I don't mean to sound like a fanboy, but an AMD Phenom II 555 will only set you back $90. It's probably comparable to the i3, but if you can unlock the other two cores, you've got a quad-core for well under $100; AMD's comparable quad-core costs $140. Since you already have 4GB of RAM and your 512MB graphics card, you…

Twitter is styled in lowercase, and he capitalizes that...

I don't like the scope of this article, and I'm a little bothered by the tone.

One, it would be interesting to know what it costs for the service.

Xbox 360.

I would just like to point out that security questions are nothing more and nothing less than weak alternate passwords.

If a site bans you for trying to reduce spam, is that a site you want to join and post messages to and potentially share personal information with? I just use Gmail for everything (I have three accounts for three tiers of importance) and while I know about tempmail, I never bother with it. But if I did, and a site had…

Also, there are free apps that do what CityID does. I'm not sure if they're more accurate or not, but the information is not valuable to me in the least.

I'm a little saddened that nowhere on MAFIAA Fire's site do they reference where they got the name MAFIAA. It was a joke started by John T. Haller of PortableApps.com. Here is the original site: [mafiaa.org]

So he spent a couple hours modding a wired fan into a wireless controller that retails for $60 to avoid spending $20-$40 on a controller with fans in it? (Not to mention ruining another Xbox controller for its cable.)

How many movies do you need immediate access to? A 2TB Western Digital Green SATA hard drive is about $90 on Newegg. They're freakin' black holes. I wouldn't recommend running Windows off one (LOL 5400RPM) but for storing digital video, they're nice. One should do most people. A pair is not too expensive if you need…

Man, CityID must be one of the most hated apps I've ever seen. What you say about its guess of location may be partly based on area code, but that isn't the whole story. Where I live, the 252 area code covers a big chunk of eastern NC. When people call me from 252, it could be from Greenville or Washington or any of…

In keeping with the spirit of Lifehacker's no-flame disclaimer about looking at both sides, my opinions on the 10 as an Android user (but not a fanboy, except of gadgets in general).

I finally got around to trying Imo. It doesn't like my Facebook password and won't tell me why. It's pretty long and secure, and an app essentially telling me my password is too long/complex raises serious red flags. (This is not the same issue I had with Trillian — Trillian accepted my password but was being blocked…

Yes, OS X is pretty and it does have some neat features, but it's still not ready for prime time. You can only install it on a very closed set of hardware. We have a word for that on the PC side: Beta. Now, if Apple decides that OS X is ready and releases it to the public to be installed on any machine, we can talk.…

Not a parent, but putting a kid on Facebook is an all-around terrible idea. If your kid wants a Facebook account, that's different. I'm all for that, but it has to be supervised. While not as dangerous as a semi-automatic pistol, Internet safety is just as important as firearm safety, and if your child isn't willing…

I for one think it's beautiful. And hey, if the lights of the desk are distracting, I see a simple solution: Black velvet. Just drape a sheet of the right size over it, and it'll look great that way, too.

I just use yfrog (ImageShack). I use TweetDeck for Twitter and Facebook on my mobile, and it lets me choose between yfrog and TwitPic when sharing an image with TweetDeck (to post). I chose yfrog because it gives slightly shorter URLs.

I used Trillian for about a week or so (when it was still $4.99, but free for a day on Amazon, that's when I grabbed it). I didn't appreciate having to sign up for Astra, but I soon realized why I had to. After a week or so, both Google and Facebook blocked Trillian. It reminded me of back in the day when AIM and…

No, it's not harsh — enough people have a deadly reaction to peanuts that I think it's safe to say that peanuts are a toxic substance that many people are immune to, rather than the other way around.