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August 2011

77 posts

CardMunch for the iPhone

If you travel a lot for business or go to a lot of conferences the one thing that you are sure to collect are business cards. Everyone you meet will hand you one. The question is what to do with it. You stick it in the back of a wallet or maybe a coat pocket and then forget about it.

Bluetrek Carbon Wireless Headset Review

Recently we received a Bluetrek Carbon Wireless headset for review. When my wife saw it she was immediately drawn to it. She has a very active on the go lifestyle and thought it would be something she would like to try as she could wear the headset without the over the ear hook. The headset had a kit that included

Mophie Juice Pack Plus Update

Over the past two  years I have had a love hate relationship with the Mophie Juice Pack. It has been awhile since my last update, but I wanted to let you know my recent experience has been. When I owned a iPhone 3g I went through three of their external battery cases and reported here about the mortality rate of

Verbatim Ergo Wireless Optical Mouse Review

The folks at Verbatim sent over their new Ergo Wireless Optical Mouse to review. Most of you that have followed me know that I love trackballs, and use them primarily when I am sitting at my desk.  For the first time in at least 10 years I am using this new mouse from Verbatim as my primary mouse if that

Linksys RE1000 Wireless-N Range Extender Review

Do you have a large home in which your wireless router signal is not available in some locations. I have that situation in my home, where the kids bedrooms wireless signal is 1 bar or less. Today I fixed that by installing a Linksys RE1000 Wireless-N Range Extender. Total setup time of the wireless range extender from opening the box

ToughTech Secure Q with WriteLock Review

External hard drives are a dime a dozen, so when I was give the opportunity to review a ToughTech Secure Q with WriteLock 128 Bit AES Encrypted Hard Drive Enclosure by WiebeTech I jumped on it. I consider a great deal of data that I have on my hard drives to be very sensitive. We have vendor contracts, proposals, user

Magellan RoadMate 9055-LM Review

I have reviewed at least a dozen different GPS devices over the past 5 years, but have never reviewed a Magellan GPS. Immediately upon opening the box I could tell that the Magellan RoadMate 9055-LM was not your normal GPS. The first thing that grabbed my attention was the 7 inch touch screen that was at least 25% bigger than

Severe Weather Tip – Switch Android Settings to Save Battery

With Hurricane Irene now making it's way up the east coast of the US, it's a good time to review what you can do to conserve your phone's battery during power outages.  It's also handy for travel, or anytime you won't be able to recharge for an extended period.  Fortunately, Android makes it very simple to manage battery life -

Alfred for the Mac

One type of application that can help you increase your productivity are what people call launcher apps. There are several popular ones for the Mac including Quicksilver, Launchbar and Alfred. I have tried all three, but lately I have been using Alfred. Alfred can be download through the Mac App Store or through the Alfred Web site. I recommend doing

How HP TouchPad’s Demise Hurt One Company

One company was hurt big-time because of the HP TouchPad. We look at that, and what Barnes and Noble should have done when their orders were cancelled.

GNC #699 Listen to Win

Next show is the big 700. I hope you will join my live show and participate in our 700th show celebration. You have a chance to win some cool prizes check out the trivia questions below.. I will be giving out some great prizes on Show 700 and to qualify to win you must submit as many answers as you

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