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More Best of New CES Gadgets

An Internet media player for analog TVs, 4k camcorder among the coolest gizmos intro'd at CES

January 30, 2012

Of all the 20,000 estimated new products introduced at CES earlier this month, these are some of them. Okay, some of the more interesting, IMHO, including a super-thin AC outlet extender, a cool iPhone dock and a way not to forget your phone charger in your hotel room.

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Defining SOPA Solutions

If SOPA is unacceptable to stop online piracy, what are the answers? And are you a cyber criminal?

By: Stewart Wolpin

January 19, 2012

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Is uploading a video you shot at a Lady Gaga concert illegal? Are you a cyber criminal under SOPA?

Thanks to yesterday's Web blackout, we are aware of efforts to curb cyber piracy. But if SOPA's no good, what are the solutions? And are we part of the problem?

Why is Wikipedia Dark? What is 'SOPA'?

Congressional bills to limit online piracy by foreign-based Web sites seen as censorship

By: Stewart Wolpin

January 18, 2012

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Today's Wikipedia front page, dark in protest of SOPA.

Wikipedia goes dark today in protest of SOPA, legislation many consider Internet censorship. What exactly is SOPA, and why is there so much protest?

How To Sell Your Unwanted Gift Cards

Today is Gift Card Exchange Day; dozens of sites will buy your unused or unwanted gift cards

By: Stewart Wolpin

December 26, 2011

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Today, Dec. 26, has been dubbed Gift Card Exchange Day

Today, Dec. 26, is Gift Card Exchange Day, a chance to get competing offers on the unwanted gift cards you got for Christmas as well as your other unused gift cards that have been gathering dust.

Free Online Shipping Day This Friday (Dec. 16)

For one day, more than 2,000 online retailers will ship your gifts for free, delivery by Christmas Eve

By: Stewart Wolpin

December 14, 2011

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Free Online Shipping Day This Friday (Dec. 16)

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Going to shop online for your holiday gifts? Wait until this Friday and get free shipping from more than 2,000 online retailers.

Doing your Christmas shopping online? Wait until this Friday, Dec. 16, the second-annual Free Shipping Day, supported by more than 2,000 online retailers.

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Best App: Play all Web Videos on Your iPhone, iPad

SkyFire Web browser lets you play all Web-based Flash videos on Apple or Android mobile devices

By: Stewart Wolpin

October 12, 2011

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Best App: Skyfire Plays Flash Videos on Your iPhone, iPad

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The Skyfire browser for Apple and Android plays back heretofore unplayable Flash videos.

Skyfire Web browser for iOS or Android lets you surf the Web and play otherwise unplayable Adobe Flash-formatted Web videos.

Find Out About Who You're Dating: Ask Their Exs!

Web site let's you rate former flames and find out about your current beau from their old ones

By: Stewart Wolpin

October 10, 2011

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Source: ExRated.co

ExRated.co (no "m"), a Web site where you can find out about a potential relationship by checking with their former ones.

Who can you ask to give you an honest appraisal of your current beau? Their ex's, of course. A new Web site, ExRated.co (no "m") let's you review old flames and check with those who went before.

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Netflix + Qwikster = DUMB

DVD-by-mail service now 'Qwikster'; streaming video service remains Netflix; two separate sites

By: Stewart Wolpin

September 19, 2011

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Netflix (stupidly?) splits off its DVD-by-mail service into the separate Qwikster, keeps Netflix name for streaming-only.

Netflix splits itself in half, and renames its DVD-by-mail service 'Qwikster' and keeps 'Netflix' for its streaming-only service. After its price increases, is Netflix doubling-down on dumb?

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6 Things You Didn't Know About Google

What You May Not Know About the Silicon Valley Search Giant

By: Ryan Karpusiewicz

July 18, 2011

Everybody knows Google: it's the site you visit when you want to find something online, or, depending on your viewpoint, it is the evil corporation that is mining data on your daily Internet searches. But how well do you really know Google?

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Why Privacy is a 21st Century Myth

How the Internet, your cell phone – and you – create a technological fishbowl

By: Stewart Wolpin

May 31, 2011

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Thanks to the Internet and our cell phones, everyone seems to know everything about us or can easily find out – but are we willing participants in our own shrinking spheres of digital privacy?