Articles by Stuart Sweet



US is now 10th in broadband speeds

Well at least we beat Bulgaria. There’s a new report out detailing the world’s internet usage, and it’s not exactly great news for US users. We’re tenth out of the top ten in speeds, with an…




GREAT TIP: Get your tailgate TV set up faster!

If you tailgate every weekend, there’s a great way to get that dish up and running quickly. You’ve probably already read our tutorial on aiming your dish with Solid Signal’s SATLOOKLITE meter, but here’s a way…



Will your next phone be a PC?

Here’s something I thought I’d never say: Microsoft’s already cooler than Apple and getting cooler by the day. Surprisingly, it’s true. It was revealed a while back that Microsoft customers are more satisfied with their tablets than Apple…


Will the instant messaging wars ever be over?

You’ve got mail. For many people, AOL Instant Messenger was their first experience with live chat. It wasn’t really the first of course, as real-time chat has been around pretty much since the first time that two people…


FUN FRIDAY: Here’s the story…

Almost 50 years on, it’s still airing somewhere. The Brady Bunch was a Gen-X touchstone due to frequent reruns in the 1970s and spawned sequel series, TV movies, a variety show, an animated TV show, off-broadway recreations and…


Is this all “round dish hysteria?”

If you’re an avid reader of this blog, you already know that DIRECTV will be ceasing all (or at least most) SD programming in 2019. More importantly, the round dish you’ve got now will probably stop…



OPINION: More evidence that Nielsen is clueless

Over the long weekend I happened upon this article on DigitalTrends. with quite a proclamation. It stopped me in my tracks, and in fact the entire article was built around the sort of wink-wink, man-bites-dog kind of journalism…