March 2010

Crash Plan

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor March 29, 2010 Featured

One of the most important things you can do with your computer, is back it up. Backups preserve your important data and can save untold hours of work by letting you revert to previous versions when you discover that you’ve done something to mess up one of your precious documents. Backups also soften the blow […]

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Twitter – an interview with Tee Morris

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor March 25, 2010 Interview

This week, in a special review, we’re going to look at Twitter, a free service available at http://twitter.com and available on any system that can operate a modern web browser. Now, there are many worthwhile clients that access and add value to Twitter, but we won’t be looking at any of those in depth until […]

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BluBridge Auto – Talk

by Guest Author March 15, 2010 Guest Blog

[This week’s review for The Nifty Tech Blog is a Guest Review by Odin1Eye of the View from Valhalla blog. I’d like to thank Odin for being Nifty Tech’s first Guest Reviewer, and for providing such an interesting review.  Enjoy! – Editor] Welcome to Nifty Tech. I am your guest blogger, Odin1Eye, and today I […]

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The Boom Effect: Follow up

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor March 11, 2010 Personal Stamp

Back on February 27th, podcasters converged on a house in Virginia, and people of all different stripes converged on their computers all over the world. They came together for an internet auction to raise funds for the future of a small girl called Sonic Boom: The Boom Effect. During this 10 hour event, goods and […]

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Time for a Poll?

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor March 10, 2010 Feedback

Now that Apple has announced Pre-orders, I thought it was time for a poll to see how you feel about the new iPad offerings.  The press has been filled with glowing reports, and brutal criticism.  There has been very little in between.  I’m not making up my mind until I can get my hands on […]

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Gelaskins Marvel Collection

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor March 6, 2010 Hardware

Earlier in the blog, I mentioned that I had changed my host so that I could apply labels to posts and introduce some new features.  This is one of them.  Items under the tag Personal Stamp are things that are less tech related and more about me and my life.  I hope you’ll appreciate these […]

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iPhone

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor March 1, 2010 Phones

Icon courtesy of Apple No discussion of Nifty Tech could be complete without mentioning the iPhone. I know, I know, some of you wouldn’t take an iPhone if someone put a gun to your head and threatened to pull the trigger. Many people have a hatred of AT&T Mobile that makes your typical Holy War […]

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