The Kindle Fire is Amazon.com‘s hot new tablet computer. It’s the size of a paperback and light enough to stuff in a pocket or purse for easy carrying. It’s slick-looking and incredibly affordable at $200. When the Fire’s release was announced back in September, the Internet’s techblogging community screeched to a halt, stared agog, and then did an appreciative slow clap. Continue reading
Anna Grace | Contributing Writer
Would life be easier, if we had all our text books on an e-reader/computer? Continue reading
Sean Bassinger|Contributing Writer
It’s a never-ending debate. Which side do you fall on? Continue reading
This week, we’re talking about search engines. For a lot of you, using a search engine may seem pretty basic. You may be thinking, “Everyone knows how to use a search engine,” but there’s a whole subset of the population out there who think the only thing on the Internet is Facebook. And once they leave Facebook, these folks are boggled. Continue reading
5.10.11 | Internet
Marci Sischo, Webmaster
Lifehacker recently wrote a great how-to for identifying urban legends and rampant BS on the Internet. The article is a great little starter kit for fact-checking online. I’d like to offer a few more tips, links, and words of advice when it comes to this subject. Continue reading
A&E|5.6.11
So: new column! Every week, I will endeavor to bring you cool things from the Internet, explain confusing things about the Internet, and use this space to shamelessly promote my favorite LOLcats and rage comics. Continue reading
A&E|5.2.11
Marci Sischo, Webmaster
Journalists and bloggers are going to love Storify.com, the nifty new website that helps writers turn bits of social media flotsam into coherent narratives. Continue reading
Two weeks ago, on a lark, I signed up for the pilot program for Google’s spiffy new Chrome OS netbook. Yesterday, with no fanfare or notice whatsoever, my CR-48 turned up in the mail. Continue reading
The Kindle is really good at one thing: displaying text. In this one arena, the Kindle puts all other eReader devices to shame. The Nook and the Sony Reader both offer color displays, touch screens, and do other fancy things, but when it comes to showing off plain old black text on a light background in sharp, easily readable contrast, the Kindle kicks their tails all over the place. Continue reading