The internet is full of many good resources. When purchasing something, most of us like to get the best price on it; after all who wants to overpay for something? While many of us use search engines and price comparison engines to get the best price on an item, despite best efforts, this may not [...]
In this part of the triple play story, I’ll focus on the “internet phone” that works via VoIP, better known as Optimum Voice. This is a continuation of Part One: The Install.
I’ve been a lifelong customer of Verizon copper phone service. I had experienced some down time in the recent past due to aging copper [...]
I have lots to say about the Optimum triple play service, so this article will be written in various parts which I’ll eventually link together and keep updated as issues arise. You may recall that after being a Verizon copper phone and DSL customer for quite some time, I exited stage left when the [...]
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
I’ve kept a running commentary of my experience with DSL on TNL, but I wanted to collect my experience with Verizon in a more formal review. By way of introduction, I’ve had Verizon DSL for a few months shy of three years.
The initial sign up for Verizon DSL was anything but easy. [...]
Monday, February 11, 2008
I spotted the UberNote Online Web Notes, and decided to take a look. It has the requisite cap in the middle of the word, so it must be current and cool. The claim is that after opening an online account, which is free, I can save text and links for later viewing. [...]
We’ve looked at several sources for music on the internet. Sites like Pandora or Last.FM are useful when you want someone else to pick the music for you. There’s certainly a role for this, but there are times when you just want to hear one specific song, and then these types of user [...]
Friday, December 21, 2007
Sometimes simpler is better…
There are plenty of ways to store images online. Some popular services include Flickr and Photobucket, and they certainly have their uses- and limitations. Flicker limits the number of images that can be uploaded for free, and Photobucket limits the bandwidth. Sometimes I just want to host a file [...]
Thursday, December 20, 2007
One of our recurring themes here on TechNudge is the shift from video from the television set to online offerings. While some of that is from the major TV networks, this has opened the door to other sources. I’ve tried Joost, a popular name in this arena, and found it rather useless. [...]
Sunday, December 16, 2007
I’ve always been fascinated by photomosaics. You know, those images that get composed by thousands of smaller images to fit together just right to become a larger image. I never really thought about making one myself, but when I heard about a new site that claimed to do that, I decided to check [...]
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
For some reason, many of us think that everything on the internet is free, and for the amazingly low price nothing, we want it all. No where is that more true than when it comes to music. There is no shortage of places to download music, but for the last few years, the [...]
Sunday, September 30, 2007
From the Bear Den…
Today we are going to review the OneTrueMedia website. There are many photo sharing web sites on the internet that allow you to share your videos and photos as slideshows. OneTrueMedia allows you to take you photos and videos, and “kicks them up a notch” by creating a Video Montage, Photo [...]
Thursday, September 20, 2007
It’s Not Easy Being Green…
I’m always on the lookout for the next”big thing,” and I thought at first that the new SpiralFrog service just might be it. It’s been talked about for months, and this week it just came out of beta. While we already can get free music on our computers over the [...]
There’s a Reason It’s Still In Beta…
Slowly, but surely, telecommunications is undergoing a silent revolution as voice communication gets taken from the copper wires, and transformed into the digital realm. Services like Skype, T-Mobile at Home and Vonage seek to capitalize on this . Meanswhile, at least in my neighborhood, both [...]
I’ve been a long time Hotmail user, and for the longest time, there has been very little change or innovation with Microsoft’s free email service. While it was never excellent, in retrospect, sometimes you don’t know when you have it good in the search for something better.
In the internet world of search, there’s Google, versus “everything else.” Since “Big G” came on the scene, they’ve held a dominat position that plenty of others have been trying to chip away at. One newcomer is Cha Cha, that tries to set itself apart by having human searchers around that via a live chat [...]
A few months back, I was watching the evening news. Well flipping between the “big three” was more like it, but on CBS they went into a story about a new internet television service known as Joost. They showed a computer flipping between full screen videos of original content like we can do [...]
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Introduction
As wireless networks proliferate, there have been attempts to create stand alone gadgets that can take advantage of such networks. One example is the new breed of cameras that can upload photos directly onto the internet to a user’s account allowing friends at home to follow a vacation. Another is the new SanDisk music player [...]
I recently came across Zoho as a new series of online tools. These include Zoho write, a word processor, Zoho Sheet, a spreadsheet application, as well as Zoho Show, a presentation creator. So far these are all variations on the web based versions of Microsoft applications, along the same lines as Google Documents, among others. [...]
Thursday, January 25, 2007
While many folks live and breathe instant messaging, or “IMing” to those younger than me, I simply don’t. I use email constantly, but only rarely use the IM, like when I need to have a specific conversation with a particular individual. Actually, I’d rather call them on the telephone, but that’s another story.
The [...]
Beyond “just” a great search engine, Google offers a whole bunch of other services and utilities for the computer user. Even better, a lot of the stuff is free. I’m not sure if they took over a web service known as Writely just to annoy Microsoft, or if they really are going somewhere [...]
