Phone FYI: Text etiquette
    If you love to text message, here are a few etiquette tips to keep in mind: 1. Keep it short, otherwise send an email. (160 characters is the…
  • Web of the Week: http://portlandfoodmap.com
    In the foodie Mecca that Portland has become, you need a map to keep track of all the openings and closings, not to mention where exactly that…
  • Image IS everything
    It’s sexy, dead sexy. As if to reassure diehard devotees of their priorities, Apple offers up a veritable Mona Lisa in its new iMac desktop…

September 11, 2007

  • Grab a gadget
    Nothing about flying is easy these days. From practically stripping naked at the security checkpoint to jamming yourself into the cramped seat…
  • Web of the week: http://gadgets.boingboing.net
    Boing Boing, the print magazine turned web directory of weird news links, now has a blog devoted solely to gadgets. Solar water purifiers, bat fans…
  • The quick fix
    They said it couldn’t happen to me, but it did. My Xbox360 broke. No, I didn’t drop it or spill anything on it, it just stopped…

September 5, 2007

  • Phone FYI: Safety tips
    Hackers are everywhere. They even want to get into your phone and ring up big bills. So here’s a few tips from the Better Business Bureau to…
  • Web of the Week: www.deezer.com
    Forget illegally downloading music under the cover of darkness. Now you can listen to tunes, legally. Deezer.com (which is a re-incarnation of…
  • Have cache, will travel
    On a solitary Sunday, I set out determined to reconnect with nature. On the way to a favorite hike, I turned off the radio in an attempt to drown the…

August 28, 2007

  • Phone FYI: Get there with Your Navigator
    U.S. Cellular has launched a new GPS navigation service for subscribers to its Easyedge internet service. The Your Navigator feature gives voice…
  • Web of the Week: http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr
    Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, is a great go-to source for information on almost any topic. Of course, because anyone can…
  • The next frontier
    Interested in taking a tour of space? Are you tired of picking through the same boring destinations for your annual vacation? All that is about to…

August 21, 2007

  • Phone FYI: Fashion forward
    For those seeking style in a cellphone, Nokia plans to offer the Prism Collection. The defining feature of these phones is the diamond-cut number…
  • Web of the Week: www.digg.com
    Want to sit in the news driver’s seat? Then check out www.digg.com. This popular site allows registered users to submit news stories and vote…
  • Long distance notes
    Long distance musical collaboration is nothing new. It’s been happening for decades — as long as there have been cassettes, mailboxes and…

August 14, 2007

  • Phone FYI: Sprint partners with Google
    Sprint and Google recently announced a partnership set to bring Sprint customers a wireless broadband network populated with Google tools. The…
  • Web of the Week: www.realpeoplerealstuff.com
    Have something to sell but feel a few sentences and a couple photos on eBay or Craigslist won’t do it justice? Then check out…
  • Fire terminator
    Only you (and robots) can prevent forest fires. German researchers at the University of Magdeburg-Stendal FH are developing an off-road, firefighting…

August 7, 2007

  • Time to Roomba
    A couple weeks ago, I began this column with a quip about the iRobot corporation’s miniature floor cleaning robot, the Roomba. Since then…
  • Phone FYI: eMusic on your phone
    AT&T has partnered with eMusic to offer its cellphone subscribes access to more than two million tracks from leading independent labels. This…
  • Web of the week: www.pownce.com
    After Facebook opened up its site to more than just high schoolers and college kids, the world of online social networking was feeling pretty…

July 31, 2007

  • Don’t get lost
    OK, so I just got home from my week long vacation in my home town of Providence, RI. It was great! I got to see old friends, make new ones and see…
  • Web of the week: www.mugglenet.com
    If you still need a Harry Potter fix after reading the last book and watching the latest flick, then surf on over to www.mugglenet.com. This top fan…
  • Phone FYI: Hacking the iPhone?
    A security consulting firm found that its computer experts were able to hack into the iPhone. According to a report in the New York Times…

July 24, 2007

  • Phone FYI: eBay unwired
    Don’t babysit your computer when trying to make the winning bid on eBay. Instead click over to www.unwiredbuyer.com and sign up. This site…
  • Web of the Week: http://realmeals.tv
    No longer do you have to look to Rachael Ray or Emeril for culinary inspiration. The new realmeals.tv serves up a steady diet of cooking videos…
  • $5 on red
    Though the last installment of this column prompted at least one friend to question the need for a techno-centric journalist to report on run-ins…

July 17, 2007

  • Phone FYI: It’s not you, it’s Sprint
    It could be called a case of unrequited love. Or a get out of jail free card. Whichever way you want to look at it, Sprint recently sent letters to…
  • Web of the Week: Angie's List
    The next time you’re looking for someone to fix your car, repair your furnace, walk your dog or take your photo, you can log onto…
  • The opposite of geeks
    I recently turned on the TV and began to flip through the channels and the movie “Minority Report” was on. If you haven’t seen that…

July 10, 2007

  • Phone FYI: TiVo on the go
    Has this ever happened to you? You’re at work when all of sudden you realize you’ve forgotten to set your DVR to record the day’s…
  • Web of the week: http://lifehacker.com
    If you’re a technology geek you already know about this site, but if you want to become one check out http://lifehacker.com. This site has the…
  • Just a fantasy
    In the interest of full disclosure, I was in a fantasy baseball league during the 1991 Major League Baseball season. I was foolish and spent all of…

July 3, 2007

  • Phone FYI: Turn your voicemails into text
    Voicemail can be so annoying. Especially those messages that go on and on, when all you want is the call back number. SimulScribe has a way to help…
  • Web of the week: www.rememberthemilk.com
    Are you having trouble remembering all those things on your to do list? Then you’ll want to check out the free calendar and organization tools…
  • Green technology
    Growing up, I watched a lot of cartoons. One of my favorites was “Captain Planet.” He always said “THE POWER IS YOURS!” That…

June 26, 2007

  • Sanyo Xacti E1
    For your next beach vacation, you may want to pick up a Sanyo Xacti E1. This nifty one-handed camera is waterproof up to five feet underwater and…
  • Phone FYI: YouTube goes mobile
    No longer are Verizon users the only ones who can watch YouTube videos on their phones. The video site just announced that all mobile phones can now…
  • Web of the week
    If you’re a parent who uses Firefox as your web broswer, you now have a free way to control what your kiddos see. Glubble (still in the Beta…
  • Technical difficulties: Living in 2G land
    At the risk of sounding like a total Luddite, I’ve actually been looking for a cell phone that does less, not more. I’ve alarmed myself…

June 19, 2007

  • Google bends (slightly) to privacy concerns
    The search engine behemoth has bowed to complaints from privacy advocates and pressure from the European Union in announcing that it will trim the…
  • Phone FYI: Built to be tough
    Drag it, kick it, drop it in the water. No big deal. The Casio G’zOne can take it. Tested by the military, this no frills phone is made for the…
  • Web of the week: http://www.ideastorm.com
    Dell recently announced plans to reduce its carbon emissions by at least 15% by 2012. As part of the push, Dell wants to build the “greenest PC…
  • Tech trilogy
    I’ve got my $5 down. Do you? I sure hope so because if you don’t there is a really good chance that you missed out on the first shipment…

June 12, 2007

  • Phone FYI: iPhone — It’s coming!
    Apple’s iPhone has to be one of the most hyped cell phones ever. And the buzz cranked up a notch when the company recently launched…
  • Web of the week: www.bookcrossing.com
    Feeling weighted down by all that literature on your shelves? Then set it free. With the help of www.bookcrossing.com, you can release your old books…
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