Other gear Home > Other gear Categories Auto PC (14) Cameras (9) GPS (4) Home entertainment (10) Music players (6) Phones (18) Robots (4) Articles Dremel, Dremel, bo-bemel, banana-fanna-fo-femel, fe-fi-fo-memel...Dremel! Computing Unplugged Magazine - March 2007 Back in December, we included a number of helpful Dremel tools in our holiday gift list articles. However, it was pointed out that we've never formally reviewed or rated the various tools we discussed in those articles. Dremel-style tools are incredibly useful around the computing shop. Here, then, is our formal review of three cool tools. U3 means portable software in your pocket Computing Unplugged Magazine - June 2006 Do you ever wish for the day when you can take your personal computing environment with you wherever you go, without having to physically carry your desktop or notebook computer around? Well, that day still isn't here. However, you can take your key programs and data with you wherever you go, and they'll fit in your pocket. At least you can do this if you carry a U3 smart drive. To learn how well these drive works, read this article by Contributing Editor Bill Mann. Learn to fly RC planes and helicopters with RealFlight G3 Computing Unplugged Magazine - April 2006 If you've ever wanted to fly RC planes and helicopters, but were afraid of crashing your very expensive toys, you should check out RealFlight G3. In this in-depth review, we examine whether or not this program can get you in the air. Portable hard drive hit parade Computing Unplugged Magazine - April 2006 Product shootout articles are more difficult to do than a single product review. It can often take a huge amount of coordination among manufacturers, PR reps, and our editorial team to get all the devices in and compare them side-by-side. Fortunately, we've managed to assemble an interesting collection of portable drives. Among our contenders is a drive that could have been great, but's a terrible failure do to a stupid marketing decision and two drives that rate perfect 5 out of 5 scores. The Planon DocuPen, not your plain old pen Computing Unplugged Magazine - March 2005 Document portability is one of the foundations of mobile computing, but who wants to carry around five pounds of paper in addition to a laptop? That's where the DocuPen R700 from Planon comes in. The DocuPen is a portable handheld scanner specifically designed to scan a full-width sheet of paper, yet remain portable enough to fit in your pocket. Read on to see what Senior Editor James Booth thinks of this pocket-sized page scanner. Cut the wires on your handheld stream Computing Unplugged Magazine - March 2005 Wouldn't it be great to be able to monitor live Internet video from different locations using your palm device? Author Richard Siderits can and does. In this Power Tip, he brings it all together for you, showing you how you too can wirelessly stream video to your handheld over a network. Duplicate DVDs and CDs with the Addonics DVD DigiCopier Computing Unplugged Magazine - December 2004 The Addonics DVD DigiCopier is a standalone box that contains a DVD player and a DVD burner. Priced at about $350, this machine makes duplicating DVDs or CDs a snap. To learn whether this device will be useful for you, read this article. The Logitech MX 1000 Laser mouse proves that optical is obsolete Computing Unplugged Magazine - November 2004 Optical is obsolete. At least according to Logitech it is. That's the tagline for their new MX 1000 Laser cordless mouse. Laser? That's right boys and girls. The Logitech MX 1000 is the first laser-powered mouse. The Logitech MX 1000 Laser mouse is 20 times more accurate than a standard LED optical mouse. Senior Technical Editor James Booth puts the Logitech MX 1000 Laser Cordless Mouse to test. To find out how it performed, you'll have to read on. X-10 makes BestFest the best fest in the the West Computing Unplugged Magazine - November 2004 What do you do when you need to control multiple electric appliances, at different locations, and you don't have assistants to spare? You do what author Dan Wolfson did, use the Radio Shack X-10 Mini Remote Control Module and Universal Appliance module. VideoNow, a $40 personal video player for kids Computing Unplugged Magazine - December 2003 In this interesting product review, James Booth reviews a $40 dollar personal video player for kids. Can this thing possibly work? You'll have to read the article to find out. The LibertyLink Docker wireless headset Computing Unplugged Magazine - December 2003 Who needs Bluetooth? The LibertyLink Docker, a headset design by Aura Communications Inc., is a lightweight, affordable, wireless headset that works with most cellular and cordless phones -- and it's not Bluetooth. It uses a secure low-power technology called magnetic induction that provides excellent sound quality, privacy from eavesdropping, and amazing battery life with no AC adaptor needed. To learn more about this interesting product, you'll have to read the full review. Putting your iPod to sleep Computing Unplugged Magazine - November 2003 If you like to go to sleep with the dulcet tones of your iPod in your ear, nothing's worse than discovering it's been playing all the while you've been sleeping, completely draining the battery. In this helpful tip by Senior Technical Editor, we show you how to sleep with the iPod and still get respect in the morning (or at least, battery power). Tablet PC and Outlook 2003 make a great team Computing Unplugged Magazine - August 2003 While there are plenty of improvements in Outlook 2003 that affect all users, Microsoft didn't forget about Tablet PC users. As Contributing Editor Bill Mann worked with the various Outlook betas on his Acer Travelmate C100 Tablet PC, he's found a number of features to be particularly useful. In this short article, Bill discusses some of his favorites. A guide to the best deals on memory in the UK PalmPower Magazine Enterprise Edition - September 2002 If you're in the United Kingdom and are shopping around for great deals on Compact Flash memory, September's PalmPower Site of the Month can really help you out. Steve Niles features Cheap-Flash.co.uk, dedicated to finding the best deals on memory in the UK. You'll flip your lid over the goVox Digital Recorder! PalmPower Magazine - November 1999 If you're looking for an easy way to record your thoughts without adding yet another self-contained gadget to your arsenal, the goVox Digital Recorder is pretty handy. In this article, Jeff Carlson gives you the scoop on this cool new device. Simply whiteboard PalmPower Magazine - May 1999 For some reason, those promoting and selling Palm devices have turned to using pretty-darn-near naked women to hawk their devices. The most recent ad campaign, entitled "Simply Palm", has sparked the ire of many of our readers, men and women alike. In response, we decided to run "Simply whiteboard". In this article, Meggan Durst, our editorial assistant and a whiteboard fanatic, compares her favorite portable organizer (the whiteboard) to everyone else's favorite portable organizer, the Palm computer. The Seiko Smart Label Printer PalmPower Magazine - March 1999 If there's one common characteristic of Palm device users, we're all gadget lovers. While some of us like gadgets that are more arcane, all of us tend to go for the cool, well-designed, perfectly integrated slick devices. While the Seiko Smart Label Printer isn't the coolest of the cool, it's certainly a slick add-on to your computer's hardware portfolio. In this clearly written review, contributing editor Claire Pieterek reviews the Smart Label Printer and gives you an overview of how it works. Can you say click and print?

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