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A New and Simple Way To Share Digital Photos

Smilebox offers templates for creating attractive virtual scrapbooks, slideshows, photobooks and postcards. The site’s design and simplicity also helps to make the photo-sharing service fun and easy to use.

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Buying a Digital Camera: Our Annual Guide

In our annual digital camera buyer’s guide, we explain what features mainstream buyers should be familiar with when shopping.

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Two Challengers Enter The Smartphone Wars

Two of the latest Microsoft-based, would-be Treo killers boast larger screens and roomier slide-out keyboards, but neither of the devices offers the form and functionality of the Treo 650.

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Internet Service Offers Help With Homework

Cosmeo, a subscription site from Discovery Communications which marshals a mix of video, audio, photos, text articles and step-by-step math instruction, allows parents to help their kids — and learn a little bit more themselves.

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Setting Up Your Own Security Camera at Home

A security camera can be a useful addition to a household but can be expensive and require a professional installation. Walt and Katie test an affordable surveillance camera that users can set up on their own.

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Tuning In to Internet Radio Without a Computer

The Roku SoundBridge Radio wirelessly connects to your broadband service and streams Internet radio without a computer. The device needs a little tweaking, but its easy set up might encourage more people to step away from their computers.

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Using a Fingerprint To Log On to Your PC

Fingerprint-reading sensors are a smart solution for saving time and avoiding the memorization of long lists of passwords, but some of the software that controls the process is confusing and could be a lot better.

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A New Way to Avoid the Video Store

MovieBeam is selling a gadget prestocked with movies that you rent at the click of a button. It’s a smart way to avoid the hassle of renting DVDs or downloading movies online, but its limited selection is a major drawback.

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Searching the Web for Video Clips

Video on the Web is all the rage now, but what are the best ways to find clips? Here’s a look at 10 video searching/hosting sites where one can find everything from TV shows to amateur videos.

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Sizing Up the Latest Crop of Digital Cameras

Here’s a look at three new, pocket-sized digital cameras: the Olympus Stylus 710, Nikon Coolpix S5 and Canon PowerShot SD630. All are impressively svelte and take good pictures, but the Canon comes out on top.

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A Simple Way to Back Up Cellphone Contacts

Losing your cellphone can be a disaster, because it often contains the only copy of your address book. Spark Technology’s CellStik, which plugs into your phone to back up data, offers a smart, easy way to protect against this.

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A New Web Site For Real-Estate Voyeurs

Zillow allows users to look up the value of a home, without having to register or communicate with an agent or broker. Even in its test phase, the site is a valuable online asset for homeowners or those shopping for a home.

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Test-Riding a $5,000 Indoor Bike

A test-workout on the Spark, a new Web-connected stationary bike that allows you to race against virtual riders, finds that it makes exercise more interesting. But most of the virtual courses will be too strenuous for out-of-shape users.

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Turning Your Cellphone Into Your Home Phone

Cellphones rule in lots of places but the old-fashioned wired phone still wins at home. Here’s a look at two products that aim to solve that problem by tying your cellphone into your wired home phone setup.

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The iMac Gets a Brain Transplant

Last week, Apple’s iMac became the first Macintosh model to be converted to work on Intel processors. So, how did it go? After testing an Intel-based iMac against an iMac G5 the verdict is in: The brain transplant was a success.

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