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  • Great Gadgets: Ten-Port USB Hub with Power

    Posted on Monday December 28th, 2009 at 13:19 in gadgets

    We have a lot of accessories these days. On your computer, you may have a webcam attached to one USB port. You may have a keyboard in another, a wireless mouse in yet another, and perhaps an external hard drive or three. How on Earth are you going t...

  • Great Gadgets: Asus UL30Vt-X1 13.3-Inch Notebook PC

    Posted on Monday December 21st, 2009 at 17:57 in gadgets

    The netbook market has really exploded onto the scene, giving people a full laptop experience in a more compact package. However, the smaller screen, smaller keyboard, and decreased performance can still leave a lot to be desired. Fitting somewhere ...

  • Great Gadgets: TrendNet SecurView Internet Camera

    Posted on Monday December 14th, 2009 at 16:20 in gadgets

    Want to keep an eye on your business even when you’re not there? Perhaps you’ll be traveling during the holidays and your storefront will be left unattended for several days in a row. Maybe you want to check in on your shop during the ev...

  • Great Gadgets: Asus K40IJ-D2 14-Inch Entertainment Laptop

    Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 14:03 in gadgets

    Even though it was a name that only a handful of computer geeks knew just a few years back, Asus has quickly become one of the more popular brands of consumer electronics in North America. This company started out specializing in motherboards, but t...

  • Great Gadgets: Aluratek 2-Port VGA Video Splitter

    Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 16:48 in gadgets

    Ever wanted to output your computer’s display onto two separate screens? There are a variety of ways to do this, but one of the simplest may be with something like the Aluratek 2-Port VGA Video Splitter. This plugs into the VGA output on your ...

  • Great Gadgets: New Creative Vado Camcorder

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 15:45 in gadgets

    This market may have started out with the original Flip Video, but it has since exploded with offerings from all sorts of other companies. One of the first major competitors to Flip Camcorder was the Creative Vado, but many people still say that it ...

  • Great Gadgets: Kodak Zi8 1080p Pocket HD Camcorder

    Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 14:02 in gadgets

    The pocket camcorder market has certainly become popular, thanks largely to the Flip line of camcorders for Pure Digital. When they first started out, they were only capable of producing VGA resolution videos. Shortly thereafter, we started to see ...

  • Great Gadgets: Bubble Wrap Keychain

    Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 14:57 in gadgets

    Who doesn’t enjoy popping bubble wrap? Half the fun of receiving a new package in the mail is when you crack open the box and discover all sorts of bubble wrap. It can be quite wasteful, however, when you go through rolls and rolls of the offi...

  • Great Gadgets: MSI Wind U230 Netbook

    Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 16:26 in gadgets

    When most people think of netbooks, they’ll usually think of little computers with 10-inch screens and Intel Atom processors. MSI seems to be bucking the trend for this go-around, introducing the new MSI Wind U230 netbook. It may look like any...

  • Great Gadgets: HP TouchSmart PC with Windows 7

    Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 13:00 in gadgets

    In case you didn’t know, Microsoft officially launched Windows 7 last week. This means that many of your favorite retailers are now carrying a range of Windows 7 computers, including desktops, notebooks, and even netbooks. For something a litt...

  • Great Gadgets: USB Digital Microscope

    Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 15:36 in gadgets

    We’ve gone digital with so many aspects in our lives. We’ve got digital cameras to take pictures, digital signals for our televisions, and digital clocks to tell the time. It’s about time that our semi-scientific endeavors enter th...

  • Great Gadgets: PowerStation Cable Organizer

    Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 15:30 in gadgets

    You’ve got your BlackBerry to handle e-mail on the go. You have your iPod to entertain you during those long drives to the office. You have your digital camera to snap shots with colleagues and business associates. There’s a good chance t...

  • Great Gadgets: Brother QL-570 Professional Label Printer

    Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 17:18 in gadgets

    Most of us are familiar with the traditional set of handheld label makers. You’d usually be able to hold these things in your hands, type out the text that you need with the on-board keyboard, hit the print button, and you’d be provided w...

  • Great Gadgets: Logitech Quick Call

    Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 16:10 in gadgets

    . You want the ability to communicate with your business associates from all around the world, but the long distance plans through conventional landline telephone services can prove to be quite pricey sometimes. That’s why so many people have ...

