januaryYet another month has passed for StarterTech and our readers. As we do on the first of each month, it’s time we look back at which posts caught your attention the most in the previous month.

Hudson River Landing Game Sweeps The Internet -This post was our last post of the month and soared to number 1 somehow.  Apparently people were really interested in playing a game of Flight 1549, the Miracle on the Hudson.

How To Protect Your Child On Facebook -Always an important idea to protect your child while they are online, but the basic argument can always be made that the first step always starts with the preventive steps you take as a family.

How Phishers May Be The End Of Twitter -After several days of phishing attacks on Twitter, it was easy to wonder how this might lead to the trust the company had built might be completely lost.

It’s Time To Change Your Browser -After launching the new design for this site, it was Internet Explorer 6 that gave us troubles with fixing design problems.  Considering the age of that browser, it is amazing how many people still use it considering all the alternatives that now exist.

Twitter Under Attack By Phishing Attack -The actual attack wasn’t as interesting as the effects it might have on the popular service.

What were your favorite posts of the month?

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decemberYet another month has passed for StarterTech and our readers.  As we do on the first of each month, it’s time we look back at which posts caught your attention the most in the previous month.

What Is Google Desktop -It’s good to know I’m not the only one out there that was surprised by Google Desktop doing more than just searching your files for you.  It’s a great tool, and I am using it more each day.

Google Adds To-Do Lists To Gmail -Considering the number of new features Google added in the last month of 2008, it isn’t surprising to see the top two stories are related to the Big G.  This one is all about how you can now create To-Do lists inside of your Gmail account.

Text Messaging a Bigger Gouge Then You Knew -Until congress gets this all sorted out, the outrageous prices cell phone carriers charge their customers for text messages will stay a hot button issue.

Google Launches Friend Connect -Surprise, surprise, another new Google product in the top five stories of the month.  This one is for the new Friend Connect product that people are still uncertain exactly what it is going to do for them.

Save On Electronics With Post Christmas Sales -With the way the economy is, it shouldn’t be a big surprise to any one that people wanted to save money on any new electronics they wanted.  The time after Christmas seemed to be the perfect time for most to head out and pick up the ones they desired.

What were your favorite posts of the month?

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It’s hard to believe that yet another month has passed for StarterTech and our readers.  As we do on the first of each month, it’s time we look back at which posts caught your attention the most in the previous month.

Walmart and Kmart Start Their Black Friday Sales Early – Every one seemed surprised when two of the biggest retailers started conducting Black Friday-like sales week in advance of the traditional sales day.

Target Black Friday Ad Holds Gadget Goodies -The Black Friday ad for Target hit the Internet and people were anxious to see what sort of gadget goodness it held.

Are You Ready For Cyber Monday? -People seemed anxious this year to spend their time shopping online instead of hitting the stores and waiting in lines.

Google Adds Video Chat To Gmail -Exciting times as Google adds yet another free feature to their popular mail service.

Asus Releases A Standalone Skype Videophone -This new Asus Skype Videophone is sure to top many wishlists this holiday season.

What were your favorite posts of the month?

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Another month has passed for StarterTech (well, for everyone, not just us, we aren’t THAT special), it’s time for another round up of the stories you found the most important in the previous month.

Twitter Privacy Breach Found – Security is always important, no matter what system you are using, and a simple breach like this one in Twitter should concern all users.

Gmail Adds New Moving Emoticons – Apparently I am alone in my thinking that emoticons aren’t as popular as they used to be.  People wanted to learn more about Gmail adding new emoticons to one of the most popular email systems around.

What Is Blog Action Day -Though Blog Action Day was all over the web on October 15th, it seems that many people still weren’t sure what it actually was.

So Long VHS, And Thanks For All The Tapes – Like saying good bye to an old friend, the death of VHS was of great interest to many people.

What Is Remote Backup -Good to see people are concerned about backing up their files!  The more automatic the system, the better!

What were your favorite posts of the month?

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With the winter holidays rapidly approaching, we here at StarterTech would like to know what you would like to see us talk about.

Do you want more reviews like we did with the Chumby review?

More articles like How To Choose An iPod?

Gift suggestion guides?

What can we do to help make your gift giving that much easier this holiday season?

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As StarterTech is all about making sure you learn as much as possible, so here we are reminding you which posts we did in September that may be of calue for you to look at again.

The Second Ad With Jerry Seinfeld And Bill Gates For Microsoft – Well, this is a bit surprising this was our number one post for the month.  Should we take this as a hint you would like to see more current event type posts?

Real World Example Of Social Networking In Action – A noble cause raising money for clean water wells in Africa, and a good example of what crowd sourcing on the Internet can do for you.

Future Employers May Be Checking Your Facebook Account – Something everyone, especially those just entering the work force, should take a look at, and heed the warning.

Finland Works Towards Universal 100 Mbps -”I feel the need… the need for speed” was what Maverick said in Top Gun, and apparently that is the battle cry of people in Finalnd.

Microsoft Calls An End To The Seinfeld Ads – Well, again it would seem you all like us bringing you current news, something we will keep in mind for the future.

What were you favorite posts for September?

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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 refresh your memory.

What Happens If The Cloud Goes Down -Cloud computing is all the rage, but what do you do if it fails you at a crucial moment?

When To Purchase Electronics -With the upcoming winter holidays, everyone wants to know the best time to pick up those elctronics on everyone’s wishlist.

What To Do When Your Cable Modem Stops Working -Nothing is more frustarting then when your Internet conenction dies for no good reason.  This will give you some ideas on how you may get it back up quickly.

TSA Approves New Laptop Bags For Faster Screening – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has approved new computer bags that may ease your passing through security at airports.

This Just Proves That No One Is Safe From Computer Viruses -When even NASA can get viruses, can anyone really be safe?

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Hard to believe we’re already at 100 posts here, but it’s true.  That also means we’re 100 days in, so just like the government, it’s time for the readers to give us a report card.

How are you liking the site so far?  What would you like to see us cover?  Anything you would change?  We can only grow with your input, and the time for that input is now!

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