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Alternative Broadband Access For those in rural and remote areas where the traditional broadband providers haven't served help is coming from new providers using new technologies to bring an end to the days of being stuck with dial up Full Article Improving WiFi Performance If your Wireless network drops out or performs poorly then there is are things that can be done to get your connection work faster and stay connected Full Article E-Mail Scams These are the mose common scams that sleazeballs use to separate us from our money Full Article Introduction To Home Networking Setting up a router, to share Internet access files and printers Full Article Public WiFi Security Keeping private data private is a challenge using a WiFi hotspot, here's why and what you can do about it Full Article Solving Common WiFi Woes In just the past decade WiFi has become the standard connection to the Internet for many of the computers and other Internet enabled devices in most households and offices. The days of running and occasionally tripping over Ethernet cables are long in the past. From time to time WiFi breakdowns can send peoples' computers, tablets, and smartphones from networking to not working. Many problems that can cause WiFi networks to slow down or lose connection can be easily remedied. Full Article What You Need To Know About Upgrading to 802.11AC Not so long ago there may have been a laptop computer maybe a couple on WiFi in most homes. Today there are multiple smartphones, tablets, smart TV's and BluRay players as well as video game systems. Having so many devices can choke many WiFi networks to a stand still. Full Article	Digital Television Help for Canadians The Digital Television Conversion that happened in the United States in June 2009 will be coming North of the 49th in August 2011, here's help to get ready Full Article Making A VCR Work With Digital Television The conversion to digital television broadcasting may not have left VCR users out in the cold, using a DTV converter box will make the VCR work in the DTV age. Full Article Guide To DVD Media Various DVD formats from DVD-R, DVD+R to DVD-RAM, and how to choose the best disk for the purpose Full Article Choosing A Game Console PS3 Wii or 360 Which one in Right for me? Full Article Building a Homebrew PVR Turn an older PC into a personal video recorder and stop paying Tivo fees Full Article Connecting Classic Game Consoles to Modern TV's How to Play an Atari, Intellivision or Colecovision on a Modern flat screen TV, and leave that old tube behind Full Article Playing Songs Purchased From iTunes On The Nintendo DSi iPods are not the only portable devices that can play songs from Apple's iTunes Music Store, Here's how to do it with Nintendo's DSi Full Article TiVo vs. Cable/Satellite PVR's/DVR's Watching recorded TV shows with a VCR has virtually gone the way of the 8-Track tape. Back in the late 1990's a little company called TiVo redefined the record now to watch later experience. In the years since cable and satellite providers brought out non-tape recorders most commonly referred to as personal video recorders (PVR's) or Digital Video Recorders (DVR's). Full Article Canada's Digital TV Stations That Are Not Carried On Satellite With the digital TV transition in Canada set for August 31st, many people who subscribe satellite TV are being told that they will not be affected when they actually are because there local TV stations are not carried on satellite TV and will need to take action continue receiving local channels that satellite carriers don't provide. Full Article What TV Specifications Really Mean In years gone by buying a TV was simple, just pick the TV set that fits the room and the budget and buy it. In todays era of flat panel HDTV's reading the specification sheets can feel like reading a foreign language, this guide will help decipher the geek speak on the spec sheet. Full Article The Basics of Television Display Technologies In the first half century that television sets have been a permanent fixture in our homes there was nothing but cathode ray tubes to display the moving images that viewers stared at It all started to change in the late 1990's when Plasma panels and digital light projection sets made their way into living rooms. For today the options for between display technologies can may buying a television difficult to say the least.  Knowing how each type of display works and the advantages and disadvantages is the best way of know which kind of television is right for you. Full Article Over The Air TV Reception Tips In the few years there has been a resurgence in popularity of a technology that was once considered to be dead. Since the conversion to digital broadcasting in the United States in June 2009 viewers of over the air television has grown by thousands. Many in the largest cities can get excellent reception just with set top antennas, for most getting the best picture may need assistance picking the right antenna and pointing it to get the strongest signals. Full Article Connecting Even More Classic Game Consoles to Modern TV's How to Play a Dreamcast, Nintendo 64 or Original Playstation on a Modern flat screen TV, and leave that old tube behind Full Article
Digital Parenting
Cyberbullying in Online Gaming Networks One of childhood's most troublesome challenges has moved online much like everything else in life. Bullying once just happened on the schoolyard now happens outside of school hours on the Internet. Social networks have become the most common place that Cyberbullying is happening. Girls have been the targeted on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by cyber bullies but boys end up on the receiving end as well but more likely to be bullied on online video game networks such as Xbox Live and Playstation Network. Full Article
Home Entertainment Technology
