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5 essential Black Friday apps

Going Black Friday shopping? These five free smartphone apps will help you find the best deals and stay organized on the big day. Happy shopping!
10 ways the Android is better than iPhone 5

Sure a larger iPhone screen, 4G LTE support and a faster CPU are welcome additions, but Apple is a year late and $199 short. Android has provided all these features and more.
iPhone 5? The 11 best uses for your old iPhone

Here are 11 good ideas for an 'obsolete' iPhone:
32 essential Android tips and tricks

Several weeks ago, we highlighted 40 useful iPhone tricks everyone should know. We got such good feedback from that feature that we wanted to share the love with Android users – who, after all, make up the largest proportion of the smart phone community.
Switching from a Mac to a PC: Five lessons from an Apple fanboy

The Internet is filled with testimonials of people ditching their PC for a hip new Mac. Where once they trudged through stodgy spreadsheets, they now write screenplays and edit flashy videos (if the ads are to be believed). But there's almost no material documenting the opposite experience. Most of the personal switching-to-Windows stories are many years out of date and center around now-obsolete "But you can't play games and none of your software will work!" arguments.So, here are the top five things an Apple fanboy learned from two months using Windows.

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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

A book of canine comfort, free tickets to 900 museums, a dark documentary on torture, and more.
MySpace: Music piracy is a competing business model
Are professional music critics losing their clout?

Amateur online reviews are creating competition and democracy in the race to have the first word on new albums.
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

U2 revisits past successes, Blair and Brown battle it out in 'The Deal' DVD, dogster.com wins barks of approval, and more.
Many new ‘friends’ to be made online, but what about dollars?

Social network websites are booming. If only they could turn a profit.
Horizon highlights – July 18 weekend
Rhapsody charges headlong into iTunes territory
Five years, 5 billion downloads
Bridging the African digital divide - with a ‘toaster’

Lines form at open-source software vending-machines.
The battle of the browsers

Firefox 3 dukes it out with Safari and Internet Explorer to control the way we surf the Web.
What, people managed before computers?

Essay: My parents claim that humanity managed without the PC for thousands of years. As a teen, I find it hard to believe.
CD reviews: Broadway's best soundtracks

'Passing Strange,' cabaret-style indie-rock songs; 'In the Heights,' nominated for 13 Tonys; the timeless American tunes of 'South Pacific'; and more.
West Africa's music enchants the West

Bluesy, trancelike melodies pull in wider audiences in the US and Europe, as the music's exotic rhythms move mainstream.
March of the family photos

It was time to bring some order to our jumbled story.
Rock revival, via video games
Finally! Movies on my PC the same day they're on DVD.

Apple's deal with major entertainment studios shortens the wait to download movies.
Finally! Movies on my PC the same day they're on DVD.
Monitor Picks

Ira Glass goes to the cinema, Los Angeles writers create a chain book, and Jhumpa Lahiri soars to the top of the charts.
Into It: Dianne Reeves

The jazz singer talks about what she's reading, watching, and listening to – and why she can't get enough of YouTube when she's not cooking.
NPR grapples with the prospect of a post-radio future

Local stations are wary of NPR's embrace of podcasts and other new ways to deliver its news programs.
Spending habits: Americans at all income levels tighten their belts

As a recession looms, signs of a new frugality emerge. Say goodbye to long trips and lattes.
Why Blu-ray's victory might not matter for long

Sony's format beat out its Toshiba counterpart, but digital-delivery options evolve faster than a spinning disc.
Why Blu-ray's victory might not matter for long

Sony's format beat out its Toshiba counterpart, but digital-delivery options evolve faster than a spinning disc.
How can we be sure we'll remember our digital past?

As technology evolves, data from outmoded machines is put at risk; panel addresses pathways and costs.
How can we be sure we'll remember our digital past?

As technology evolves, data from outmoded machines is put at risk; panel addresses pathways and costs.