It has been one of my beefs with Google that they didn’t have a task manager to go along with all their other productivity apps. Then, they released a lightweight attempt at a task manager that integrated with Gmail (available in the Labs). Yesterday, Google announced tasks now integrated with Google Calendar. You will see a link for “Tasks” on the upper...

My friend, Kyle Graham, did a video where he openly declared that his PC will kill my Mac. He compared his experience with his expensive Macbook to his experience with his $400 PC. Now, I can’t let this ballsy maneuver go without a response, can I? So, I recorded a video response. Oh, and sorry for the weirdism happening at the beginning of the video....

It is that time of year – the day where those of us in the United States collectively bend over and take it. In other words, we pay our taxes. The goal of many is to get a tax refund. Whenever you have something like that happening, you can count on some to try to take advantage of it dishonestly. This morning, I got the following in email: After the last...

This morning, Techcrunch has a fairly provocative story about Twitter and Google being in talks. Apparently, the story is that Google is looking to acquire Twitter. The question is: Is this good or bad? My first thought is Jaiku? Jaiku was doing OK until Google acquired it and then proceeded to do absolutely nothing with it. Scoble points out that they also...

As I begin writing this post, I am watching the live coverage of the Apple press conference where they are talking about what is coming with Iphone 3.0. First of all, why does this matter on a computer site? Simple. The Iphone IS a computer. It is so much more than a phone. Don’t underestimate the impact this one device is having and will have on the future...

Samsung has no doubt realized how powerful internet video is. They had a company in London create a new video and it is good. Really good. And if you’re a nerd who likes super fast computers, this is drool-worthy. In short, they connected 24 Samsung SSD drives together into a RAID array. The result? Blazing fast speed. And they show it in the video.To learn...

I use Google Calendar quite a bit. I find it to be a great tool for time management. Recently, though, it was announced that you can sync your Google Calendar with your Iphone. So, I tried it and I filmed it as I went. All in all, it is a smooth process to set up. If you have anything in your calendar on the Iphone beforehand that you care about, you need to...

Facebook has gotten themselves into a pickle again. Changes to their terms of service has reignited fears about the privacy of the information you put onto Facebook. On Monday, Facebook reacted by stating that they do not “own and control their information”. Now, the Facebook terms of service were last revised on February 4th (as of this writing). What has...

I posted this video over on David Risley dot com. As a public service, I thought I’d post it here, too. You know, to get the word out and all. You might find it a bit controversial. But, I think it will speak to the problem web site owners have when dealing with the pesky quirks of Internet Explorer. Warning: There is one NSFW word in this video. View at...

Google seems to be on a roll lately. They have been issuing a constant barrage of improvements to Google Gmail. This time, it is multiple inboxes. As with almost all of their changes of late, this new one is found in the Gmail Labs. So, head to Settings –> Labs and activate it. What you get will look something like this: As you can see, I have two new...

Foxmarks has long been one of my absolute must-have add-on’s for Firefox. In fact, it has been so important to me that I would never leave Firefox BECAUSE of Foxmarks. But, now, IE and Safari users get to partake… Foxmarks is a bookmark sync service. So, it allows you to take your bookmarks on the go and have everything synced among multiple computers....

They say the economy isn’t so good these days. Certainly, things have slowed down. Things are changing and people are adjusting. What may not have occurred to many, though, is that technology could very well weather it out better than any other economic sector. Geeks, if they make the right moves, can GROW during this period. How? I thought what I would do...

A lot of people have been talking about Windows 7 lately. A lot of people have been downloading it and giving it a try, too. Many, though, may be wondering where they got it. I looked into it. It isn’t so mysterious. Many have probably been getting Windows 7 through back channels such as BitTorrent. Ever since Microsoft made the developer preview available...

Obama grew to be hooked to his Blackberry during the campaign and has famously said that the NSA would need to pry it from his cold dead hands. As a geek, I know the feeling (although, I’m an Iphone guy myself). The concern is security. First, all of the President’s communications are to be logged by law. Secondly, there are concerns about the President’s...

By now, you’ve no doubt heard about Twitter. Apparently, a lot of people have since the microblogging site has surpassed Digg.com in terms of traffic. A lot of people, though, don’t use Twitter on Twitter . They use it remotely using the API. But, there are some issues I’ve been running across that heavy users of Twitter might need to pay attention to. ...