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Rick Broida

A technology writer for over 25 years, Rick Broida is a regular contributor to CNET, eHow, Wired, Time, and other outlets, and has written thousands of product reviews, technology features, how-to guides, and He’s the author of “The Cheapskate Rules: 21 Easy Money-Saving Tech Secrets”, blog posts and over a dozen other books. His most recent venture: the room-escape adventure “Trapped in a Room with a Zombie,” now playing in Detroit, MI.

Posts by Rick Broida

How to Keep Your Kids Safe Online [Video]

The Internet is probably the single best parental resource since the invention of grandma and grandpa. Pity the poor mums and dads of the previous generation, who didn’t have an endless network of blogs, how-to guides, and online communities at their fingertips.