Netflix, iTunes, K Mart?

     Most are aware of the popular video streaming and downloading services. These include Netflix, iTunes, Amazon's Video on Demand, and more. These are all services that let you either buy individual movies or TV shows, or, in Netflix's case, stream an unlimited number of movies and TV shows for a monthly fee.     Apparently the idea of getting content online as opposed to walking into a shop

Apple Mac App Store

     Over the past few years the idea of apps became very popular. You can now get iPhone apps from the iOS App Store, or Android apps from the Android Market (although you have to download them from your phone), you can even get apps for your Windows netbook with Intel's AppUp.Mac App Store Running on a MacBook Air     Apple, who kind of started the the app thing with it's iPhone and iPod Touch,

Best Sound for your iPod or iPhone

     I was recently asked in a comment on an earlier post what the best or very good sound system would be for an iPod or iPhone. After doing some research, I found out a few things. One of them: sound is expensive. For good sound and features, you'll have to pay somewhere around $200.Soundfreaq Sound Flatform    You can get a basic iPod dock player with some moderate features for about $30, but

Choosing an iPod

     Looking for an MP3 player? Trying to find what you need at the best value? So you looked at user reviews of the MP3 players out there. And you decide you'll go with an apple device. Now what?    Apple makes 4 iPod devices. The iPod Classic, iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, and the iPod Touch.iPod Classic    The iPod Classic will set you back $249, but gives you 160GB of storage. It does music,

Wireless providers charging per service?

     It has been rumored, and maybe more than rumored, that wireless providers may start charging per service.What this means is that your wireless carrier, such as Verizon, Sprint and AT&T, would, instead of charging a flat fee for a certain amount of data, would charge different amounts of money, see the diagram below for an example.     The above is an actual slide from a marketing webinar by

OnLive, Online Gaming Sytem

     It's time we stop having to  go to the store to buy that new computer game. It's time we stop trying to remember where we put that disk. It's time we do something different with our gaming. OnLive is an attempt at just that.     OnLive is an online gaming system which streams games right to your Mac or PC. You can play when you want, without having to remember where you put that disk.     

Nook Color, Tabletized

     The Barnes and Noble Nook Color, following the original Nook, is an eBook reader with a 7-inch color LCD display, it runs Android 2.1, but is limited by the Nook interface.Nook Color     Barnes and Noble is currently working on an Android 2.2 update for the Nook Color. This would bring more usability to the Nook Color, and would make it more of a tablet-like device. With the same 7-inch

Startup tips: your new PC

 iTunes     Those first few days are really fun. You've taken the new laptop out of it's box. It smells new, looks new. Your new $500 baby. You turn it on, waiting for it's first boot, it's first time launching Windows 7, and then it hits you. What can you do with it. All it has is basically a web browser and maybe a trial version of Microsoft Office.      What do you install, what do you

Kinect: To Buy or Not to Buy

      About a month ago, Microsoft put out two Major updates to the XBOX world. Firstly, they put out the sleek black, XBOX 360 Slim. Secondly, the long awaited Project Natal has finally materialized as XBOX Kinect.     Project Natal was introduced as a new technology designed for Wii-like gaming without the controller.     Now, Project Natal has been renamed Kinect and is being sold to use with

Windows Phone 7

     Gone are the days of the ten pound, giant black hunks of plastic and metal they once called cell phones. Over the years, the cell phone has evolved all the way down to the small flip phone, or the "feature phone", and more recently, the smart phone.     The smart phone, a slim device that makes phone calls. And does pretty much everything else out there. You can read and write email, surf

Chrome OS Netbook.

     Chrome OS. It's finally here and being used on an actual device.     First of all, what is Chrome OS? Chrome OS is a Google operating system that unlike Windows, OS X, or Linux, is solely a web browser. Anyone familiar with Google Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, or Linux will be mostly familiar with this new OS.  The OS works like Chrome browser but has some slight differences. For example,