Blatant media piracy: Not just for south-Asian countries anymore

“The only cure for the fear of falling is to jump.” -Carl Jung Mike from Hotmail.com asks: “I know of people that download and copy songs and movies via the internet. They (and everyone else) seem to do it all of the time. Is this legal? The younger generation seems to think that since it […]

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Free ebooks, libraries and text reading software

Hollywood loves remaking successful books, and the last few years give many examples. Around the World in 80 Days, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and I, Robot are just a few. Trying to count remakes of Dracula, Tarzan or The Three Musketeers is more difficult than getting cheap popcorn and drinks at a movie theater. When a blockbuster releases, we […]

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ScanGauge review: Save gas by adjusting nut behind the wheel

Where is personal responsibility? It’s tossed out the car window at 70 MPH. Gas prices are brain-numbingly, irritatingly high. Yet we putter through traffic in our 250-horsepower cars, drinking gasoline like I drink Tang. I know my limits. I can’t convince America to stop driving big gas-hungry cars and put more automotive research towards fuel […]

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Non-violent video games

I recently went to relive my childhood arcade experiences. Expecting to relive my glory days, I went back to an arcade with bills clutched eagerly in hand. And man, was I disappointed. The majority of games seemed to be shoot-em-up, blow-em-up and drive-em-around. I went to another arcade, and yet another, and encountered the same […]

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How to make your own Karaoke and a cappella songs

Some people just don’t like Barbara Streisand. Sure, they say, she sings pretty well, but it could be done better. Not limited to Babs herself, but pick anyone. From Abba to Led Zeppelin, people excel at assuming they’re better than naturally-talented, expertly trained professionals. And we all know what happens when you assume: You end […]

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Used and free textbooks online save money

Look to your wallet, young graduate! These days you need to incorporate the cost of textbooks when planning college finances. No longer can you buy your books with help from the “Ramen noodle diet”. Today’s textbook prices call for more extreme solutions, like the “sell blood plasma savings plan”. Granted, textbooks can’t be cheap because […]

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Stress-testing and review of the Verizon G’zOne

[This article reviews the first-generation G’zOne. Also click to see a similar review of a heavy-duty phone, the G’zOne Brigade.] Computers don’t worry. Electronics don’t have stress-related conditions, like high-blood pressure and anxiety. That is, they didn’t, until they met me. It’s one thing to do the usual cellphone test and analysis, we’ve all read that […]

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Free Video Games

Want some free video games? While “your mileage may vary”, “to each their own”, “you get what you pay for”, et cetera, you will hopefully find these recommended downloads are a cut above many other free games. Note that while some of these games support networked multiplayer configurations, the goal here was to find “offline” […]

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Dictating to Dragon NaturallySpeaking with a voice recorder

Aliya writes and Andy answers: I really appreciated your article on Dragon NaturallySpeaking and IBM ViaVoice. I am debating on writing articles using voice recognition, and am contemplating on picking up a Rio Carbon 5g to dictate articles and book chapters, ideas, thoughts, etc., so that I can actually publish something. Great, but the Rio digital […]

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