Best Netbook Operating System? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]

Just because your netbook came with an operating system pre-installed doesn’t mean you’re stuck with it. If you’ve swapped out your OS—or stuck with it because it rocks on the netbook!—now’s your chance to rave about your netbook-friendly operating system.
Photo by Thales Barreto.
This week we want to hear about the operating system you’re using on [...]

Best Email Client? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]

Although email is well into middle age, it shows no sign it’s going anywhere any time soon. This week we want to hear about the client you use to manage your email.
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We’re interested in email clients, the tools you use to access and process your email—not so much the actual email provider. In [...]

Best Goal-Tracking Tool? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]

It’s that resolution-time-of-year again. We want to hear about your favorite tool for tracking and measuring your goals.
Tracking progress towards a goal is a powerful motivator. This week we want to hear all about your favorite tool for tracking your goals and keeping yourself focused on them. What makes your tool effective? Tell us all [...]

Best Wallpaper Site? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]

Nobody ever died from a lack of funky-fresh desktop wallpaper, but if you’re going to stare at a box all day, it might as well be a personalized box.
Photo by Mauren Veras.
This week we want to hear all about your favorite site for finding great desktop wallpaper, including what makes it your go-to-site for freshening [...]

vova says "cool is cool" about Logitech Squeezebox Duet Theater System

Digital audio is great–especially if you’ve got a multigigabyte music collection sitting on your computer, or you subscribe to an “all you can eat” music service like Rhapsody. The problem, for a lot of people, is that they’re stuck listening to all that great music on the tinny speakers of their computer–or perhaps patching the [...]

eBuddy Finally Gives Birth To iPhone App (And It Has Push Notification)

eBuddy, the Dutch startup behind the eponymous mobile communication tool I dubbed the swiss army knife for instant messaging when it debuted an application for the Android platform last May, is announcing one hell of an iPhone application today. For context: eBuddy is a free mobile app that enables users to communicate with others [...]