Category: Top Lists

You may not realize it, but your iPhone is even more powerful than you think. Sure it can place calls, browse the Web, and even play 3-D games, but did you know you can use it to control almost any other gadget in your house? Seriously. Silicon Alley Insider has compiled a list of 15 things you can control with your iPhone. If you have a TiVo, AT&T, or DirecTV DVR for your television, guess ...

You've probably noticed the arrow in the Fed-Ex logo -- in case you missed it, it's right there between the 'E' and the 'X.' -- but did you realize that there are plenty of other corporate logos with similarly subliminal design elements? Graphic designers spend hours hunched over their graphics tablet, stylus in hand, trying to create logos that stick in our minds. Why not kill two birds with one ...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a recording worth? Way more than that if the RIAA has anything to say about it. The folks over at Listverse have compiled a top 10 list of incredible audio recordings, and my is it a potent one. The range of emotions we experienced when listening to each selection was as varied as the recordings themselves. The most startling is a recording of ...

The Internet has mostly made our lives better. We love Google for putting piles of information at our fingertips, and, without the Web, there would be no Switched. That being said, it's undeniable that the Internet has ruined some good things, as well. The blog OMG Lists has compiled a list of nine good things ruined by the Internet (one of those things being lists). So, what good things in ...

So, you've lost your job, your main squeeze (or mistress), and some creditors are about to repossess your car (if they can find your secret parking spot three blocks from your apartment). It's tough out there. On the plus side, now you've got more time than you could possibly imagine to play those video games you bought that are just collecting dust. But what should you spend your new-found ...

Even though we're going through some tough economic times, we're always big fans of cheap (or free) upgrades to anything. That's why we were excited to see this guide to upgrading your home theater system from Lifehacker, one of our top sources for DIY projects and cheap upgrades. Lifehacker compiled their list of the 10 best cheap or free upgrades to your existing home theater set up. Some, ...

Thinking about picking up a new pocketable media device? These days, it can be like choosing a new kind of deodorant: mildly overwhelming. We here at Switched are dedicated to minimizing your boredom, and this roundup of flash-based media players should help you decide on the most efficient way to achieve the ever-elusive Constant State of Media Entertainment zen. Flash-based media players ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2008/12/31/top-tech-flops-of-2008/'; Technology is by nature overhyped, so it follows that quite often some of that new technology -- be it a service, a gadget, or a site -- fails to live up to the promise. Every year brings some tech hits and some tech misses, and 2008 was no exception. We've compiled a list of the top 12 flops in the tech world. Some ...

Like it or not, but every major media format in the world has only been successful because of the embrace of the pornography industry. VHS over Betamax, Blu-ray over HD DVD, and, of course, the explosion of the Internet. Seriously, you can thank porn for not only for the ubiquity of the 'Net, but also for many of the technologies that you've come to take for granted (though not all of them ...

The great thing about the Internet is you can track absolutely everything. Stats about everything people do in their online lives can be compiled into handy lists. NewTeeVee, has compiled some of these lists of stats into a year end round up of the most DVRd shows, most Twittered shows, and most pirated movies. According to numbers from Nielsen 'Grey's Anatomy' was the most recorded show of the ...

We hate to say it, particularly since you're probably trying to save money, but now is a pretty good time to buy an HDTV. Prices have never been lower for televisions of every shape, size, and technology. In fact, you can get an HDTV for less than $300, which is finally getting close to what a TV should cost. That said, if you're a movie watcher and have a big enough room, then we'd ...

One of the best/worst things to come from YouTube and the Web 2.0 revolution has been the advent of the viral video. And despite their cult-ish nature, they've reached a point of popularity where they're getting their own year end list. Videogum has put together a montage (check it out after the break) of what it thinks are the best viral videos of 2008, and all the biggies are there. Bill ...

It used to be that you could pretty much get any address on the Web for free (or a small administration fee), but those days are long over. Now, if a company wants the perfect Web address for a new site, they may well have to shell out quite a bit of money. While most domain names (aka Web addresses) are still relatively inexpensive, there are a few that are well out of the average surfer's ...

Since there's nothing to ring in holiday cheer like a computer-related disaster, the festive folks at ZDNet have compiled a list of the year's best. Included are such gems as a man putting his laptop into the kitchen oven before going on vacation -- Why? To protect it from burglars -- only to have his wife come home and used the oven to cook a roast chicken (and a roast laptop). Slightly more ...

In an era when fanboys start throwing tantrums if the iPod hasn't been updated in a couple months, and new cellphone models hit the store every week, we find comfort in tech that is made to last long enough to get a little dusty. Granted, that's increasingly harder to do, what with the explosion of new digital technologies in the past few decades and that pesky Moore's Law breathing down ...