Ever since the internet came into existence, sports discussion has always been there; it’s a topic that as long as teams are playing, it will be talked about. In pre-web days, many text discussions were about sports. In post-web, the earliest internet "portals" always had a sports section. In modern day, sports stories and discussions are still...

If you’re one of the myriad people who have purchased an Android-based phone like the Droid 2, Droid X, or any of the newer HTC phones, you may have been insanely jealous when your iPhone-owning counterparts were endowed with the shiny new Netflix App that let them watch movies and television on the go. As it seemed Netflix was on the verge of...

A feature in the Firefox web browser is the ability to use what’s called Live Bookmarks. This is something which has been said is not possible in the Internet Explorer 8 web browser, but in fact is possible and has there and has been all along. The video above will show you how to enable your IE8 to use self-updating RSS feeds, but here is the written...

News web sites are nothing new and have been around a very long time. People like them a lot because they do genuinely deliver the news we want to read be it for world, national or local information. The formula for a news site really hasn’t changed all that much over the years, with the exception that there’s now more social integration. Google in...

Firefox 3.6.4 was released yesterday, and if you’re a user of that browser, this is a significant update because: Firefox 3.6.4 provides uninterrupted browsing for Windows and Linux users when there is a crash in the Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime or Microsoft Silverlight plugins. What this means is that if Flash, QuickTime...

Every now and then, new technology is introduced that just makes you say, "WOW!" This is one of them. The technology to have voice-to-text and vice versa to text is already widely available. If you want it, you can get it right now. One such example is Jott. However something that isn’t available currently is real time language translation...

Per my last article on the subject, I said in a comment that I would eat my words if the Apple tablet was priced right. It is, so consider words eaten. It comes in $599, $699, and $799 configurations. This is far below the $1,000 to $1,500 people were expecting. It is well above the price of entry level laptops and all netbooks, but considering it is full...

As some have noticed, there isn’t a specific offering of Windows 7 Media Center Edition. This is because it’s not necessary being that the Windows Media Center software is already bundled into Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate editions. Many of you – including yours truly – remember when the Windows Media Player went from...

Last night’s PCMech LIVE show turned out to be a huge retro fest as far as the computer discussion was concerned. I personally don’t mind it because there was a whole lot of stuff that’s happened since the 80s up to today. Here’s a few of the things that were discussed:   An elephant never forgets Elephant Data Systems made floppy...

We have talked about the Flip Video cameras here on PCMech before. I’m a fan. I actually own 3 of them (long story). Since we discussed the Flip originally, it was acquired by Cisco. Backed by Cisco’s finances, they have already released a new model for the Flip. I’m seeing TV commercials every now and then which advertise the Flip. And, now, they seem to...

MySpace seems to be a bit of a dead horse on the social media scene these days, however there is a new feature just introduced that users of that system are sure to like – the ability to create your own @myspace.com email address. Yes, this is traditional email and not in-system-only as it’s always been. How does it work? Fortunately it’s...

(Note: If you spot deals today or tomorrow before Friday hits, post a comment) These are direct links. No coupon codes or any of that b.s. to deal with. Hanns-G 23.6-inch monitor, $149 with free shipping If you were looking to upgrade your monitor to something big that looks good, functions well and is as cheap as they come, this is it. Specific Apple authorized...

ICQ, that instant messaging service that everybody used to use in the U.S. back in late late 1990s will be put up for sale for 300 million US. If you hadn’t heard, AOL will be splitting from Time Warner and will once again become an independent company. This will be occurring on December 10, 2009. ICQ happens to be an AOL property currently. Know that ICQ...

Yes, I am talking about that MSN.com. The web site that has the blue background. The one with the text that’s way too small. The one that the only reason anybody ever has it as their home page is because they don’t know how to change it to something else. That being the case, MSN’s upcoming changes are sure to get noticed. The logo changes...

For the past six months or so I’ve been receiving a lot of flyers in postal mail touting, "If you sign up for internet service with us, you get a new netbook computer!" For many U.S. residents they’ve been seeing the same, and maybe this is even happening in other countries. Everybody knows that in order to get the computer, you have to...

Texas Legislature House Bill 55 gives its cities and counties the choice (keyword there) of whether or not to ban cell phone usage in designated school zones. In order for this to be enforced, signs must be posted. In addition, to be fined (which is $200 per infraction), the cell phone must be to your ear and your vehicle must be in motion. This means...

No, this does not mean that Yahoo! the site is going away. Far from it. It means that Y! has officially offloaded it to Microsoft. Yahoo! has made it very clear these days (and their CEO even said so) that they are not a search company, so now Y! is all about content. This is part of the reason why Y! has been making major changes over the past few years –...

AIM is the primary instant messenger I use. Out of all the IM services I’ve used over the years, it is the most reliable. In addition, it runs flawlessly on any operating system. Whether you’re on Windows, Mac or Linux, you can run AIM. The latest client offering on the Windows platform is AIM 7 Beta 2. Short review: It’s awesome. If you use...

YouTube (finally) put some profanity censoring in their text comment system after years of angry complaints from many, many users of the system. The moment this went into effect there were people right on top of this: Note the second comment above. Let it not be said that all YouTube "community members" are dumb. If you still want to see the...

I made mention last week that if you were running XP illegally, you could still get Windows 7 by buying Vista, then buying the Windows 7 Upgrade and the total cost would be around $138. NewEgg now offers free Windows 7 coupons with certain Vista license purchases. The cost now? $109.99. With free shipping. This is something that wasn’t available last week,...