By Megan Hayes
This summer, I took a vacation to Russia. I visited one of my college buddies while I was staying in Moscow, and I took an overnight train to St. Petersburg. Russia is just one of those places I always wanted to visit, but never had the reason. Kevin gave me the reason [...]

By Colleen Lerro
With kids heading back to school over the last couple weeks, they’ve been loading up on their back-to-school gear. I recently got the chance to check out a bunch of back-to-school electronic accessory products.

I found myself adding these products to my own wish list as they’re great for the home too, not [...]

By Colleen Lerro
I made a trip home for the first time in about a year only to find my parents had a year’s worth of new electronics waiting for me to hook up for them. A new modem, router, Ooma and Sling Box were awaiting me. My Mom also wanted to go over how [...]

By Colleen Lerro
Would you believe more men than women post their photos on Facebook? The reverse is true for MySpace, and no matter what you use, social networking sites are the most popular websites for posting photos according to a 2009 CEA study called Digital Imaging – A Focus on Sharing.
Even President Obama [...]

By Colleen Lerro
It can be hard to think spring in Washington, D.C. since we jumped from 40 degree weather and rainy days right into 90s summer-like heat. Still, it’s a season of celebrating with Mother’s Day almost here and Father’s Day and graduations right around the corner.
With Mother’s Day up first, you’d better get [...]

By Colleen Lerro
In the 1980s classic, A Christmas Story, Ralphie’s wish is for a Red Ryder BB Gun. Admittedly, my list looks a little more like the title of this post.
I asked my parents to remind Santa that I have a new address, and have been very good this year. That was followed by [...]

By Dave Wilson
As Yogi Berra’s cousin Yagi might have said, after February 17th we’ll only have digital DTV signals.
In addition to better picture quality many free over-the-air DTV signals also carry additional programming not found on cable or satellite. For this reason millions of Americans are installing or improving their TV antenna systems, and [...]

By Jennifer Bemisderfer
Thought the current financial crisis was all about Wall Street? Tell that to the consumers who are now finding it increasingly difficult to obtain new car loans.
People who thought they’d ride out this crisis in style are having to rethink those decisions. But many [...]

By Colleen Lerro
I took a trip home before my final interview here at CEA last July, and opted for the one-hour nonstop flight back over the seven hour drive from Upstate New York the day before my 10 a.m. interview. Naturally my flight was canceled so it took me two flights and nine hours [...]

By Jack Cutts
A quick glance at my watch told me the time was now 5:37pm. My pulse quickened. As the strains of the Wedding March echoed from the rafters above, I could sense that we weren’t going to make it. With kickoff scheduled for 6:00pm, it was immediately clear that we were operating under [...]