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Weekend Open Forum: How do you protect your privacy online?

Weekend Open Forum: How do you protect your privacy online?
  • Posted June 14, 2013, 6:30 PM by Jesse Schoff | Filed in WOF
  • News about PRISM, Verizon data collection, and other government surveillance has flooded media outlets for the last week, leaving U.S. citizens and members of the international community feeling uncomfortable with the volume and methods of data collection that have been…

Weekend Open Forum: Will you upgrade to Haswell?

Weekend Open Forum: Will you upgrade to Haswell?
  • Posted June 7, 2013, 6:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in WOF
  • Intel’s fourth generation Core series processor is finally available for purchase. As Steven noted in his review of the Core i7-4770K, the level of performance from Ivy Bridge to Haswell is similar to what was observed when going from Sandy…

Weekend Open Forum: Imagining Google's own country

Weekend Open Forum: Imagining Google
  • Posted May 17, 2013, 6:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF
  • Google CEO Larry Page wants to set aside a part of the world for unregulated experimentation. Let’s help him out.  Where should this place be? What should it be called? Who would rule it? What sort of experiments should be run? What about privacy? Would you live there?

WOF: How many unread emails are in your inbox right now?

WOF: How many unread emails are in your inbox right now?
  • Posted March 8, 2013, 6:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF, The Web
  • Unread emails. For some it's just an easy number to ignore but others will feel the need to sort through it all and decide what's archived, deleted, replied to, or just left there for later. The number of apps and…

WOF: Have you pledged any money to crowd-funded projects?

WOF: Have you pledged any money to crowd-funded projects?
  • Posted February 15, 2013, 6:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF
  • Crowd-funding has really taken off over the last year or so, changing the way anyone from cash strapped manufacturers to aspiring inventors can execute upon their million dollar ideas with relatively little risk for themselves. Besides raising money it has…

WOF: What should be the next major development in smartphones?

WOF: What should be the next major development in smartphones?
  • Posted January 25, 2013, 7:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF, Mobile Computing
  • Smartphones have come a long way since the first PDAs with phone capabilities hit the market. But as the market matures it's getting increasingly difficult for companies to come up with truly revolutionary new features year after year.

Weekend Open Forum: Fair price for unlimited wireless data?

Weekend Open Forum: Fair price for unlimited wireless data?
  • Posted January 4, 2013, 7:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF
  • Wireless carriers tend to be among the worst when it comes to consumer friendliness. At least that has been my experience with four or five providers in three different countries -- whether it's expensive data plans, restrictive and lengthy contracts,…

WOF: Biggest tech failures of 2012

WOF: Biggest tech failures of 2012
  • Posted December 14, 2012, 6:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF, Industry News
  • When we asked this question a year ago most of you agreed that AMD’s FX brand relaunch, Sony’s PSN data breach, Netflix’s Qwikster spin-off, and HP’s handling of WebOS while almost quitting the PC market were among the worst tech…

Weekend Open Forum: What's on your Christmas wish list?

Weekend Open Forum: What
  • Posted November 9, 2012, 6:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF
  • The holiday season is fast approaching and chances are some of you are already scrambling to find the perfect gift for that special person in your life -- including yourselves, of course. As usual, we’ll have our annual holiday gift…

Weekend Open Forum: What's on your Taskbar (or Dock)?

Weekend Open Forum: What
  • Posted October 19, 2012, 6:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF, Software
  • Despite their evolution, the Windows Taskbar and OS X Dock at its core are still all about being able to quickly launch your favorite or most frequently used applications and easily switch between open windows. What programs do you keep pinned down for easy access?

Weekend Open Forum: Did you jump on the 3D bandwagon?

Weekend Open Forum: Did you jump on the 3D bandwagon?
  • Posted September 28, 2012, 6:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF
  • A couple of years ago it seemed like not a day could go by without someone announcing something 3D-related. TV manufacturers raced to one-up each other with 3D-capable television sets, some requiring no glasses but offering poor viewing angles, while…

Weekend Open Forum: Do you still use a printer at home?

Weekend Open Forum: Do you still use a printer at home?
  • Posted September 7, 2012, 6:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in WOF
  • I’ll go out on a limb by saying that most probably weren’t surprised when printing icon Lexmark announced plans to exit the inkjet printer business a few weeks ago. It’s a sign of the times really as the convenience of…

WOF: When buying a laptop, what do you value most?

WOF: When buying a laptop, what do you value most?
  • Posted August 3, 2012, 8:21 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF, Mobile Computing
  • One of the great things about building your own desktop computer is that you can configure it exactly how you want it with off the shelf parts. But it's a different story when it comes to laptops -- your options are limited. Today we want to know: when buying a laptop, what do you value most?

Weekend Open Forum: Sports and technology

Weekend Open Forum: Sports and technology
  • Posted July 13, 2012, 7:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in WOF
  • I’m no different than the average Joe when it comes to things I’m passionate about. Two things high on my list of interests are technology (obviously) and sports. For years the two remained separate but over the past few years…

Weekend Open Forum: Do you exercise regularly?

Weekend Open Forum: Do you exercise regularly?
  • Posted July 6, 2012, 7:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF
  • For those of us who spend many hours in front of a computer it's a good idea to get some actual exercise done every now and then. Today's question: Do you exercise regularly? Also, for those of you into sports, what sports do you actually practice, and which ones you just follow from the comfort of your couch?

Weekend Open Forum: How many browser tabs are open right now?

Weekend Open Forum: How many browser tabs are open right now?
  • Posted May 4, 2012, 7:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF, The Web
  • Browsing the web on a typical day I tend to amass a ridiculous amount of open tabs, whether related to something I'm working on or interesting stuff that I want to check later but don't necessarily want to bookmark. How many tabs do you keep open on average and how many are open right now?

Weekend Open Forum: What's the oldest online account you still use?

Weekend Open Forum: What
  • Posted April 20, 2012, 7:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF, The Web
  • I've signed up to many, many websites in my years online. In fact, just checking my password manager I found that I've registered to 89 different websites, even though I only use a handful of those with frequency. That got…

Weekend Open Forum: Your ideal smartphone and tablet screen size?

Weekend Open Forum: Your ideal smartphone and tablet screen size?
  • Posted March 23, 2012, 7:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF, Mobile Computing
  • Over the last three years we've seen screen sizes on smartphones vary from a smallish 3 inches to a massive 5.3-inch on the Galaxy Note. It's a similar story with tablets, only those started out at around 10.1-inches and have…

Weekend Open Forum: Do you like your job?

Weekend Open Forum: Do you like your job?
  • Posted March 2, 2012, 7:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF
  • It's hard enough to find a job in a slow economy, let alone one that you truly find enjoyable and fulfilling. But you have to make a living somehow. Today we want to ask you: Do you like your job? Tell us a little bit about what you do.

Weekend Open Forum: What TV shows are you following?

Weekend Open Forum: What TV shows are you following?
  • Posted November 18, 2011, 8:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF
  • There is plenty to choose from on TV right now (or your favorite streaming service): scripted or reality, linear or episodic, entertaining or provocative, and so on. Although there's no denying that a lot of it is rubbish, there are…

Weekend Open Forum: What are your software essentials?

Weekend Open Forum: What are your software essentials?
  • Posted October 17, 2011, 12:10 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF, Software
  • Let's revisit an old topic for this installment of the Weekend Open Forum. Three years ago we asked about your software 'essentials', those that you rely on everyday and usually install on your machine first thing after a clean install. …

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