By Yasarh(view all posts by Yasarh)
at 3:13PM Thursday August 26, 2010
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Stuff We Like
Football season is creeping upon us and it's time to start your barbecues, crack open your beers, and pick up your control. No not the TV control, your video game control. I'm talking about Madden '11, the undisputed NFL video game king. The Madden franchise has been with us for over 20 years and impresses video gamers with every new release.
For those of you that still have not played the newest football gem, you'll happy to know it comes with an online franchise option which Guy will quickly explain to you.
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By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger(view all posts by Rick.Broida)
at 3:09PM Thursday May 24, 2012
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Stuff We Like
There's never been a better time to ditch your landline.
If you're already paying for cable or DSL Internet service, you've
got everything you need to kiss your local and long-distance
telephone companies goodbye.
Well, almost everything: The missing ingredient is a voice-over-IP
adapter, which sounds complicated but isn't. It's a little box that
sits between your existing phone (or cordless phone system) and
your router and provides full-featured home phone service. For
pennies.
You've probably heard of one such product: the MagicJack, an
infomercial staple. A few months back, I reviewed its successor,
the
MagicJack Plus.
Today let's talk about its latest competitor, the
NetTalk Duo
WiFi.
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By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger(view all posts by Rick.Broida)
at 9:15AM Tuesday May 15, 2012
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Product Review
Unless you've figured out how to clone yourself, you can't be in
two places at once. But you can keep an eye on, say, the baby's
room, the babysitter, an elderly parent who's living on their own,
an empty house, and so on -- even when you're not there.
All you need is a Webcam that feeds live video to your smartphone
or tablet.
The
Stem Innovation iZon Remote Room Monitor is one such
Webcam, and it costs far less than competing products. Ah, but is
it any good?
Yes and no.The concept behind the iZon is excellent, the price
quite reasonable. It's the execution that falls a bit short, though
not so far that you should rule out buying one.
Small, white, and cylindrical, the iZon stands about four inches
high on its curved, magnetic base. That base makes it easy to
position the camera, and can even be hung upside-down.
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