Voice recognition is supposed to free us from a life of tapping at a keyboard, but the technology still needs work.

Travel much? Whether it’s for work or play, here we look at a handful of recommended downloads for BlackBerry, iPhone or Android users. These work on smartphones and tablets, too.

A free tool patches Adobe Flash to allow fullscreen Flash video on multimonitor setups.

OK, so you’ve taken a gazillion photos over the holidays, but you’re not sure how to organize, edit and share them? I’ve been playing around with the Photo Fuse feature built into Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011 and I’m very impressed with the results. Here’s a quick video about this free software.

In this CTV News Channel chat, I talk about smartphone apps to help you keep your New Year’s resolutions; Doro, a cell phone for seniors; and XM Snap!, an inexpensive way to get satellite radio. Off the top I also mention what I was expecting from the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. Hope you like.

From the mailbag: “I like being able to ‘pin’ my favourite programs to the taskbar, but I heard there’s an easier way to launch them?”

Save energy & quickly resume working by setting your computer to sleep and wake up on a schedule.

Own an Android-powered smartphone or tablet? While there are many thousands of third-party apps to download from the Android Market, Google of course gives special treatment to its own mobile operating system, evident by some very cool (and some exclusive) apps, discussed here.

People tend to think of tablets through the lens of the consumer, but Fuze Box shows that they have great enterprise capabilities, too.

In this CTV News Channel “Tech Talk” segment, I discuss five ways shoppers could snag a good deal when buying technology products over the holiday season. Have any of your own money-saving suggestions to share? Do tell! ‘Tis the season, after all.