Internet TV is threatening to turn cable TV’s subscription model on its head with on demand programming and rentals, but there is a key component that’s missing: content discovery. There is still no better way to find out what’s on than to flip through channels. Apple TV, the Boxee Box, Google TV, Hulu, Roku, and […]
After a new technology is introduced to the market, there is usually a predictable decrease in price as it becomes more common. Laptops experienced precipitous price drops during the past decade. Digital cameras, personal computers, and computer chips all followed similar steep declines in price. Has the price of broadband Internet followed the same model? […]
The US is really behind here…. Pay no attention to the advertising copy, but for $44 or $48 dollars per month, you can get 100 Mbps…. Or 100 Mbps for $33 dollars…. Why do I have to pay $147 for the same thing? Because I live in the US. Take a look… Now call […]
It turns out that the Magic Mouse is fine, it’s the Mac Pro that has problems. This issue is not, as is commonly reported, that the metal case of the Mac Pro impedes the signal. In fact, the antennae are hooked up incorrectly in many of the units. A number of Mac Pros were shipped […]
For years, I have considered purchasing a new thermostat, so that I could integrate it into the Home Automation, and control it, easily.. Â So I have kept my eye on a few different solutions, but just recently, we needed some furnace work, and I was able to justify purchasing a new Venstar T1800, when I […]
I guess I could call this, are Monster Cables better than these other cables question: I really don’t want to pay a ridiculous price for a “name brand” HDMI cable if it doesn’t really do anything for me. I’m just curious: now that most transmission is digital (packetized) is there such a thing as a […]
From MacOSXHints… At my office, I needed to find a way to turn of the wireless network when someone plugged in their network cable. I also did not want them to be able to turn the wireless network back on until the network cable was unplugged. I came up with the fallowing solution. I created […]
Well, stop the cap has the details of basic RoadRunner speed increases for the Time-Warner Cable in Rochester, ny…. (And the region). My view… Roadrunner turbo isn’t currently worth the $9.99 difference between Standard & Turbo… The Rochester-Finger Lakes Division of Time Warner Cable has upgraded upload speed for Road Runner Standard service customers, up […]