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COMPUTING UNPLUGGED MAGAZINE - NOVEMBER 2004
X-10 makes BestFest the best fest in the the West
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.

Bluetooth, a commercial application of mobile ad-hoc network
Bluetooth is an implementation of ad-hoc mobile network technology. In fact, if you want to meet people, Bluetooth might be just the ticket. Want to know more? In this article, Contributing Editor Humayun Bakht sinks his teeth into Bluetooth.

Meet the Meeples
As a judge for Pocket PC Magazine's 2004 Software Awards, one of the nominations in the PIM (Personal Information Manager) category Tim Hillebrand had to deal with was Meeple. He found himself a bit baffled with it because it wasn't like any PIM he'd ever been acquainted with. Find out just what Meeple is and whether or not it's actually a PIM.

Backup Battle Royale
Whether you're responsible for a multi-national corporate enterprise, or just a home handheld user, the security of your data depends on reliable backups. In this Battle Royale of the Backups, Senior Technical Editor James Booth examines three backup utilities for Palm OS handheld devices, comparing features, price, reliability, and ease of use. Which one will be the ultimate champion? Read on to find out.

The Logitech MX 1000 Laser mouse proves that optical is obsolete
Optical is obsolete.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.

CalliGrapher 7.4 gives you natural handwriting recognition
CalliGrapher gives you natural handwriting recognition on your Windows-powered Pocket PC. To learn how well it works, you'll have to read this article.

WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE
Group communication in mobile ad-hoc networks
What happens when you try to use mobile networks for communicating in groups, through the "social" network? In this article, Contributing Editor Humayun Bakht answers just that question.

KEEPING SCORE ON MOBILE SOLUTIONS
Mobile ROI Boot camp
This week, we continue our popular Total Cost of Ownership series from Dale and Dawna with an introduction to the issues of cost when looking at mobile solutions. If you're investing in mobile tech, you owe it to yourself (and your company) to devour this article!


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