Roku 3 - CNET Reviews

Roku 3 - CNET Reviews: "The Roku 3 is the best streaming-video box you can buy. It supports more services than anything else, with a superfast interface and a remote that has a nifty built-in headphone jack. Best of all, it's only $100, making it perfectly giftable."

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Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren’t selling you gigabit Internet — arstechnica.com — Readability

Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren’t selling you gigabit Internet — arstechnica.com — Readability: "Gigabit-class broadband is capturing the imagination of Internet users throughout the country. With Google and other companies bringing fiber-based services that deliver a gigabit of data each second to the home, communities are accelerating their push to get the highest speeds."

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What Everybody Ought to Know About Dealing With Email Spam — www.makeuseof.com — Readability

What Everybody Ought to Know About Dealing With Email Spam — www.makeuseof.com — Readability: "Here’s one more reason for everyone to hate Mondays. They’re supposedly the busiest days for email spam, that frustrating stream of unsolicited emails about weight loss, Viagra, million-dollar lotteries, and what not."

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If Convertible: A smartphone, tablet and ultrabook in one — www.gizmag.com — Readability

If Convertible: A smartphone, tablet and ultrabook in one — www.gizmag.com — Readability: "After a series of legal wrangles derailed the 2003 release of the Xentex Flip-Pad, a dual-screen laptop with independently-pivoting screens, former Xentex founder and CEO Jeff Batio has climbed back on the horse and is preparing to launch an updated version. The If Convertible is a mobile device that flips and folds to transform from a dual-screen ultrabook to a tablet, with one screen also detaching to serve as a smartphone."

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The CNN 10: Inventions - CNN.com

The CNN 10: Inventions - CNN.com: "As schoolchildren, we learned the names of famous inventors from history: Alexander Graham Bell, Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison. Ask someone to name a famous modern-day inventor, though, and you’ll probably get a blank look. Today's heroes are celebrities: Actors, athletes, singers.
But where would we be without the Post-It Note, the smartphone, the luggage with wheels that rolls through the airport? Somebody invented each of those things, and we owe them all a debt for making our lives easier."

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Drool-Worthy $99 Kit Lets Kids Build Their Own Computers — www.wired.com — Readability

Drool-Worthy $99 Kit Lets Kids Build Their Own Computers — www.wired.com — Readability: "The Kano is a computer kit that's powered by Raspberry Pi."

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There will probably be no 8K. In fact, there will probably be no pixels at all in the future — www.redsharknews.com — Readability

There will probably be no 8K. In fact, there will probably be no pixels at all in the future — www.redsharknews.com — Readability: "There's a seemingly unstoppable trend towards more and more pixels. Greater resolution is heralded as the future of video. David Shapton doesn't think it is. He thinks there is another way. It's a radical suggestion, but completely plausible"

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ZAP Reader

ZAP Reader: "ZAP Reader is a web based speed reading program that will change the way you read on your computer. Current beta testers report reading twice as much in half the time—that's a 300% increase in reading speed, without any loss in comprehension! There is nothing to install, it works with most popular browsers, and it's totally free!"

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Share single Keyboard and Mouse with Multiple Computers over LAN

Share single Keyboard and Mouse with Multiple Computers over LAN: "Like me, are you also having multiple computers for different purposes and you go to each of them to run required application? This scenario is very much familiar for those who needs to test things on different platforms or required to provide technical support to other employees."

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15 MORE Free Guides That Really Teach You USEFUL Stuff

15 MORE Free Guides That Really Teach You USEFUL Stuff: "2010, we’ve written a bunch of new PDF manuals for you, on all kinds of subjects, from Facebook privacy to Dropbox tips."

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