So you want to watch movies from the internet on your Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch? Or on your TV?

Start the new year off right by making sure your Mac is healthy! Here is our list of some things to check for:

The Lower East Side Ecology Center has scheduled numerous e-waste recycling events for January. Here they are, broken down by borough (sorry, Staten Island):

Last month, we gave you some tips on where to get some cool tech gifts. And our blog is showcasing one gadget gift every day from December 1st through 24th. (Go to the blog to see the posts you missed; sign up on the blog homepage to get every new blog post in your email inbox.) Today we've got some suggestions of what Apple products might be appropriate for different kinds of people at various price points.

Last year's holiday newsletter had a list of 5 places to get great tech gifts, both in NYC and online. The stores on last year's list:

AC Gears

J&R

Spy Shops

ThinkGeek

Gizmine

Here is this year's list of 5 different stores, some in New York and some online only.

Usually our newsletters are about some bit of Apple news or a cool new gadget. This one is about us!

Guess what? Apple announced some new stuff again, just in time for the holidays. Here's the roundup. First off, Apple is selling approximately 30 billion Macs every thirty seconds. Ok, we're exaggerating, but they're doing really well, opening new stores all over the world, and the sun shines brightly in Cupertino and in the hearts of those of us who support Apple products.

Everyone's talking about computers and "the cloud." So what's this cloud stuff, you ask? It's not so complicated. "The cloud" is simply a computer offsite (not in your home or office) that's specifically set up to store your data. Usually you pay a company a monthly fee to store your data on their computers at their facility—much like you would pay Gotham Super Storage each month to rent a storage unit for boxes or furniture. Why would you want your data elsewhere than in your home or office? Here are the top reasons: backup, sync, and storing and sharing files.

Apple hasn't been resting, and shortly after our last newsletter in which we recapped some of their recent product updates, Steve Jobs held a press conference to introduce another slate of new products and updates. Here they are!

A couple of months ago, Apple made a big news splash with the release of iPhone 4. But they haven't stood still. What have they been up to since then? We're here to tell you.