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Flip Video Mino Takes Aim at the Cool Set

in The Digital Solution on June 4, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

The Flip Video Mino changes the way people capture and share videos, and that’s a great thing. And if you really want a sleek, hip-looking gadget, you’ll learn to overlook and adjust to the touch-sensitive buttons that aren’t as functional as they needed to be.

A How-to Guide to How-to Videos

in The Digital Solution on May 7, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

It’s not always easy to learn from the information you find online, and how-to videos can be a big help–especially when they’re well-made and discoverable using sites featuring instructional clips.

An Appointment for Sharing Online Videos

in The Digital Solution on April 16, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Video-sharing service SeeToo lets users watch videos along with the people with whom they’re sharing it and type comments to each other in real time. But SeeToo sounds too good to be true, and in many tests, it was.

Tapping Your TiVo’s Hidden Talents

in The Digital Solution on March 5, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

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.