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The New York Times offers up the interesting tale of Evernote, the company that offers users an electronic shoebox of sorts to store data in.  The story looks into the company and how its “freemium” concept is about to turn the corner. Evernote offers users, for free, a way to… Continue Reading »

Digsby, the popular IM and social media client, is getting closer to being the only application you need to access the social web.  Digsby has long had Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and LinkedIn as part of the application, and today is looking to improve on all of them.  It also announced… Continue Reading »

There’s been a lot of crazy suits against Microsoft in the past, but there a chance that this one might take the prize for being possibly the most important, if it goes through.  Microsoft has been sued by a Toronto company by the name of i4i who owns a number… Continue Reading »

You’ve heard of Google’s Android operating system.  It is nothing without apps like ShopSavvy by Big in Japan.  Today, we’ve got co-founder of Big in Japan, Rylan Barnes, for 5 Questions.  He’s got some unique opinions when it comes to tech.  Find out what technology he loves and what technology… Continue Reading »

When you buy Fraps, you are probably purchasing the software as a way to capture screenshots.  With Fraps, you don’t have to copy and paste into another application as a way to capture a screenshot.  You will instead set up one touch copying, which will automatically name and save the… Continue Reading »

If you’ve decided to take the netbook plunge, you’re probably going to want to streamline the programs you use and get rid of any “crapware.”  The real question is what applications do you really need for a netbook?  Netbooks are meant to browse the web and take advantage of web… Continue Reading »

You’ve gotten that call a number of times.  “My computer isn’t working.”  The only problem is explaining how to fix something may take much longer than it would take to actually fix something.  So what can you do to avoid this?  Screen sharing over the Internet is pretty helpful.  Skype… Continue Reading »

Microsoft Streets and Trips is currently the bestselling travel and map software program.  It has advanced GPS functionality with detailed street maps, directions, and trip planning features.  Instead of paying for the standard and deluxe editions, check out these other options.  There’s no need to hit up the Pirate Bay… Continue Reading »

As the family geek, I generally receive calls or get shuffled off to check a computer when I go and visit someone, and although I enjoy doing it, there are times when I wish I could put some of it on auto-pilot.  Given that, I recently came across a new… Continue Reading »

I know many people are completely geared up for the new Palm Pre.  The combination of the hardware and the new webOS has people talking about Palm in a good way.  There’s a video that shows a Centro running an OS that looks a lot like the new webOS. The… Continue Reading »