Click Chick brings the world of technology down to earth with her weekly column "Click Chick," published in MidWeek. Alison Stewart previously worked on the IT staff at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin/MidWeek and is currently a systems analyst for the government. In addition, Stewart is proud to serve her country as a member of the U.S. Air Force via the Hawaii Air National Guard.


Below are the last 10 columns written by Alison Stewart

Windows Phone 7: iPhone Killer?

March 17, 2010
By Alison Stewart

Since Apple’s revolutionary iPhone came into the world, numerous companies have attempted to make “iPhone killers.” None of them has come close to being successful, but Microsoft just announced its Windows Phone 7 series.

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Let’s Help Get Hawaii Up To Speed

March 10, 2010
By Alison Stewart

Compared to other places in the nation and around the world, Hawaii has some of the slowest Internet connection speeds. I had a perfect firsthand example of this on my last trip to Japan.

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Control A Drone With Your iPhone

March 03, 2010
By Alison Stewart

One of the most anticipated tech toys of this year is the Parrot’s AR.Drone. It’s a quadricopter with builtin cameras and Wi-Fi for video streaming, and best of all you control it with your iPhone or iPod touch.

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Levana’s Line Of Baby Monitors

February 24, 2010
By Alison Stewart

If you’re a new parent-to-be, one of the things you probably added to your list of things to buy is a baby monitor. It’s impossible for you to be with your baby 24/7, so a baby monitor lets you hear and/or see what your baby is up to if you’re in another part of the house.

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World’s First LCD Greeting Card

February 17, 2010
By Alison Stewart

In partnership with American Greetings and Target, Euri Inc. has developed the world’s first digital photo greeting card. Combining sight, sound and a nice LCD screen, this is the perfect card to send to your loved ones across the ocean (an especially great gift for the deployed military servicemember in your life).

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Apple Introduces Its iPad E-reader

February 10, 2010
By Alison Stewart

As you probably know, last week Apple announced its much-anticipated “e-reader,” called the iPad. As I was watching Apple CEO Steve Jobs’announcement, I cringed when I first heard that name as it brought to mind, um, feminine products.

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New Netbooks With Itel’s Atom Chip

February 03, 2010
By Alison Stewart

If you rushed out and bought a netbook for Christmas, sorry, but you missed out on Intel’s new Atom processor (N450) for the new generation of net-books. From here into the near future, this is the preferred processor for your netbook.

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Enjoying The 3D TV Experience

January 27, 2010
By Alison Stewart

Thanks to the movie Avatar, 3D movies are more popular than ever, and 2010 will see the introduction of 3D TV into homes. 3D TV lets you experience the content on your TV (TV shows, movies or games) with a stereoscopic effect.

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Oceanic’s Road Runner Mobile

January 20, 2010
By Alison Stewart

A technology called WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) came to Hawaii in December, and brought us 4G mobile broadband service.

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Fun New Tech Toys For 2010

January 13, 2010
By Alison Stewart

For starters, as I write this, the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is kicking off in Las Vegas, and there’ll be no shortage of new products on display - more than 20,000 in fact.

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