Archive for November, 2009

Fast Forward: How to choose a computer

Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Fast Forward: How to choose a computer

Across the universe of gadget gifts, few things can inspire more angst and buyer’s remorse than home computers. Even as their prices have crumbled — processors and memory have become so cheap that your main risk is buying more of either than you’ll ever use — these machines have remained specia..

CyberPower Gamer Xtreme 2000 Delivers on Value

Saturday, November 28th, 2009
CyberPower Gamer Xtreme 2000 Delivers on Value

One doesn’t always associate the word “value” with “gaming.” But CyberPower has delivered a phenomenal, high-performance desktop catering to smaller budgets. At $1100 (as of November 15, 2009), the Gamer Xtreme 2000-i5 sits on the high end of the value spectrum

In the Black Friday crowds, a lingering sense of caution

Saturday, November 28th, 2009
In the Black Friday crowds, a lingering sense of caution

Throngs of bargain hunters kicked off the holiday shopping season Friday, buying Paula Deen cookware, Zhu Zhu toy hamsters and flat-panel TVs. But even as they filled parking lots, waited in lines overnight and loaded shopping bags, they talked of restraint, drawing names for gifts, paying cash a..

California moves to restrict TVs’ power usage; others ma

Friday, November 27th, 2009
California moves to restrict TVs’ power usage; others may follow

Nick Canzoneri weighed several factors when he went shopping for a new flat-screen TV at the Best Buy in Gaithersburg earlier this week. He wanted the right brand (“Sony. I’ve had one for 20 years

A new kind of company, a new challenge for feds

Friday, November 27th, 2009
A new kind of company, a new challenge for feds

One is a giant of the entertainment world — a tangle of television networks, a film studio and a stable of hit shows. The other is a cable colossus, the nation’s largest provider of cable TV and Internet access.