All right, so maybe all the coverage isn't quite as good as being in Vancouver...but at least you'll stay warm when you check out the Olympics online! As with the Super Bowl, you can't watch officially watch the entire Olympics online. Still, check out NBC's 2010 Winter Olympics Online for video and a cool interactive competition schedule. There's more video at the official Winter Olympics 2010 site, Vancouver 2010, and on Yahoo! Sports. Want to (try to) interact with Olympians directly? Here's Twitter's list of verified Olympic athletes...and who knows, maybe some of them will make an appearance at Facebook's Vancouver 2010 fan page. If you're lucky enough to be at the Olympics or want to see snapshots from those who are, check out the Olympics Flickr Photo Group. You can also catch some of the action on your phone: ReadWriteWeb rounds up the best Olympics iPhone apps (official and non-), and iPhone Hacks has a few more. Finally, plenty of bloggers are covering the Olympics; some of the best are the NY Times' Rings, the Vancouver Sun's Inside the Olympics, FanHouse, Luke Winn at the Winter Olympics, and Newsweek's Ring Cycle.

Apple announced it's new tablet computer in January and everyone's got questions. Here are the most important ones (for now) answered.

What Is It? The Apple tablet is called the iPad. "Quite simply it works like a hybrid between an iPhone and a full laptop," explains MTV Multiplayer. "Using the touch screen, you can browse the internet, use apps, listen to music, watch movies and play games. It won't be able to make calls, but given the size, that's probably for the best." The iPad will be able to run all iPhone apps; more interesting, says Yahoo! Tech, "is the potential for app developers to build apps that take advantage of the iPad's jumbo display." The iPad has the potential to become the go-to e-reader--Apple also announced the new iBooks app and the iBookstore, where readers can download digital titles from large publishers. This should make the "the Kindle and its once-rivals shake and shudder at their bezels," says Ubergizmo.

When it's already dark at 4 PM and snow and wind are shaking the windowpanes, don't hide in bed and wait for spring--let there be light right now with these gadgets, which will chase the winter blues away.

A few online tools to make your day-to-day life easier: Backup all your online accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress, Flickr, etc.) with Backupify--sign up free through January 31. Online backup tool Carbonite backs up your entire computer and stores your stuff securely online ($54.95/year for unlimited backup). Use animoto (free) to create really good-looking video and photo slideshows. Tripit is an online travel itinerary and trip planner--e-mail all your travel confirmation e-mails to Tripit, and the site organizes them into a master travel itinerary. Mobile app Waze provides turn-by-turn navigation based on live road conditions and is entirely crowd-sourced. Hunch helps you make decisions ("Should I buy a Mac?" "Which religion should I consider?"), providing based on the collective knowledge of the community, and improves each time it's used. And Dorthy, "the first topic-based social network," can help you keep your New Year's resolutions: Users create "dreampages," and each page searches the web for relevant content.

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Cutting your cable subscription doesn't mean you have to miss your favorite shows. There are more ways than ever to watch TV online; we've outlined our ten favorites below. Best of all, lots of content is completely--and legally--free.