A neighborhood kid that lives down the street from me is heading off to his first year of college this fall. He recently mentioned to me that he wants a new laptop but probably won't be getting one since his parents already have a desktop computer lined up for him. I think he already knew by the look on my face but I told him anyway that he needed to convince his parents to get the laptop. This is when he begged me to talk to his parents. I guess he figured that Mr. Noobie might might have a little…
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A friend of mine called me today and told me how much he enjoyed the screencast on the Noobie web site that showed him how easy it is to watch television shows and full-length movies on the Hulu web site. He followed his comment up with a question that I found difficult to answer. Difficult because it's the type of question that I know the answer to but am not really sure I should give out to anyone. He was asking me if he could download the videos from Hulu to his computer so he could watch them later. He…
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Last night I watched the Wisconsin Badgers take on the Cal State Fullerton Titans in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. What was interesting was that there wasn’t a single television on in my house. Instead, I watched the entire game on my laptop. Before I say anything more, rest assured that if the game had been on television, I would have watched it on my television. Unfortunately my local CBS affiliate did not choose the game I wanted to watch as the game they decided to show. Back to the laptop. Thanks to a new feature…
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