With the holidays just around the corner, the time has come to start scrambling for gift ideas. If you have a tech geek on your shopping list, you actually have it easier than most shoppers, for there are many gifts out there that will make a tech geek’s eyes light up. To help you find something at different price points, here are 11 gift ideas, ranging in price from under $3 to just under $400 at the time of this writing. How about we make this a collaborative post? I’m always searching for gift ideas, so when you’re done checking out the list, give us your gift suggestions in the comments. That way, we can all help one another during this holiday season.
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As a not-so-closet techie (or tech-geek, if you will), I find myself instantly attracted to all things new and shiny — even when the polish is not altogether there yet. This is why, on this US Thanksgiving evening, I find myself writing a post about Google Chrome OS from within a recently released build of Google Chrome OS (and I’m writing the post in Google Wave, no less). I’m positively giddy! I know, I know, so much hype is surrounding Chrome OS — and pretty much anything that Google does these days — but I don’t care. I want to play! I like to play!! And so here is my take on the current state and usability of the Google Chrome Operating System and how to check it out for yourself…
Some of you may have already read our rather detailed how-to on Getting Things Done in Evernote with Only One Notebook — in fact, we are pleasantly surprised on a daily basis by how many people keep reading it… But what if you don’t use Evernote? *gasp* Or what if GTD just doesn’t quite do it for you? Maybe you need something a bit more visual? A bit more project-centric? If so, then Action Method Online may be just what you have been looking for.
You may think from the title that I am a bit less than enthused with Skymarket, the new Windows Marketplace for Mobile app store. You wouldn’t be wrong, either. This may come as something of a surprise to some of you, considering how much I have obviously been looking forward to the release of Skymarket, but my bitterness, and thus bitter message, is a direct result of keen disappointment.
As tech geeks, we don’t like second best. When the time comes for a tech purchase, we do our research, so that we can be sure we’re getting the best bang for our buck. But sometimes it can be hard to determine what product is the best, as reviews don’t always anoint a clear winner.
Such was the case when I decided to jump on the netbook bandwagon. After much research, I had narrowed my choice down to either the Asus Eee PC 1005HA or the Toshiba mini NB205-N311/W netbook (the higher end of the two base choices in the NB205 line). The Asus had a large number of positive reviews, but the Toshiba’s reviews were more glowing, with publications saying it "manages to break the mold," and calling it the "one to get." How to decide? Hands on, that’s how. Read on for the factors that swayed me to purchase the NB205, and my impressions of the NB205 after a few weeks of use. When you’re done, let us know what you think of your netbook if you have one, or what is important to you if you are considering purchasing one.