Technology used to control impulses
NEW YORK — Dan Nainan can’t trust himself to work at his computer without clicking on distractions, so he uses an Internet-blocking program to shut down his Web access twice a day.”I’m sorry, but try as I might, I could never, ever do this on my own …
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Smart phones ring up bigger slice of holiday sales
“Landmark year” of growth among shoppers using mobile devices for buying and researching has attention of retailers.
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The 10 Best Hacks of 2010
2010 has been a great year for homemade hacks and mods. Not content with rooting phones, modders took to all areas of tech to fiddle, from PC casemods, to farming aids, to clothing. Below are a few of GeekTech’s favorite hacks from over the last year.
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Kindle beats Potter to become Amazon’s best-selling product
The company announced that sales of the Kindle 3 had overtaken the previous record holder, the book of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows .
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