Microsoft Reduces Price Of Xbox 360
As we told you in Xbox 360 Prepares For Price Drop, it looked like Microsoft was preparing to lower the price of the Xbox 360 gaming console, and it came to be this week.
If you’re feeling a bit confused by the three options out there, and don’t know what to get your family for the [...]
Microsoft Launches $300 Million Dollar Ad Campaign
While discussing ad campaigns isn’t the normal subject matter for StarterTech, this new one from Microsoft is just too odd to pass up.
While this new campaign is apparently designed to try to steal some of the thunder from the popular Mac/PC ads, but at least those ads remember to mention what exactly the product is [...]
2.4 GHz vs 5.8 GHz Cordless Phones
There are a lot of choices when it comes to buying cordless phones, but two of the most common options you’ll see are 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz. What does this mean, and why should you care?
All cordless phones operate on a frequency, like radio waves. As frequencies get more crowded, the Federal Communications [...]
More Thoughts On Google Chrome
Having played with Google Chrome for another day, I have some more thoughts on it.
With the exception of the fact I am missing having the capabilities of shooting screenshots inside of it, I could easily see myself switching to this browser full time, but for now it will have to be my secondary browser. However, [...]
Evidence You Should Avoid Blu-ray
We mentioned a while back that we recommend you avoid Blu-ray, but now it isn’t only us, but also the people who manufacture it.
As we said in our previous article, we here at StarterTech feel Blu-ray may end up having too short of a lifespan, and you should just continue on with your standard definition [...]
What Is Google Chrome
Google Chrome is a new web browser from the number one company in search engines, Google.
That being said, is it worth your time to check out? The “browser wars” that spawned during the Netscape/Internet Explorer days was an ugly time on the Internet as websites fought to figure out how to make themselves look good [...]
Top Posts of August
As StarterTech is all about making sure you learn as much as possible, we’re going to start telling you at the beginning of each month which five posts from the previous one were the most read. Hopefully this will help more of you discover what you may have missed, or it may just serve to [...]
International Travellers Hit With Heavy Fees On Their iPhones
If you travel internationally for business, and you have an iPhone, you can expect to be paying quite a bit for the right.
AT&T, the lone carrier of the popular phone in the United States, announced new plans this week for those users who travel internationally. The new plans run $120 a month for 100 megabytes [...]
15 Tools On The Web To Help With Hurricane Gustav
The Internet can be used for any number of purposes, and getting information on pending storms is just one of them.
You can look up just about anything online these days, and detailed information to prepare for a natural disaster is no different. With Hurricane Gustav preparing to hit the United States, there are any number [...]
Comcast To Limit Bandwidth
The largest Internet service provider (ISP) in the USA, Comcast, is set to begin capping bandwidth usage of their residential customers effective October 1st.
The ISP is going to cap bandwidth for their residential customers at 250 gb a month. This would be the equivalent of 125 standard definition movies, or 50 million emails. In other [...]
