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The Geek Weekly: Live The New Face of HDTV From the Editors of The Geek Weekly If there's one thing that's crystal clear about big screen high-definition televisions -- aside from picture quality -- it's that now is finally... more »

The Geek Weekly: Live The Best Defense Is a Good Offense From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Just about everyone with an email account has heard from an earnest but grammatically challenged Nigerian at least once. If you send... more »

Less than ten years ago, GPS devices were slow and sometimes inaccurate. And even when they were accurate, their interfaces were often impossible to, well, navigate. They had a nice following among geo-caching geeks, but for the rest of us? Forget it. These days, even the most... more »

The Geek Weekly: Live Love Those Tech Tax Deductions From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Using technology makes filling in and shipping out your tax forms easier. Now, your use of gadgets can help you even more by... more »

The Geek Weekly: Live Online Shopping Smarts for Geeks From the Editors of The Geek Weekly In 1908, you could buy a saddle, a corset, and a two-story house all at the same time -- and do it all... more »

The Geek Weekly: Live Offload Old Gadgets Now From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Congratulations on that iPhone! Your cumbersome travelpak of cell phone, PDA, laptop and portable margarita blender is a thing of the past. (OK, so the iPhone can’t... more »

The Geek Weekly: Live A Home with a High IQ From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Jim Lipsit’s wife, Cindy, knows exactly when her husband’s car pulls into the driveway -- even if she’s still at work -- because the house... more »

The Geek Weekly: Live High-Tech Gadgets for the Master Bath From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Many a man -- and woman -- have spent more time in the master bathroom than in the kitchen. That's why the latest market... more »

The Geek Weekly: Live Traveling With Your Gadgets From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Craig Cohen flies to China and Europe a half dozen times a year in his job as a vice president at a Portland, Ore., boot manufacturer. His... more »

The Geek Weekly: Live Block Spam From Your Smartphone From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Spam is a lot more than a mere annoyance. Manually reading and deleting these unsolicited offers for pharmaceutical products or bank loans can seriously eat away... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly New FM transmitter has trick up its sleeve You’re probably familiar with FM transmitters, those small devices that plug into your MP3 player and let you listen to... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Hack your iPod in five easy steps Want your beloved iPod to play dozens of free games or better-quality music files, such as “lossless” FLAC files? What about changing the... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Google heads tech brands Is it any surprise the 800-pound online gorilla known as Google has once again topped the world's most popular brands? In fact, a fistful... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Save a tree in five easy steps We may be years away from a truly paperless office, so the least we can do is be smarter about how... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Watch and record HDTV on your PC Perhaps it’s because we’re spending more time in front of our computers or simply because an Internet-connected PC has become the... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Ten terrific Windows key shortcuts You look at it every day and probably never use it. No, not your treadmill. I'm referring to that Windows button on your... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Podcast listenership takes off A new study from Edison Media Research found that the number of Internet users who downloaded and listened to an audio podcast grew from... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly New digital travel gadget takes a load off OK, so it might not be the sexiest tech toy, but this $25 gadget might save you some time, money... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly New PC game designed for visually impaired A new computer game created by MIT and Singaporean students is taking the "video" out of "video games." AudiOdyssey lets visually impaired... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Share files between iPods -- without a PC While you can easily transfer music from a computer to an iPod, it's no secret you can't copy tunes from an iPod... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Celebrity voices spice up TomTom GPS directions You're about to head out on the ol’ family road trip, so you crank up your new TomTom GPS navigation device to help... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Five things the Xbox 360 is (still) missing With a headline like this you'd think I had a serious hate-on for this popular console, but that couldn't be farther from... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Outlook users, try this free plug-in For a couple of years now I've been using -- nay, relying on -- the free YouSendIt file sending service. It's one of those... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly iPhone app transcribes voice into text Curiously, the new iPhone still doesn’t let you record voice memos, but a free download from the just-launched AppStore adds this functionality -- and... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Relive the '80s with Knight Rider GPS GPS navigation units are a dime a dozen these days, so it’s no surprise manufacturers are trying to find unique angles to entice... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Why we fall for email hoaxes Send this email to everyone in your address book, and you'll receive $321 from Bill Gates or Steve Jobs. Don't lick the envelopes at... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly TomTom helps you find the cheapest gas With gas prices hovering around $4 per gallon, TomTom's new "Fuel Prices" GPS service is looking pretty darn appealing to road warriors. ... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly The scoop on U3 technology Recently someone asked me, “Marc, I see some USB memory sticks include something called ‘U3.’ What is it and why is it important?” U3... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly The rise in smartphone Web browsing U.S. smartphone users spend an average of more than 4.6 hours per month browsing the Web, according to M:Metrics (now part of comScore). Mobile... more »

The Geek Weekly: Blog From the Editors of The Geek Weekly Sony debuts new Walkman with noise-canceling Sony is unveiling new Walkman-branded portable media players. The most interesting of the bunch is the NWZ-S730F, which includes integrated active noise-canceling. Along with... more »