Switching e-mail addresses doesn't have to hurt October 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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In many ways, changing your e-mail address is harder than changing your mailing address. There's no post office to make sure that your mail gets forwarded and senders are notified of the switch. Plus, you have to deal with ... | |
Sound Advice: Technology Q&A October 02, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Q. Some time ago you said in your column you paid $29 for a SanDisk 4GB high speed SD card, including a card reader. Where did you find the $29 bargain? | |
Pop-up ad scam led to no laptop, but lots of spam September 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
Question: I foolishly responded to a pop-up ad that promised I had won a free laptop. But after I gave away my e-mail address, I discovered there was no laptop. For a few months I just deleted the few dozen unwanted messages ... | |
Digital TV coupons now available to more users September 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
If you make a big enough stink, the agency that hands out those $40 coupons for digital converter boxes will, apparently, change the rules. | |
Gamers play against type: Avid online role-players do not fit gamer stereotypes, survey finds September 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Participants in the role-playing game EverQuest II defy the stereotype of the overweight male teenager, researchers reported this month in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. | |
Immerse yourself in Spanish September 18, 2008 | User rating: 1.5 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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I've just returned from my 90-minute commute on the parking lot known as the 405 Freeway. If traffic wasn't exactly flying, time was and instead of hearing about how bad traffic was on my car radio, I was learning a language ... | |
IBM Accelerates Virtual Desktop With Breakthrough Solution September 16, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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IBM today announced a powerful new solution to help organizations slash virtual desktop infrastructure storage requirements by up to 80 percent, allowing them to take advantage of new cloud computing models at significantly ... | |
This week's Web Winners: You can bank on these sites September 16, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The failures this year of IndyMac Federal Bank and other financial institutions may leave you wondering if your own savings belong stuffed in a mattress. These Web sites could put you at ease or push you to action. | |
Developing countries benefit from online gold rush September 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Impatient online computer gamers have sparked a new industry in developing countries – by paying fellow gamers real cash in return for financial help in the virtual world. | |
Wireless networks and their many, creative names September 11, 2008 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Nearly every time I pull out my iPhone or fire up my laptop, I get an interesting look into the people and businesses that surround me. How do I do this? By looking at the names of their wireless networks. | |
Thanks to digital cameras and Facebook, a generation documents itself like never September 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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On a recent Saturday, 25-year-old Ramsey Mohsen of Fairway, Kan., did something at his parents' lake house that tens of millions of computer-savvy young people are doing more and more. He took a picture. | |
 Pervasive games promise to spice up daily life September 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the movie The Game, the character is hounded by villains and left for dead in Mexico in an intense version of an alternative reality game. Minus the Hollywood bravado, games that merge ... | |
 Sit back and enjoy the ride on a recumbent September 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Jorge Mejias is accustomed to getting weird looks when he rides his bike. When you're on a recumbent - a bike that looks like a grown-up version of a kid's Big Wheel - that's typical. | |
Techno wizard also pens best-selling science fiction September 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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If you saw Neal Stephenson on the street, you might think he's just another geeky Seattle guy with a particularly impressive goatee. | |
RFID as Electronic Surveillance: Technology Performs Well in Feasibility Study September 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Despite modern surveillance technology, retail outlets continue to be plagued by theft. Shoplifters have discovered various methods to deceive or elude electronic-surveillance systems. | |
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