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December hasn’t been the best month for Verizon Wireless customers. First, the company’s 4G data networks have been acting up (and dropping out) seemingly every other day, and if that wasn’t enough of an inconvenience, now there’s this interesting tidbit: after years of encouraging customers to pay their cellular bills online, Verizon has pulled an abrupt 180-degree turn and now plans to charge customers a $2 “Convenience Fee” (doublespeak alert!) if they pay online or over the phone. Yep, starting January 15th, the priciest cellular option around is getting a wee bit pricier.
You're a veteran tech geek. You build all your own systems. Your friends and family always look to you for advice when buying PC gear or gadgets. Yet there's still stuff you don't own, and don't realize you need. Now, it's true that many of you may have a couple of the items on this list. But there's likely gear here you don't have, and didn't realize you could use.








