Technology Tips

By Marilynne Rudick What’s not to like about holiday shopping online? You don’t have to line up for hours to score the biggest bargains or joust with fellow shoppers for parking spaces. And you don’t have to worry about getting the oversized TV into your undersized car. A growing number of people do their holiday [...]

By Marilynne Rudick Have you always wanted to study classical music, Renaissance art or game theory? Do you wish you’d gone to Harvard? Now you can study just about anything at Harvard, MIT, Oxford, or your choice of institutions worldwide. Best of all, the courses are online, so you can learn whenever you want. Thousands [...]

The pros and cons of e-book readers like the Kindle, Kobo, Nook and iPad are debated and recommendations are given for choosing the right e-book reader for you.

Despite the urgency of saving the planet, recycling and reusing can feel like flossing, something you know you should do, but it’s not much fun. Take heart. The web offers a treasure trove of resources that make saving the planet more chic than chore. And you can even save money doing it.