Can a Ziploc bag and a pot of hot water unlock the perfect steak?
Now I know how some of the nation's great chefs cook a perfect steak. They stick it in a airtight plastic bag, drop it in a warm-water bath until it...
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Router with touch-screen setup helps conquer tech fears
Given the choice between plunging 120 feet from Disney's fabled Summit Plummet water slide or setting up a wireless router, this acrophobe wants a swimsuit. Do you remember your first...
SkylinkNet Alarm System Starter Kit: DIY Home Security (No Fees)
A home security system makes a family feel safer and more secure. It's the security company's three-year service contract and monthly fees that scare the daylights out of most households....
Gesundheit! Four allergy apps for pollen season
Tribune Newspapers Every year is forecast as the worst year ever for allergy sufferers. Maybe it only feels that way to the 40 million people in the United States the...
JVC’s Extreme Fitness earphones; the $899 laptop bag
It's not spring in my neighborhood until the male goldfinch flashes yellow, a pothole rearranges a front axle and sport earphones dangle from the ears of every jogger and power...
Give music some kick with these memory stick look-alikes
Neil Young's high-resolution Pono audio player and Jay Z's newly purchased Tidal high-fidelity music streaming service have been greeted with a far-from-platinum mixture of derision and indifference. Who needs hi-priced...
Down-to-earth apps for health, fitness, beauty
Tribune Newspapers It's down-to-earth day, with go-to apps for finding the best deals on prescription generics, researching specific medications and conditions, limiting the amount of toxins in personal-care products, and...
Mohu Channels: Where local TV, apps and Web live on your HDTV
The dead-and-buried Google TV has been revived, at least in spirit, in the new Mohu Channels. It's Deja View with Mohu's pledge to integrate a Web browser and Android smartphone...
David Chesky: The HDTracks founder on Pono and the pulse of hi-res audio
Until the polarizing introduction of Neil Young's portable PonoPlayer, the $6.2 million Kickstarter behemoth, high-resolution music downloads had been a low-controversy, high-priced niche audio market for several years. Can you...
How well do you know your browser? (Some tips)
Tribune Newspapers Let's not judge which is the best Web browser, only that each is probably a little better than the average user knows. Here's a sampler: Chrome/Google Works on...