Tablet or Laptop? Which is Better for You?
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Read MoreOctober 2015
What’s the Best Way to Hook Your Computer to a TV?
Hooking a computer to a TV? Read this first!
When Bluetooth isn’t your friend
Bluetooth ought to be the perfect solution. It’s been evolving for decades and in its latest incarnation, it works with very low power and provides secure communication between devices that has, as yet, proven difficult to…
Teens and screens: is the romance over?
Today’s teens, born in the final days when you could watch Friends on Thursday night, have grown up with a very different view of the world. It goes without saying that they have constant access to information, that…
The case for Android TV
Because not everyone wants to drink the Kool-Aid. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, we’re starting to see a revolution in streaming technology. The first generation came from a company most people had never heard from (Roku) followed quickly…
SCARY STUFF: Half of millennials won’t have pay-TV in ten years
Millennials. They ruin everything, with their expensive haircuts and skinny jeans and bizarre attachment to vinyl records. And now they’ve set their sights on traditional television. Actually, I kid the folks born between 1980-1995, but I’m…
Yes, I have a 3G-only cell booster. Here’s why.
I think it’s pretty fair to call me “the geek’s geek.” I mean, I work at one of the coolest e-commerce sites on the web, routinely test a lot of hush-hush stuff, and then I write…
What is a PC stick?
Well, it’s this. It’s a device just a little larger than your average streaming stick that’s actually a full-featured PC. It’s barely big enough for a couple of USB ports, a power connector and an HDMI…
Will AT&T keep the DIRECTV name?
First off let me say that I don’t know the answer. I have a lot of powerful friends, but there are some corridors of the power structure at AT&T that are closed to me, which is…
Did NBC miss the boat on a new sitcom revolution?
The new fall season has started and that means my DVR is getting full again. This year, though, I’m passing on the usual crop of cop dramas and I’ve chosen a spate of sitcoms. I tried this…