Valentine’s Day is this Sunday…

…so just for fun, I did a Google search for the following phrase:

* TECH GIFTS FOR HER ON VALENTINE’S DAY

And in return…

…Google gave me 2,280,000 pages of results that would help me in my search for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for Mrs. Stebben.

But if you’re a guy, and you’re interested in preserving your relationship with your wife or girlfriend…

…I suggest you ignore all the tips about tech gifts on Valentine’s Day on those 2,280,000 webpages, and take my advice (along with a lot of help from Mrs. Stebben) from the following tips instead:

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Super Bowl Sunday is just days away.

As you probably know, this means we will buy and eat record numbers of pizzas, avocados (for guacamole) and beer and Coke.

And in the days leading up to Super Bowl Sunday…

…we will also buy record numbers of big-screen HDTVs.

So are you in the market for a big-screen HDTV before the big game?

If so, here’s what you need to know:

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If you want to talk tech (vs. Brangelina) this week…

…that means you want to talk about Apple.

Wednesday is the day for the big announcement that is sure to change the world.

And here are a few of the predictions about what Wednesday’s Apple announcements will bring:

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UPDATE ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 @ 4:13 PM EASTERN
Think of this as a public-service announcement:

Earlier today, Microsoft released a security patch to cure the “Google” problem.

Here is one good article from CNET giving coverage to the security issue and the patch:

http://tinyurl.com/yaywt6f

For more info, read on for my original blogpost:

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Lost for many this week amidst all the headlines about Apple’s iWhateverTabletSlateThing and Google and China and IE…was news of (maybe) a price war between Verizon and AT&T.

But will your monthly bill go down?

Yes for some…but no for many, when they get a new phone.

It depends on your phone, and how you use it.

Some will actually see a price increase when they get a new phone.

Some price war, right?

CNET offers excellent (although confusing) analysis here:

http://tinyurl.com/ydpfqth

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By now you’ve seen or heard the headlines:

* GERMANY WARNS AGAINST USING INTERNET EXPLORER

– Seattle Post Intelligencer

* FRANCE JOINS GERMANY WARNING AGAINST INTERNET EXPLORER

– BBC News

· GERMANY, FRANCE WARN USERS OF INTERNET EXPLORER

– Wall Street Journal

So what’s GOING ON?

And should you be AFRAID?

And should you STOP using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer?

Here’s what you need to know:

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You can donate $10 to the American Red Cross for the people of Haiti by texting the word “Haiti” to 90999.

Turn anything into a speaker for your iPod…a coffee cup, a cardboard box, your desk.

Click through to see amazing video and find out more.

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When it comes to online privacy…

…CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook recently had some interesting things to say about it:

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In 2009, everyone was interested in saving money.

And that looks to be true in 2010, too.

That’s why the first week of January is the PERFECT TIME…

…to talk about ways to use your computer and the Internet to help you manage your money better, and save.

When most people think of money-management software…

…they think of Microsoft Money and Intuit’s Quicken.

But now it’s time to update your thinking:

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