David lives in San Francisco and is an editor at Gelf Magazine. He also freelances for several magazines including Wired and Business 2.0. He's always on the lookout for new ideas about how to make life at work more efficient, more productive, and more fun. Please feel free to send...
Back in April, the TSA decided they had had enough of the holdups and complications caused by their requirement that every laptop-carrying passenger remove his or her computer to go through the airport security checkpoints. So, strangely, they did some rather progressive! They sent out a list of standards to...
If you're considering replacing your bulky laptop with a smaller one, or simply want another, tiny notebook to take on short business trips, you're probably confused by onslaught of new ultraportables making their way into the market. Yes, you've probably heard about the expensive ones: the impossibly thin Macbook...
Last time we broached this subject, Rick mentioned several things you can do to save juice, including the most important one: dim your laptop's screen. Today, Tablet PC Review has a few more useful tips to make your computer last longer, including turning off any Bluetooth or WiFi devices. The...
Happy Friday. As the work week winds to a close, I thought Id point out another one of my favorite places to get cheap gadgets on the web: Dealhack. (Yes, all the best sites have "hack" in their names these days.) Every day, Dealhack finds dozens of online...
I recently bought an iPowerPro adapter to charge my laptop on a long plane ride to Asia. I even checked with seatguru.com to make sure my seat had access to the juice, but when I got on the plane, an outlet was nowhere to be found. I was stuck rereading...
Laptops and liquids dont mix well. Ive lost one to a Diet Dr. Pepper and have seen another fried due to a harried late-night combination of Google and Heineken. The two seem to be brought together in the most inopportune places—conference rooms and airplane...
Several of the cool gadgets Ill be pointing you to, like the mouse-that-fits-into-your-laptop I mentioned last week, require Bluetooth in order to interact wirelessly with your computer. And while the majority of new laptops and desktops come equipped with Bluetooth, most older models like my Dell Inspiron do...
One of the biggest bummers of traveling with a laptop is trying to use the built-in trackpad and nub to navigate. Apart from my general difficulty dealing with the cramped design, I always end up inadvertently hitting the pad with my thumb while typing, thus moving the cursor...
Now that I finally own a real Timbuk2 messenger bag (and not the knock-off I bought in a Wal-Mart a few years back), I can say that it is one of the most durable, useful, and, well, cool, things that I own. But I'm kicking myself for buying...
The other day, we told you about a way to wirelessly connect your laptop to an external monitor. Now, you can wirelessly dock your laptop into all of your peripherals via Kensington's Wireless USB Universal Docking Station. It's not exactly as universal as it says it is--you'll need a newer,...
For some of us, looking for wifi in a new or public place is a constant mystery. Our built-in monitors in our laptops tell us we're near a signal, but we still can't get online. Part of the reason is that we don't have enough information. The Xirrus Widget (available...
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