Introduction To Cord Cutting In the few years since the major economic downturn, many thousands have found alternatives to traditional cable and satellite TV services to cut the cost to watch TV. Using a combination of over the air broadcast, Internet streaming and Free to air satellite, watching TV can cost a fraction that people typically pay to watch TV. Full Article Don't Like The Cost Of HD Programming, Consider The Free Alternative Millions of old fashioned tube TV's have been retired in the past few years, replaced by shiny new flat panel sets. Most of those LCD and Plasma TV's have been relegated to showing standard definition programming. Thees days it's there it's cost of HD programming that many owners of HDTV's watching their favorite shows in standard definition. Relief from the high cost of high definition is now coming from a technology once considered to be long since antiquated. The move from analog to digital over the air television broadcasting brought free HD programming tothe majority of Canadians living in urban areas, all that's needed is a TV antenna. Full Article
Online Life	Green Tech
Behavior To Keep You Safe Online Spyware, Viruses & Worms are everywhere online, Anti-Virus programs and firwalls help keep you safe but the best defense is what you do online to prevent getting infected Full Article Buying & Selling Online Without Getting Scammed No matter if you are using eBay or online classifieds to buy or sell goods you need or want, there is always those out there looking to take you pocket book for a ride, learn how to spot the shady operators and how not to become a victim of a scam. Full Article Social Networking Safety Using Social Networking web sites like Facebook and Myspace are a fun way to connect with old and new friends, but there can be danger involoved with not so outstanding users of these web sites. Here's how to enjoy social networking web sites safely Full Article Why Do I get so Much Spam E-Mail spam seems to be an ever growing problem even with more and more sopisticated filtering systems that try as well as it can to keep the junk out of our inboxes. Here's how spammers get your e-mail address and how to keep any future e-mail accounts spam free. Full Article School/Workplace Web blocking Understand how and why certain web sites are blocked at school or work and why it's best to do personal web surfing on personal time at home Full Article	25 Things Geeks Can Do To Go Green Simple changes that we can do when we use technology that can Reduce waste, reduce energy usage to reduce pollution and clean the world. Full Article
	Geek on the Cheap
	How To Put Your Smartphone On A Data Diet One of todays' most popular high tech gadgets are smartphones. With millions sold every year, owners by the millions have learned the hard and a very expensive lesson about what happens when more data is used than what a data plan allows. There are settings that can adjusted to help reduce how much data a smartphone devours that will help save data and money. Full Article Is It Possible To Unbundle And Save Money Due to circumstances from tough economic times in recent years or by choice, people are looking at ways to spend less home phone, cable or satellite TV and Internet service. Getting one or more of these services through alternative means can provide cost savings greater than buying the bundle from a cable TV or telephone company. Full Article Buy Your Own Cable Box And Save Watching TV in recent years has been greatly enhanced by features provided by cable operators high definition programming, video on demand and a ever growing menu of channels are features that most TV viewers love but one thing that most cable subscribers hate are cable box rental fees. The easiest way to get away from the expensive sting of cable box rental fee is to buy your own cable box(es). Full Article Should You Dump Your Wireline Phone The biggest trend in personal communications has been a shift away from traditional landline telephone service towards using a cell phone as the only phone that many people use.  Traditional wireline phones are seen as a device with limited useful purpose and a easy sacrifice to help households as a way to cut down expenses. The choice to dump old fashioned analog telephone service comes down of a few factors, calling habits, lifestyle and financial situation. Full Article How To Get The Best Value Renewing Your Cell Phone Contract Despite the high cost of cellular service most people couldn't imagine modern life without their smartphones. When your contract with your cellular carrier comes up for renewal is the perfect time to reign in the cost to subscribe to cellular service. When a cellular carriers changes their service plans they will try put you the subscriber on a plan that costs you more or provides you with a lower level of service. The cellular carriers will renew your contract in a way that they benefits them not you. Full Article Digital Budget Boosters For College and University Students As the leaves start to make their annual change of colour thousands start a new journey through higher learning. As new challenges in the classrooms of colleges and universities begin again the financial challenges of post secondary begin again too. Full Article
Digital Photography	Personal Technology
Getting The Best Prints From Your Digital Pictures Getting prints that are equivient to those produced by a photo lab at home can be a challenge. It come down to using the right printer, the right inks and the right paper. Installing An Internal Card Reader Just about every brand new PC comes with slots for inserting memory cards. For those who have a PC that's a few years old that may not have a built in card reader, it can be added. Full Article	Using An iPhone On A Regional Carrier Subscribing to a regional cell phone carrier may not lock you out of using Apple's iPhone Full Article The Hidden Dangers of Jailbreaking Jailbreaking an iPhone or iPod Touch may add to what it can do but there is a hidden downside Full Article How Do Canada's New Cell Carriers Stack Up For many looking to the new competition entering Canada's cellular phone industry to provide lower prices and better technology but don't know which carrier will provide the service they want for price that is better than the incumbents. Here's the rundown on new cell carriers and what they have to offer. Full Article

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