Stories by Patrick Miller

Article | 13/02/2012 Do Passive 3D TVs trade quality for comfort?
Polarized "passive" 3D TVs hit the market in the beginning of the year as a response to the bulky, expensive, complicated active-shutter 3D TVs that t...
Article | 30/09/2011 What's better: active or passive 3D TVs?
Polarized "passive" 3D TVs hit the market in the beginning of the year as a response to the bulky, expensive, complicated active-shutter 3D TVs that t...
Article | 17/07/2011 4 stupid tech tricks, tested
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke wrote "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." When you read those words, you m...
Article | 2/07/2011 Google Plus: 8 quick tips and tricks
Google Plus (aka Google+), Google's new social network, might offer the right mix of sharing and privacy to woo you away from your Facebook account.
Article | 24/06/2011 Tablet or netbook? How to choose the right mobile tech
Tablets, netbooks, smartphones--these days, you can't buy a microwave without being upsold on the touchscreen, app-store model. But when you're pickin...
Article | 17/03/2011 28 iPad 2 tips and tricks
Your new iPad 2 might not be as full-featured (or as complicated) as a laptop or desktop PC, but a few neat tricks are still hidden between the surfac...
Article | 14/01/2011 Mobile survival guide: Top tips for staying connected
Picture this: You're sitting down
Article | 11/01/2011 HDTVs at CES: Small steps in the big picture
Whether they were big or small, LED or plasma, all the HDTVs on the CES 2011 show floor had one thing in common--they took the best that came out of l...
Article | 6/01/2011 Sharp's new HDTVs are 70-inches big
Sharp is thinking big with its newest round of HDTVs, led by a whopping 70-inch LED back-lit HDTV.
Article | 6/01/2011 Hands-on With Vizio's New Theater 3D HDTVs
On Monday, Vizio announced their new Theater 3D HDTV lineup: Every TV in their E-series, M-series, and XVT-series line will include support for 3D TV....
Article | 4/01/2011 LG announces 'flicker free' LW6500 cinema 3D TV
In what may turn out to be a sneak peek of CES 2011 HDTV trends, LG announced the newest entry to their 2011 HDTV lineup--and it's a 3D TV that doesn'...
Article | 23/11/2010 BitTorrent for beginners
Comcast wants to kill it, your next wireless router will probably have it built-in, and you can use it to download the entire GeoCities archive. BitTo...
Article | 22/09/2010 Build a kickass home theater for under $1000: a guide for students and gamers
There's no way around it: Home theater gear is expensive; and while "The Ultimate Home Theater" sounds great, most people don't have enough spare cash...
Article | 23/08/2010 Technology's Biggest Myths
As it turns out, Windows Vista really wasn't all that slow; and no, your PC probably won't fry if you open it up without wearing a wrist strap. Thanks...
Article | 8/07/2010 Robocop Ran DOS: Stupid movie tech moments
Virtually no sci-fi or action flick these days is complete without a computer scene showing a few screens of mysterious scrolling text and a 3D wire-f...