Well, 2009 is coming to a close, and the holiday season is well upon us. If you haven’t finished your holiday shopping or you’re scrambling about to get something for someone you just found out got you something, there’s always…
WebDesign Dev :: 50 Awesome And Creative Web Designer Workspace Setups
Over at WebDesign Dev, there’s a rundown of the type that I always adore, 50 of what the editors think are some of the best workspace setups, from the classy and minialistic to the cluttered and functional, to the absolutely…
Verizon Tests 10 Gigabit per Second to the Home via Fiber
I give Verizon a ton of flak, and sometimes it’s deserved (read: Verizon Calls (read: Whines) for Broadband Incentives (read: Public Handouts)) but sometimes they do something that proves they actually are pretty vested in broadband expansion and investment in…
PC Mag :: How to Buy a Cell Phone
Smartphones are all the rage, but they’re clearly not for everyone. The majority of the mobile phones in the United States are still feature phones or plain old cell phones that are used primarily for making telephone calls, not surfing…
PC Mag :: How to Buy a Laptop, Period
In the market for a laptop? The holidays usually bring some great prices on notebook computers in all shapes and sizes, whether you’re shopping for a netbook for yourself or you’re looking for a desktop replacement laptop to connect to…
ExtremeTech Answers: Is Google DNS Faster Than Your ISP?
Google recently released Google Public DNS with the desire of speeding up web surfing for the masses. If you’re not entirely sure what DNS is, head over to Wikipedia and read up. But the question remains – if you, like…
Site Highlight :: The Classy Geek!
Full disclosure, The Classy Geek is my own project, a site I’ve been working on for months with the goal of being the Web’s premier destination for all things both geeky and classy. The site will be a go-to resource…
Comcast Buys Majority Stake in NBC Universal
Word has been floating around for a long time that Comcast was interested in picking up NBC Universal from parent company GE, but early this AM Comcast made their move, announcing they planned to buy up 51% stake in NBC…
Gears and Widgets 2009 Holiday Gift Guide!
The holidays are rapidly approaching, and if you haven’t started your holiday shopping, you might want to get busy – there are precious few shopping days left before Christmas, and even if you don’t celebrate it directly, the sales and…
Spinning Gears :: Facebook Privacy Changes May Actually Make It Useful
So Facebook has announced a number of changes to its privacy policy – turns out the whole “networks” thing, which most people used as their high school, middle school, city or town, or workplace, were ambiguous ways that people were…