Maybe it's just me getting older. I mean, every generation bemoans the decline and fall of manners and etiquette. But it seems like people have become woefully rude and negligent at RSVPing to invitations. Is the shift to electronic invitations the problem here? Are people just plain ruder now? Busier? Both? More

I believe it was the great philosopher Mick Jagger who once said, "You can't always get what you want." So while you might have your eye on that $500 copy of Photoshop, your head is telling you that there's probably some freeware out there that will do the same thing for way less. We glanced over a few lists of the best-selling software on sites like Amazon.com or NewEgg and found free alternatives to some of the most popular applications. More

A quick glance at Windows 8 will tell you that this is not Windows 7 or XP or any other Windows that you might be familiar with. The Start screen is a sharp departure from the Start of old and the live tiles are a fresh new way of interacting with your PC... but is it worth making the change to the new colorful Windows 8? More

Here in Ottawa we're still waiting to see if we'll have to endure the tail end of hurricane Sandy (still waiting on a consensus from conflicting local weather reports), but either way it's been a rainy and cold few days. It's always nice to take in some culture on a Friday night, but I'm a lot less prone to venture out to a museum or art show when the weather is so disagreeable. Luckily on a day like today, there are some great art and culture websites to keep anyone entertained (or preoccupied) during storm season... More

In case you have never heard of NaNoWriMo it stands for National Novel Writing Month which happens during the month of November. All throughout the month, participating writers from all over the globe, both pros and novices, work to write a novel in a month. Although this is my second year participating, I have yet to finish and so I'm looking to my trusty tablet to help me meet my NaNoWriMo goals. Here are 6 writing apps for Android and the iPad to help you write your novel and thankfully, they will continue to work long after the month of November is gone for those of us who have trouble writing a novel in a month. More

Do you remember when the internet started and most of us were apprehensive about doing little things on the web like publishing photos of ourselves or shopping online? Back then the concept of sharing where you are and what you're eating would have been preposterous. And banking online? Insane. We Foursquare, Instagram, and some of us even bank almost exclusively online. More

I carry a lot of devices with me. I never leave home without my Macbook Air, and often have either my iPad or Nexus 7 tablet with me as well. Then there's my smartphone...
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Changing your email address can be as complicated as changing your name. So when it comes to email addresses, I subscribe to the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" philosophy. I've had the same Gmail address since I graduated from college, but I have a friend that swears by changing his main personal email account every other year. More

With the advent of the new Samsung Chromebook at $249, many folks who previously would have never thought about buying a Chromebook are finding the affordable laptop tempting. And the question on their minds is often "what can I do with it?" If you're one of those people, or you just love using the Chrome browser on your PC or Mac, but have not really played much with Chrome apps, this post is for you. Here are 10 productivity boosting Chrome apps. More

The tongue-in-cheek musical Avenue Q insists that the Internet is for Porn, and the recent invention of leave-no-tracks Private Browsing Mode seems to support that notion. But even while you're surfing the web for more innocent activities, private browsing can have some really useful advantages. More