  • Great Gadgets: HP Envy 13 and Envy 15 Notebooks

    Posted on Monday September 21st, 2009 at 15:00 in gadgets

    What do you do if you like the look and feel of an Apple MacBook Pro, but you need a Windows-based environment for work purposes? Sure, there are plenty of ways for you to load Windows Vista onto a Mac, but wouldn’t it be nice if you could get ...

  • Great Gadgets: Coffee Cup Power Inverter

    Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 16:01 in gadgets

    Whether you are a sales professional going out to close a deal or you are an executive heading to an important board meeting, there is a good chance that you may be spending a lot of time on the road. When you are behind the steering wheel, you want ...

  • Great Gadgets: Touch Pen for iPhone

    Posted on Monday September 7th, 2009 at 14:30 in gadgets

    When Apple first announced the iPhone, many people scoffed at its lack of business-minded functionality. They saw it as a toy for the masses and one that would never be suited for the corporate world. With successive iterations and the introduction o...

  • Great Gadgets: Solar-Powered Fan Cap

    Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 16:07 in gadgets

    As sad as it may sound, we’re coming up on the end of summer. The kids are going back to the school and it won’t be long before the leaves begin to fill the sky with autumn colors. Even so, it can still be quite warm outside and thereR...

  • Great Gadgets: Polycom USB Skype Speakerphone

    Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 15:31 in gadgets

    There is a good chance that you use Skype for business calls, because this can provide for much more affordable long distance calls compared to conventional landline telephones and cell phones. That said, using Skype on your computer may not provide ...

  • Great Gadgets: Verbatim InSight Portable Hard Drive

    Posted on Monday August 17th, 2009 at 16:54 in gadgets

    So, you’ve yourself a new portable hard drive with the intention of backing up your valuable data and carrying digital documents between computers and locations. For the average consumer, this may seem like a relatively simple process with any ...

  • Great Gadgets: Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 3000

    Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 15:02 in gadgets

    I don’t like cables. I understand that there are people out there who can’t stand the latency of wireless devices and, as such, prefer a wired connection for improved fidelity and accuracy, but I’m willing to make a few small sacrif...

  • Great Gadgets: Kensington Wireless Mouse and Keypad

    Posted on Monday August 3rd, 2009 at 14:30 in gadgets

    If you’re going to be a mobile professional, you really can’t leave home (or the office) without your trusty notebook computer. This is your mobile workstation and it’s what you’re going to use to fire off those important emai...

  • Great Gadgets: WD Scorpio Blue 1TB Hard Drive

    Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 15:08 in gadgets

    You thought that massive hard drives were only available for desktop applications and that the notebook crowd had to lag behind? That’s not completely true! Western Digital is always pushing the envelope when it comes to mobile hard drives too ...

  • Great Gadgets: MoGo Talk for iPhone

    Posted on Monday July 20th, 2009 at 15:52 in gadgets

    Do you want the convenience of a Bluetooth headset but you have a habit of losing your smaller gadgets? You might remember the MoGo mouse that was released some time back. The computer mouse conveniently stowed away in your laptop’s PCMCIA slot...

  • Great Gadgets: BlackBerry Tour 9630

    Posted on Monday July 13th, 2009 at 16:48 in gadgets

    The BlackBerry line of devices from Research in Motion has long since been applauded as being among the best smartphones for the business world. Last year, we were introduced to the BlackBerry Bold 9000 and Curve 8900 (Javelin), ushering in a new gen...

  • Great Gadgets: Lenovo ThinkVision USB SoundBar

    Posted on Monday July 6th, 2009 at 13:54 in gadgets

    So, you’re looking for a decent set of computer speakers, but you don’t think you have the desk space to spare. What can you do? One possibility is to buy an LCD monitor that already has a set of integrated speakers, but it’s quite ...

  • Great Gadgets: Griffin PowerDuo Reserve

    Posted on Monday June 29th, 2009 at 18:11 in gadgets

    Whether you are traveling for business or pleasure, the last thing that you want to see happen is your iPod or iPhone run out of battery. This leaves you without possibly your primary source of entertainment, Internet access, and communication. It...

  • Great Gadgets: Swivel and Tilt Webcam

    Posted on Monday June 22nd, 2009 at 17:56 in gadgets

    The issue that you may encounter with many webcams is that you can only point them in one direction. A lot of the time, you have to adjust the base of the webcam if you want it to look up, down, to the left, or to the right. Wouldn’t it be easi...