Probably the best simple gadget to buy right now is the Roku. It’s great for streaming movies and more from multiple providers including Amazon, Hulu, Pandora, and Netflix. Can you say “Free Movies”? If you don’t want a BlueRay with built in streaming, or a new TV, or a game console, then this may be the gadget to get you into the new century. If you have Wi-Fi for your computer (still a matter of joining this century) then you should be ready to go. Oh, and the streaming providers have movies on demand and premium streaming. If you have Netflix just add the Roku so you don’t have to wait for a DVD, you can watch an instant viewing movie while you wait… and much more!

What’s the number one reason to buy a Kindle Fire? The ability to carry your entire library of books, of any kind, with you anywhere you go. What’s the number one business reason to own and carry the Kindle Fire? The ability to give presentations in a coffee shop, at lunch, in a customer’s office, [...]
For Ubuntu Linux users. Yahoo Sitebuilder with the latest version of Wine and the latest version of Java Runtime starts in Ubuntu 11.04. Install the expanded version of Wine (Beta Release) from the Ubuntu Software Download Center. Next download the latest Windows version of Java Runtime and install it using Wine. Finally download and install Yahoo Sitebuilder 2.6 also [...]

I remember a time when Apple was such a loser company I actually hoped they would go under. The story was tiring. Just one newly designed cheapo Mac after another, always at a premium to market prices. Unless you were a hardcore graphics artist who already knew the Mac there was no reason for its [...]

Internet Explorer really leaves a lot to be desired these days. It is very slow compared to Firefox, seems to freeze up a lot, and leaves one feeling that it spends too much time acquiring data from your experience with it and not enough time focusing on the experience of browsing. I have no idea [...]
Let’s go back in time. Back in time to the 1990′s. It’s late in the decade and the stock markets are going nuts about something called “Dotcoms”. Everyone wants in, they see it as the thing to buy and make money on. Some did, and some just lost it all. Now it is just known [...]

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