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Closing the Gap between Laptops and Desktops
At one time, laptops were reserved for road warriors and affluent students, but with today’s wide-ranging price points and growing feature sets, laptops may compactly meet the computing needs of nearly every noobie. Loving Laptops Most of the benefits to owning a laptop are obvious. Even if you don’t travel frequently or work in coffee shops, laptops can offer more mobility within your house. If you’ve set up a wireless home network, you can use your laptop to browse the Internet from the couch while watching Monday Night Football or access Rachel Ray’s “Weekly Round-up” of recipes while cooking in… Continue reading...
Weigh the Costs before Ditching Your Landline Phone
“Hi. I’m your landline phone. Remember me? I haven’t heard from you in awhile, and I’m getting lonely. Please call.” Does this sound like your landline phone? If so, are you thinking about kicking it to the curb? Breakups are hard, and breaking up with your landline could mean more breaking up (of a different kind) on your cell phone. However, that’s exactly what 20.2 percent of U.S. households have done, according to a 2008 statistic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Landline phones that travel through a solid medium of metal wire or optical fiber have been… Continue reading...
YouTube Makes Video Watching, Sharing Easy and Addictive
If you've mastered online photo sharing using a website like Picasa or through uploading to Facebook, did you know that it's equally easy to share videos over the Internet? YouTube is a website that makes online video posting accessible to virtually anyone with the ability to shoot video. Whether you want to share a video message with the world, social network friends or Grandma, YouTube has tools to make it easy and fun. YouTube isn't just for hobbyists. It even has captured the attention of television networks and movie studios that use it to publicly post trailers or entire television… Continue reading...