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Where Did You Shop This Christmas?

In GNC #539, Todd related the problems that brick'n'mortar stores were having competing against the online retailers and I agree entirely with Todd's sentiments. While I'm happy to use Amazon et al for specialised purchases or gifts to faraway relatives, I now regularly buy from local stores to try and keep them in business. And do you know what?  Although

Unscrupulous Scruples: Watch where you click.

I've been seeing this more and more. You have to upgrade a product - a home (free) edition or something. You press the link and it sends you to a page that talks about upgrading. In fact, everything this page screams is "We don't have the free version, you must buy an upgrade to continue". But if you scan the

Google can help, Google can hurt

There are many great things that Google has come out with in the last couple years. I have been all for what they accomplished, even if I don't use everything. But the last couple ideas haven't been warmly accepted by the IT populous.We'll take a look at a few of the ideas, Good, bad and indifferent. The Good We'll start

Cash for Clunkers for your Computer?

A couple weeks ago I changed out my computer to a new Quad Core machine. I won't go into details because I talked about it in a previous post called Changing out to a new computer. Nonetheless, I have been impressed with the new functionality and possible energy savings that I am getting. It does get me to wondering -

Athlon 64 Netbooks enter market – Could a $100 machine become possible?

3.04 lbs 1.03 inches thick single-core CPU  @ 1.2 GHz, with 800 MHz FSB & 512 KB L2 Cache 2 GB of DDR2 ATI Radeon X1270 graphics AMD RS690E chipset 250 GB hard drive 802.11b/g 11.6-inch high-def WXGA Ultrabrite LED-backlit display 3 x USB 2.0, multi-card reader, high-def audio support, a mic & audio out 0.3 mp webcam. Windows Vista

Post Zune Booth Visit Commentary from CES 2007

The folks at the Zune booth at the 2007 Consumer Electronics show would not go on the record. In fact I think the guy I talked to was aware of some of my previous commentary and was not happy about it. Sponsors:Sponsor: Save Money with all our GoDaddy Codes see our Promo Code Page [Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days

Sony Ultra Flat Screen ProtoTypes at 2007 CES

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