- Recent
- Popular
- Tags (0)
- Subscribers (1)
- Why I'm shopping on Black Friday this yearNovember 28
-
The 50-inch 1080p Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ800U can be ordered from Amazon for just $1,881.
(Credit: Amazon)I normally don't shop on Black Friday, but this year I'm making an exception.
No, it's not because I'm moving into new digs and I need to furnish the place with shiny, new tech (I do), or that I'm addicted to buying tech goodies (I am). Instead, I'm shopping this Black Friday for two main reasons: prices are much lower than they were last Black Friday and--call me a patriot or a fool--I want to do what I can to help businesses and the economy.
Prices this year are outstanding. A 32-inch Sony LCD HDTV can be picked up at Circuit City for just $499, and the beautiful 50-inch 1080p Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ800U can be ordered from Amazon for just $1,881. Some of the low-end GPS models from TomTom and others can be purchased for under $100 this year and notebooks from HP, Del
- The Digital Home Video: Why you should use ChromeNovember 26
-
Google Chrome is a great browser. Firefox is too, but it doesn't compare to Google's alternative.
Even better news: you can now subscribe to this show. Just add it up right here!
And as always, drop me a line or follow me on Twitter!
- The Digital Home 42: Should you shop on eBay?November 26
-
In this Thanksgiving show, Don sits down with eBay to find out whether or not you should shop there and tells you why Google Chrome is the world's best browser.
And as always, follow him on Twitter!
Listen now: Download today's podcast
EPISODE 42
... - Should parents police their children more aggressively?November 26
-
The National Institute on Media and the Family, a media watchdog group that has spent considerable time taking the gaming industry to task for continually churning out violent titles, turned its attention to parents recently. It gave parents an "Incomplete" grade in its annual report card Tuesday. According to the group, parents aren't paying enough attention to ESRB ratings and don't have any interest in using parental controls.
The study poses an interesting question: "Are parents doing enough to protect their children from violent video games?" The answer, though, isn't simple.
On one hand, we can say that parents haven't done enough to educate themselves about video games since Mortal Kombat and Doom became household names on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers have focused their attention on monitoring retailers and imposing strict regulations on developers, in the hope that these actions will help parents who want to keep their children away from violent titles.
But how much control does a parent really have? They can't be expected to watch their children 24 hours each day, nor can they control a child's activity when he or she is at a friend's house where the parents do allow violent video games to be played.
- The Digital Home Video: Violent video games don't cause violence!November 25
-
Violent video games don't make children more violent. Is it that hard to understand?
Even better news: you can now subscribe to this show. Just add it up right here!
And as always, drop me a line or follow me on Twitter!