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Netbooks small, lower-powered, and inexpensive laptops with an emphasis on Internet connectivity rather than general purpose computing are a big new category in computer sales. With entrants such as the Asus EeeePC, MSI Wind, HP Mini, and Lenovo IdeaPad, most of the major vendors (with the notable exceptions of Apple and Dell) are moving into this market. Netbooks are … Read more

The nice people at Devotec sent me a Solar Charger to test. It came with collection of adapters, so it can charge a wide variety of electronic devices. Devotec Industries: Solar Battery Power I was most interested in my iPhone. It’s the device that goes dead first when we are camping, so I wanted to … Read more

Mini-laptops are finally coming into their own, as small hardware has finally become powerful enough to run typical business applications. The Macbook Air, the Sony TZ series, and the new HP Mini typify mini notebooks. The Air and the TZ are diminutive, to be sure, but they’re no less expensive than a full-sized laptop. That … Read more

Photographs taken with film fade with age, and even negatives yellow and become brittle. Digital photos, on the other hand, retain the same brilliant color and clarity every time you pull them up on the computer screen—until your hard disk crashes and you instantly lose every photo you’ve ever taken. Yes, digital photography has its … Read more

I hate Bluetooth headsets. Being a geek, I liked the idea of them and tried to be an early adopter, but they all sucked. From the static introduced by poor Bluetooth connections to minor incompatibilities between phones and headsets to the problem of keeping them charged and the fact that they either hurt my ear … Read more