IPhone Alternatives

One of the most desirable iPods ever, the Apple iPhone (one of my previous toys) with features like the multi-touch display and Cover Flow iPod interface, is the most sought after device in the world, and yet price-wise, it remains outside the reach of most people. But this is not the end of the iPhone-like [...]

What is Slingbox and why would you want it

Let me tell you why I would want a Slingbox. I travel extensively in my profession. At times, when I am in my hotel room, I miss those TV programs back home that I love most. Sometimes I would want to watch one of my stored programs. So what do I do? I take out [...]

The Latest Hard Drive Camcorders

The day is finally here no more tapes in your camcorders. The latest camcorders have a hard drive installed, providing you with more video than MiniDV or DVD. These latest hard drive camcorders are gaining popularity in the market, and do not restrict your video shooting. Sure it costs a bit more, but the advantage [...]

Google’s new search within a search

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Check out what Google is now doing with certain online merchants/businesses. From their search results you can search within another site exclusively. Search on ‘best buy’ and you will get back a screen similar to this allowing you to search within Best Buy’s website only. I wonder how I can get some of my businesses [...]

You Must Snag SnagIt!

We have all attempted to capture words, images, and webpages from our screen and share them with others. There are many methods to do this: Print Screen “Save As” Print to PDF And other screen capture tools About 30 days ago I heard about a tool that had come up in other conversations for years. [...]

Reinventing the…book? Really?

For those of you that weren’t really doing the Internet thing during it’s boom, Amazon.com started out as a bookseller. Obviously this turned out great for them, and they grew into “The World’s Largest Marketplace.” But now, Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and CEO, is looking to reinvent those things he sold in the first place. [...]

Customers Want Mobile To Step Up Its Game

It looks like the parts of my new iPhone I love were also liked by Time Magazine, who named the gadget the Invention of the Year. It also seems that a lot of what the device offers hits on what cell phone buyers really want, particularly in one area. A study that looked at the [...]

A Biased and Unscientific Review of the iPhone

Yes, I broke down and bought the 8GB iPhone. Here’s why I dropped my Treo 700w (Windows) for the iPhone: The Treo was just unreliable. Actually it was probably more the Windows Mobile operating system that was unreliable. Either way, it would reboot for no reason in my back pocket or just not wake up [...]