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Sunday, February 21, 2010

How To Turn A Netbook Into A Full Page eReader

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So, you have a netbook that you find handy for different computing tasks. Well, with a little effort, you may find it easy to use a netbook as a full page eReader. That’s right, full page - not just a section of a graphic novel on the screen at a time. Plus, being able to view material in full color is something that dedicated eReaders cannot do.

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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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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Putting Wikipedia in Your Pocket

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Like it or hate it, trust it or not, you can’t deny that Wikipedia is something of a phenomenon. It houses well over 3 million articles on hundreds of topics, and those numbers are growing daily. Many, many people use Wikipedia as a source of information, and for the most part it’s quite reliable. Obviously, you need to be connected to the Internet to use it. What happens when you’re offline and need your hit of Wikipedia? You’re not out of luck. Thanks to a company called OpenMoko, you can carry Wikipedia in your pocket. Literally. All thanks to a gadget called the WikiReader.

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Pimp Your PC with Peripherals – Speakers and Webcams!

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You know that there is nothing quite so pleasurable as Pimping out your PC – and what better way to do it than with upgrading your peripherals. In this week’s Tech Tip, we’ll look at some cool peripherals that will get your desktop PC styling in no time! Specifically, we’ll be looking at computer speakers and webcams.

Most computers already come with a set of speakers and while they are just fine for playing around on the desktop computer, sometimes you just yearn for a little more. So when it comes to wanting your computer to sound its best – whether for gaming, movies, music or online web experiences – then you find that “Pimping your PC” with an upgraded set of speakers makes you computer “come alive.”

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