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So you found a great hiking trail or an interesting neighborhood walk. You could describe it to your friends - or take them with you. The Lo...

iPad + iCade = Asteroids!

An iPad and iCade cabinet from Ion Audio will take you back to the days when video games were played standing up with a roll of quarters in...

Portable labelmaker organizes your life

Need to bring a little order to your household chaos? Maybe your life could use some labels. Dymo sells a slew of label printers for a varie...

Neato's robot cleans the floors, works when we tell it to, and keeps the cats entertained.  It may be the best home appliance invention...

Yurbuds make earbuds stay put

Earbuds might be just fine for a slow walk around the block, but wih serious exercise, the buds can  hurt your ears or fall out. That was th...

V-Moda headphones have the sound of your brand

Dr. Dre isn't the only music entrepreneur with a line of headphones that mix high performance with high style. The M-80 Crossfade headp...

Guitar Link lets pickers quietly rock out

Behringer's Guitar Link is a gadget that will appeal to both guitar hackers and serious musicians. The device connects an electric guit...

Neat Receipts clears the paper clutter

The Neat Company is in business to bring some order to that stack of bills, business cards and documents that typically clutter up your desk...

Bluetooth phone channels a modern Ma Bell

Call me old fashioned, but I often miss the old Ma Bell telephones, the ones with a handset where the speaker and microphone actually lined ...

Click and Grow has herbs on autopilot

The vegetable garden is packed away for the winter, but we are expecting to have fresh basil all winter. This week my daughter and I got our...

Pioneer speakers cut the wires

This has been a summer with a soundtrack. When we spent time outside, we often brought along portable speakers. Sometime it was the Bose  So...

Handheld scanner captures text and images

A couple of years ago I was in a library doing research on my family history when I ran across a book containing a photo of my great-great-g...

Getting light where you need it

The latest ebook readers from Amazon and Barnes & Noble include built-in lights for reading in a dark environment. If your reader goes d...

New pedometers get you up and going

Striiv pedometer. C heck the drawers and closets at your house. You’ll probably find a pedometer tucked away along with the good intention...

Logitech Folio soaks up the sun

The iPad is so versatile that you're tempted to make it your full-time portable computer. But there's one hitch: It doesn't have...

Coby's Bluetooth dock helps beat the heat

Here's what I need to chill out during a mid-summer heat wave: A tall cold drink, the new Ken Follett novel on my Kindle, an evening bre...

The Swiss Army Knife of grilling gadgets

The quest for the best grilling tools can be as daunting as the search for the best rib rub. Too often, my grill becomes a resting place for...

Xoot past the gas pumps

My friend Charlie has an answer to city traffic jams and high gasoline prices. It's the Xootr, an adult-sized collapsible kick scooter t...

New iWow adapter brings big sound to more devices

A common lament about MP3s and other digital audio formats is that by compressing music to make it portable we lose the detail and richness ...

French fries without the grease

We sure love those French fries. Americans eat them four times a week, mostly from fast-foot restaurants. And that's one of the problems...