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Quix: One Click Access to All of Your Bookmarklets — On Any Browser

Using bookmarklets has become a staple item for me in internet browsing — I use everything from Readability2Evernote, to a multitude of sharing and tracking tools, each with its own nifty difference from the other. My only qualm has been the way they clutter up my toolbar. No longer! I have now installed the [...]

Internet, Organization, Productivity, Social networking

Bypass Blocked Media and Browse More Safely with Hotspot Shield

Many people are annoyed by the country-blocking that is imposed by massive multimedia companies regarding their content; especially since the rise of sites like Hulu, Pandora, and Last.FM. The lure of legitimate, free, and easy to access streaming content is a hard one to pass up! If you happen to live outside of the [...]

Applications, Internet, Media, Problem solving, iPhone

20 Things I Learned from Lifehacker (this week…)

It never ceases to amaze me what you can learn online. From the interesting psychology reflected by the average user to the most basic of instructions for the tiniest task that may simply have eluded you, the worldwide web is that bit of tech that just keeps on giving. There are several places you [...]

Blogging, Commentary, Internet, Media, Tips

4 Quick Steps to Lock Down Internet Explorer (Even If You Don’t Use It)

It’s no secret that you’re tempting fate if you use Internet Explorer (IE) as your primary browser.  This was highlighted recently, when it was revealed that Chinese hackers breached some Google accounts, thanks to an exploit in IE.  Even if you don’t use Internet Explorer as your primary browser, sometimes don’t have a choice [...]

Internet, Security

Ethics In Technology: Web2Rule

What constitutes ethics in modern technology, specifically web-related? It’s a broad question, and one that is intensely debated in the realms of Privacy, Net Neutrality and Intellectual Property Rights. What about data manipulation, though? Where does that fit in to the ethical landscape? Classically, the public has railed against the manipulation of data — [...]

Commentary, Internet, Media, Social networking

Threadsy: Facebook, Twitter and Email All in One Happy Place

Remember, back in the day, when email was one-dimensional? The good ol’ days when all you had to do was remember one contact list and deal with one inbox? Well, those days are long gone, buddy. Today, we are in a world of social media: connecting and sharing with the planet at large in as [...]

Email, Internet, Organization, Productivity, Reviews, Web Apps, twitter

18+ Awesome Extensions for Google Chrome

Last week, Google officially opened the doors of Google Chrome Extensions, the extensions site for the Google Chrome browser. This puts Google Chrome one step closer to being a serious competitor for Firefox 3.5, especially considering the super-fast loading speeds of the Google browser. Google Chrome Extensions launched with over 300 active add-ons, with [...]

Firefox, Google, Internet

Google Sidewiki: Tech-Geeks Shrug, Website Owners Twitch

Google Sidewiki, a tool that allows people to comment directly on nearly any website, launched this past week to muted shrugs from the tech world and a nervous shudder by website and business owners alike. Sidewiki is a part of Google Toolbar, widely available for and in active use on Firefox and Internet Explorer [...]

Google, Internet, Reviews

3 Reasons Google Wave Won’t Flop

Several weeks ago, I questioned whether tech geeks were out of touch with the rest of the world.  From having no “real world” friends with Twitter accounts, to having family members who could care less about the tech over which I get excited, I pondered whether we tech geeks lived in a different reality.
One [...]

Commentary, Internet

5 Tech Sites Every Geek Should Visit

Some websites just have “it.”  Whether it is good writing, a pleasing design, or great content, those sites rise above the others.  Today I take a look at five tech-related sites that are worth visiting on a regular basis, or subscribing to in your RSS reader (or both).  Of course, I would put 40Tech [...]

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