On the other hand, you should be able to get some great bargains. Let’s get straight to the numbers. According to statistics giant IDC, PC shipments are down 14% year over year. That’s the biggest decline since…
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In a move worthy of the finest schoolyard playground, News Corp’s COO Chase Carey has decided that if his many lawsuits fail, he’s prepared to pack up his marbles and go home. Mr. Carey, who once…
Have you heard this nonsense? A recent court decision in California has drivers utterly confused as to how to drive safely. It seems that it is legal to use a GPS app while driving but not…
We’ve been raving about this antenna for about a year now, ever since we saw it at the CEDIA show. It’s the antenna of choice if you’re between markets but it hasn’t been available until now. Antennas…
Nothing is perfect. We admit to a few flaws with Darbee’s latest image enhancer, the Cobalt. Nothing earth-shattering, but you should probably know about them before you buy. The Remote The Darbee remote is nothing to write…
The TV industry loves to confound you with strange abbreviations. One of the weirdest is QAM, pronounced “kwam.” It sounds vaguely Australian, doesn’t it? What’s worse is that if you search for QAM, you find out…
Behold the Microsoft Surface. We haven’t been kind to it in the past… we wondered if it was a bag of suck, we asked if the operating system was a day 1 fail, and we didn’t hesitate to…
No matter what they call it, we’re big fans of the DIRECTV Genie. Five tuners and all the hard drive space you need, plus the ability to run the tiny Genie Mini Clients. The system was originally…
The Cobalt, Darbee’s latest image enhancer, looked good in the box, but that’s really only the beginning of the story. We hooked up a production model Cobalt to a Blu-ray player to see how it performed….
Have you seen the commercial where DIRECTV points out that their equipment will work without visible wires or boxes? There’s a disclaimer at the bottom but it goes by pretty fast and you probably won’t be…
Will Federal regulators hold up the Sprint deal unless Sprint uses only American-made equipment? It’s possible. As a condition of deal, Softbank may only be allowed to buy Sprint if the FCC can mandate that certain…
Today, March 27, 2013 is the day of the biggest internet attack in history. At least so far. Don’t worry, it’s not Terminator 2: Judgment Day and obviously if you’re reading this article you weren’t affected. That doesn’t…
Unthinkable. NBC has been broadcasting since 1926. Seriously. Almost 100 years. The peacock network is older than your grandparents (probably.) It was around before television even existed — it used to be a radio network. This is the…
DIYers, rejoice. We’re proud to announce our new Solid Signal Brand antenna masts and tripods. These are the right tripods at the right price for anyone who is looking for maximum elevation and maximum reception. Let’s…
Sometimes a sequel is as good as the original. Spider-Man 2 was a pretty darn good movie, for example. More often than not we get sequels that are watered down and derivative, not as satisfying as the…