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Ever find yourself shopping online and see something you like, but you don’t want to pay full price for it? Wish you had a way of knowing as soon as it goes on sale? Enter Savvy Circle. The site loves a bargain just as much as [...]
The title of this post was originally going to be “Delicious: A Review from a Late Adopter.” But that was four months ago and only a few days after I started using social bookmarking site Delicious. At the time, I found it useful even if lacking in a few areas.
While Walt Mossberg is getting buzz for calling Firefox 3 the “best browser for web — for now,” I thought I’d point out my first time paying for something to do with a browser. I purchased the
A hard disk crash can be caused due to several reasons, and most of these reasons are not related to the age of the hard disk. When a hard drive fails, often computer users try to open it and repair it by themselves. This can be a big mistake, as the internal components [...]
My last two laptops have both been Dell. I had always loved the fact that I could customize my laptop fairly specifically at the same time as getting a great price. At the time, other companies generally could only offer one of those options: a prepackaged bundle with a good price or customization [...]
Buxr is a site that aggregates shopping deals automatically via its own Internet-scouring technology while at the same time incentivizing community members to submit deals they find via daily and monthly competitions.
Mozy, the online backup solution I use and have mentioned a couple times, is responding to HP’s Upline debacle in an interesting way. First, some background information:
Two weeks ago, HP released HP Upline, a service similar to Mozy that [...]
Slingvine is a free application that allows you to send files over the Internet. For me, it felt like a replacement to email attachments. Here’s how it works:
You download and install the client on your computer. Then you right click on any file or folder in [...]
After many years in a Windows world, I recently purchased a Mac Pro, and have been very happy with my choice. There were many reasons for this move, but suffice it to say that I think Apple has some great products, and I’m really not impressed with Vista.
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I read through an article on CNET yesterday that got me fired up about something I’ve had on my mind for the last three years – the unfortunate, yet inevitable, demise of Circuit City.
About three summers ago, I worked there part time as a TV/Home Theater salesperson and strange as it might [...]
