Sunday, December 27, 2009

Top 10 tech winners and losers for 2009 Part: 2

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Everyone on the Tech Tips Team would like to wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season in the company of family and friends -

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Geeks.com!

In last week’s Tech Tip we looked at the Top Ten Tech Winners for 2009. Though some of the gizmos, gadgets or tech trends didn’t start in 2009 – some certainly culminated that year. This week we’ll look at the Bottom 10 in Tech, what we like to call the LOWLY LOSERS:

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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Top 10 Tech Winners and Losers for 2009 - Part: 1

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Over the next two weeks, Tech Tips is going to take a trip down memory lane. We are going to wax nostalgic over the year 2009 and take a look at some of the top and bottom Tech for the year. Some will be product specific while others will be things that really caught fire or kind of fizzed out like a wet sparkler during the year. Of course we filter them through our special Geek “thick as a Coke bottle” glasses.

In this week’s installment,we present the Top 10 Tech Winners for 2009, so without further ado we give you the WINNERS’ CIRCLE!

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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Opera: The Forgotten Browser

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In June, 2009 the folks at Google conducted an interesting experiment. They asked a bunch of people in Times Square the question What is a Web browser? Only 8% of the people asked knew what a browser was. Luckily, most (if not all) of the people reading the TechTips in this space know what a browser is …

In fact, I’m willing to bet that you know names like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and maybe even Chrome. But one browser that’s often forgotten or ignored is Opera. Which is unfortunate. Why? Opera has lot to offer as a browser. It packs features and functions that can compete with those of the better-known browsers on the Web.

Let’s get acquainted (or, in some cases, reacquainted) with this nifty browser.

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Sunday, December 06, 2009

Netflix Streaming Video – What’s it all about?

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If you’re a high speed internet user, then no doubt you’ve seen the explosion of ways that you are able to instantly watch movies and television programs legally on your computer. In fact, it may have already changed the way you have traditionally thought about getting entertainment into your home. In this week’s Tech Tip we’ll look at Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” streaming video and see what it is all about. No doubt with this new digital landscape, you may be looking at that monthly cable bill and wondering if you could pare it back a bit – or maybe that big collection of DVDs taking up space in the entertainment center and thinking you could sell a few off. Whether it’s the Hulus of the world, the neighborhood Redbox rental kiosk in your supermarket or your Netflix subscription that is responsible for the change; you can see that change is coming. It’s now easier than ever to get the entertainment you want, when you want it and on your terms.

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