Where Can You Find the Cheapest LCD TV? LCD TVs have been around since the late 80s when Sharp introduced a relatively small LCD TV — a fourteen inch screen described as more of a “boutique” item rather than a TV for everyday use. LCD technology used to be very expensive (hence the small size of the 1988 LCD TV screen) and with the rise of plasma screens in the late 90s and
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Where Can You Find the Cheapest Laptop?
Friday, February 12th, 2010 - By Ask Deb
Where Can You Find the Cheapest Laptop? Shopped for a laptop computer lately? If you’ve visited all the computer retailers in your area pricing laptops, I’m sure you’d like to know how to find cheap laptops. Laptops are great — convenient and cool — but if you are unable to drop thousands of dollars in one go, you may feel left out. Laptop prices have dropped a
How Does Soap Work?
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 - By Ask Deb
How Does Soap Work? There’s a complex chemical in our homes that we use daily with little regard to what it is or how it works — soap. This substance seems simple. Just rub it on your hands or pour it into a washing machine and instantly make something clean. But using soap can be important, for example, if you want to prevent boils. The Basics of Soap Soap is the name we give any
How Does E-mail Work?
Monday, February 8th, 2010 - By Ask Deb
How Does E-mail Work? According to the nerds at Google, people on Earth send 183 billion e-mail messages a day. As far as most of us are concerned e-mail is magic. You type into a box, click a button on a screen, and a message is immediately delivered anywhere in the world free of charge. More than a technological innovation, e-mail is a breakthrough in interpersonal communication. Imagine
How Does Wi-Fi Work?
Sunday, February 7th, 2010 - By Ask Deb
Wi-Fi has become such a standard part of everyday life that most people accept its presence without thinking about it. We use our wireless smartphones, laptops, video game systems, even printers and other peripherals without understanding how the magic beams are zipping around the room from device to device. Ever wondered how Wi-Fi works? What is “Wi-Fi”? Wi-Fi is a trademark of
How Does Twitter Work?
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 - By Ask Deb
How Does Twitter Work? Social networking sites have risen to a position of dominance on the Internet. Where once employees and students got “busted” for using their personal e-mail or reading The Onion, social networking has taken over top spot as Internet-based Time Waster. The social networking site featuring the most meteoric rise to fame is Twitter. Unlike other popular social
How Does a GPS Work?
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 - By Ask Deb
How Does a GPS Work? A GPS works by using satellites to send signals to devices here on the planet’s surface to indicate where we are. A compute with a database of driving directions usually provides directions based on the information that’s being received from the satellites. The GPS system in my car is my lifeline. It gets me to lunch meetings, important dates, and around traffic
How Does Electricity Work?
Monday, February 1st, 2010 - By Ask Deb
How Does Electricity Work? Electricity works using three forces: Voltage Amps Resistance These three forces work as a unit inside of a given electrical circuit to allow the free flow of electricity from one place to another. Electricity and the process of transferring electricity begins when an atom’s electrons are excited into action and start to move in what we call a
Kindle Deals, Discounts, and Best Prices
Monday, January 25th, 2010 - By Ask Deb
Kindle Deals, Discounts, and Best Prices Amazon’s eBook reader Kindle features an electronic paper display, a super-thin body, and hundreds of thousands of book titles available for download from the Kindle store. Amazon’s asking price, as of January 2010, is $259 for the Kindle 2. The most popular books cost $9.99 to download too. So who could blame you for searching for Kindle deals,
The Kindle Pricing Strategy & The Kindle Pricing History
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 - By Ask Deb
The Kindle Pricing Strategy & The Kindle Pricing History Some people criticized the original price of the Kindle 2 after accusations surfaced about the device’s production cost. More questions have come up about the feasibility of Amazon’s business model concerning their Kindle store and the selling of eBooks online, especially when many of the titles are completely free. Amazon has