Doing Your Holiday Shopping Homework November 30, 2007

If electronic gadgets are on your holiday shopping list, you’ve probably noticed the bewildering array of choice out there. One way to cut through the clutter and geek speak is to get advice from shoppers who already own the products you’re considering buying.
Wize.comMany sites on the internet allow consumers to rate and review products [...]

Gadget Friday: iPhone Alternatives November 30, 2007

Here’s something new: on Fridays in December, we’ll be checking out gadget gift ideas for the holidays. Today: alternatives to coughing up $400 to give someone an iPhone.
I have to admit: I love the iPhone. I want one… badly. Most everybody wants one, but not many people can afford the $400 to [...]

Web Trends Report on WBAL AM 1090 November 28, 2007

Here are links to more information on the stories Dave Durian and I talked about this morning on WBAL AM 1090.
“Cyber Monday” online shopping sets records.
Facebook’s “Beacon” service accused of giving away secret holiday gift purchases.
Iran’s president wants you to comment on his blog.
Verizon to open its network to nearly any phone, any software.

Making Sense of the Middle East November 28, 2007

Only time will tell if anything historic was accomplished in the Annapolis peace talks this week, but it’s left me wanting to brush up on the history of the region. Here are a couple of sites with some interesting information on the history and the future of the Middle East.
MapsOfWar.comHere you’ll find animated maps [...]

Cyber Monday Holiday Shopping November 26, 2007

“Cyber Monday” is said to be the beginning of the online holiday shopping season, as people return to work and start ordering gifts from their office computers (on break time, of course). Since so many of us now have some form of broadband internet connection at home, I suspect the Cyber Monday effect is [...]

Web Trends Report on WBAL AM1090 November 23, 2007

Here are some links to the stories Dave Durian and I talked about this morning on WBAL AM10190. Scroll down for the links I mentioned on 11 News Today.
BFAds.net View and print Black Friday advertisements exactly as they appeared in the newspaper.
Frucall.com Use your cell phone to find online prices for items while [...]

Holiday Decorating November 23, 2007

For many people the day after Thanksgiving is for holiday shopping. For others, it’s time to start holiday decorations.
snowflakes.lookandfeel.comA very cool site for making those folded paper snowflakes. You use your virtual scissors to cut a virtual snowflake however you want. You can preview your snowflake and keep making changes until it’s [...]

Conquering Black Friday November 21, 2007

I used to love collecting all the Black Friday newspaper circulars and picking out what I wanted for the holidays. Now there are websites to help out if you miss an ad or two.
BFAds.netYou can find digital scans of any Black Friday newspaper circulars you may have missed on this site. Just pick [...]

Thanksgiving Help in the Kitchen November 19, 2007

Maybe you’ve found some recipe websites like allrecipes.com and foodtube.net, but here are a few new ones offering some different features.
FamilyOven.comRather than building its own collection of recipes and cooking videos, FamilyOven allows users to submit their favorite recipes from other sites. They then vote for their favorites, and the top recipes are placed [...]

Your Technology Questions and Answers November 16, 2007

Theresa asks:Whenever I sign onto my laptop, I keep getting the following pop up box: Do you want to run the file xpupdate.exe? Do I have a virus?It looks like you do have some malicious software on your computer. I found this out by searching for “xpupdate.exe” at the site sysinfo.org. It’s [...]