| 15 June |
On Web and iPhone, a Tool to Aid Careful Shopping |
GoodGuide is a Web site and iPhone application that lets consumers dig past the marketing spiel by discovering a product’s health, environmental and social impacts.
Archive for June, 2009
| 15 June |
Providing Cellphones for the Poor |
A federal program providing subsidized phone service now offers cellphones, showing how much society values them.
| 14 June |
Digital Domain: Hey, Just a Minute (or Why Google Isn’t Twitter) |
Real-time results sound great, but can’t a search engine take a moment to chew its food?
| 14 June |
Changeover to Digital TV Off to a Smooth Start |
For most people, the switch was a hiccup at most, but some — in up to 12 million homes — may lose TV access.
| 14 June |
Q & A: Tip of the Week: Apple’s iPhoto Software |
Take a look at iPhoto’s built-in maintenance tools if you find the program misbehaving.
| 14 June |
Q & A: Can This Remote Be Saved? |
I have an ancient universal remote control but have lost the instructions for programming it to work with my TV and DVD player. Is there a way to find out this information?
| 13 June |
Amazon to Pay Toys R Us $51 Million to Settle Suit |
The legal dispute was over a partnership that gave Toys R Us exclusive rights to supply some toy products on Amazon’s site.
| 13 June |
Cyberwar: Privacy May Be a Victim in Cyberdefense Plan |
A plan to create a new Pentagon cybercommand is raising privacy and diplomatic concerns.
| 13 June |
Q & A: How to Decipher Gmail Gibberish |
I sometimes get garbled messages in my Gmail account. Is there anything I can do to make these readable?
| 13 June |
Gadgetwise: App of the Week: WeFi Finds Wi-Fi |
The WeFi app helps you findWi-Fi hot spots to speed Web use on your phone.