More and more consumers join the world of online shopping each year. For one reason or another some consumers have remained on the sidelines when it comes to online shopping. If you, or someone you know, has just started shopping online (and yes there are people out there who have just started) the Money Saving Blog has a nice list of useful tips to help make shopping safe and secure. These suggestions are even good for a seasoned online shopper so take a look.

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When does the Christmas shopping season “officially” begin? I used to think it was the day after Thanksgiving. These days, however, retailers waste no time converting from Halloween to Christmas. Regardless when the season starts, shopping for deals this year will be on the top of everyone’s list. One web site that might be able to help is a place called DealLocker. Check out Rick Broida’s (CNet) post about this coupon collecting site to learn about how it works and where to find it.

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In my previous article I broke the URL acronyms for the popular Craig’s List “cars & trucks” category. To take the idea a step further here’s a quick tutorial outlining the steps necessary to create a Windows desktop launch icon that will open your browser to your preferred sub-section of the cars & trucks category.

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Like searching Craig’s List “cars & trucks” category but hate seeing any listings “by Dealers?” If so, here’s a quick tip for “manually” narrowing your search to listings “by Owner” only.

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Found an interesting and useful article about sneaky fees and how all of us are starting to pay more and we might not even know it. Even though I enjoyed the article, I have to admit I was pretty depressed when I was done.

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Okay, this is the second Friday in a row where I’m not writing a “tech specific” Friday Find. But in my kid’s mind, Nerf guns are cool tech toys. That being said, I’ve got a warning for all Nerf gun fans: the latest gun to the Nerf arsenal is a complete dud.

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Back in January of this year I wrote an article addressing the question of whether it was possible to clone a SIM card from a GSM cell phone. The article explained why such action wasn’t possible with a SIM card reader and basic software. Since that article, the reader comments have been consistently flowing in and the article remains one of my most frequently read items. Despite my explanation, some readers have claimed that they have succeeded at what I said was impossible. Unfortunately, when pressed for details, responses where either nonexistent or lacking critical details. Fortunately, all that changed on 9/26/2008 when reader DonJuan posted a detailed response that might have solved a nagging cell phone problem.

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Have you looked in your Windows Control Panel recently and noticed an icon for Apple’s MobileMe application? If you installed or upgraded to Apple’s iTunes version 7.7, then whether you wanted it or not, MobileMe was also installed. If you own an iPhone or iPod Touch, you might want to try this new “cloud computing” style service from Apple. Of course, if you don’t have either of those devices, and have no interest in MobileMe, then you’ll probably want to remove this application and here’s how.

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A guitar chord cheat sheet might not be for the technical audience of TechTraction, but it’s still a great example of all the amazing free resources available across the web.

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Well, most (but not all) Comcast customers knew it was coming: notification of Comcast’s new bandwidth restriction policy. I got my email notification late last week and while I understood the technical aspect of the email I questioned whether the same could be said for the average Comcast customer.

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