BlackBerry users are a stubborn bunch, almost as fond of their device’s familiar features — scroll wheel, full minikeyboard and big screen — as they are of constantly checking email. So when I directed all of my work and personal email from my current BlackBerry to the newest BlackBerry 8800 for this column’s testing, I [...]
Many people are heading into this year’s holiday season with tighter budgets, prompting them to be even more selective with their gift buying. One way to make sure you’re getting the most for your dollar is to search the Web for product reviews.
Katie tests Asus’s Eee Top, the company’s first entry into the all-in-one PC computer category. At $600, or half the cost of the least expensive iMac or HP TouchSmart, the Eee Top brings the fun and accessibility of a touch-screen computer to people who might not otherwise afford it.
Samsung’s new LED TV 7000 is integrated with the Yahoo Widget Engine, allowing people to watch TV and access the Web on the same big screen at the same time.
Many laptops tend to run hot, making them uncomfortable and sometimes painful to use on your lap. Now, companies are selling trays and pads designed to cool hot laptops and, in turn, cool laps.
BumpTop, a program that displays items in a way that makes programs and files easy to see and open, turns your digital desktop into a three-dimensional environment.
ThisMoment — a free software program that artistically assembles digital content — will give your moments a polished look that makes you proud to share, writes Katherine Boehret.
RealPlayer SP grabs videos from the Web and converts and transfers them to over a dozen portable devices. While other software programs perform two or just one of these tasks, RealPlayer’s trio of talent make it like a digital Swiss army knife.
Edited by Walt and written by Katie Boehret, this is a guide to gadgets, web services and other consumer technologies.
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