One of the things that doesn’t get talked about a lot is how Apple has built an ecosystem that permeates just about every major point in the gadget line.  Desktop, laptop, PMP, phone, tablet, router, digital media store, and video consumption device.  Not all of their products are successful, but if you buy more... »

While they are putting a lot of positive spin on the March 2, 2010 announcement, here’s the real deal with the new TiVo Premiere. New UI – It’s supposedly faster, and let’s you search for a lot of things, but who wants to spend a lot of time looking for movies starring Brandon Routh?  The... »

On March 2nd, TiVo will be making some sort of announcement.  The slogan seems pretty bold, and I wonder if they can actually back up what sounds like a significant update to the DVR world. There are a number of problems that TiVo, as a company, has.  They’re slow to innovate and update.  Their sales... »

There have been several articles over the past few years predicting the demise of email in general.  I will admit that I have not been a subscriber to that theory as I use email all day long for work purposes, and have a good amount of email flow through my personal account as well. However,... »

So I haven’t jumped on the bandwagon of massive online file backup and archiving systems such as Carbonite, Mozy, Windows Live Mesh, Box.net, etc.  My upload stream at home and work is less than adequate for even web publishing half the time, so the idea of uploading 100’s of GB’s of data seems like... »

So, I finally scored an 802.11n WiFi router and a NAS at the same time with Apple’s Time Capsule.  For those of you in the market, here are a few consumer tips before I go into some of the technical details. Buy it off eBay.  New in box.  From a reputable seller.  I saved over... »

Google released, rather unexpectedly, a new service a few days ago called Google Buzz.  The first claims were that it was Google’s attempt to combine Twitter and some features of Facebook into their Gmail client.  In addition, you can link your Twitter account to your Google account so that all of that data is... »

Overall, I feel like the iPad is a neat device.  It’s catching a lot of flack right now because Apple didn’t go all out right off the bat.  I agree that some of the missing features and media agreements would have gone over a little better had they been available on the day of... »

This has been the article most widely written already, but I figured I’d throw my two cents in as well.  While a number of the things that have been left out make sense if you think of them from a business perspective, very few people give a hoot about that.  So, they complain.  You... »

There really isn’t a lot to say about the UI and the built-in applications that most people aren’t already familiar with. Since the OS is a variant of iPhone OS, it works pretty much exactly the same.  You get iTunes, Mail, Safari, YouTube, Notes, etc.  There are some cosmetic differences to some of them, such... »

With so many reviews and opinions of Apple’s latest “creation”, I’m sure this one will get lost in the shuffle, however, being a tech/gadget blog, it’s my duty to voice my opinions on this potential game changer. So, the iPad.  The name kinda sucks, but as I read somewhere else, in a short period of... »

I could be wrong, but I think it’s only a matter of time until the sale of movies becomes the exception rather than the rule.  Personally, I only know a handful of people who even consider actually buying a DVD anymore, and don’t know anyone that buys full length digital movies. As I’ve talked about... »