‘With This App, I Thee Wed…’

Several wedding-planning applications for mobile devices let brides- and grooms-to-be reach for an iPhone to manage the process, from finding the dress to registering for gifts to editing the guest list.
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WakeMate Finally Ships–Will You Sleep Better Now That It's Watching You?

After a year of delays, promises and refunded deposits, the WakeMate sleep monitoring gadget is finally shipping. But do you want it watching you sleep?

Feds' Hairy Eyeball on Digital Not Just for Silicon Valley: Comcast/NBC Deal Continues to Undergo Stop-Start Vetting

It seems like every day, a different Silicon Valley company is in the crosshairs of one of the alphabet soup of federal government regulators over a range of concerns. But one of the more important digital inquiries these days is the hairy-eyeball once-over Comcast is getting in the vetting of its deal to acquire NBC Universal. And it’s clear that the company is going to have to answer mounting questions about how it plans to conduct itself online.

MicroHoo: Countdown Clock!

We’re sick of waiting too! Thus, the official BoomTown MicroHoo Countdown Clock! Useful for both Yahoos (YHOO) and Microsofties (MSFT) alike, it will give everyone an idea of just how long this takeover battle has dragged on and on and on and on…. William Shakespeare said it best: “I wasted time, and now doth time [...]

Tapping Your TiVo’s Hidden Talents

TiVo has a few tricks up its sleeve that might surprise longtime users and new owners alike. This column includes just a handful of those tricks and highlights some features that may make TiVo more useful.
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