Laptops and Gear

News, reviews and articles about laptops and accessories.

Logitech Lapdesk with Cooling Fan and Speaker

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The Logitech Speaker Lapdesk N700 has a padded base covered with a mesh fabric that’s comfortable on your legs.  The desk is tilted 10 degrees to place your laptop at a comfortable angle for use.  It has a heat-shielding design to protect you from heat, and it has an integrated fan to protect your laptop.  The […]

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Logitech Unveils New Wireless Trackball M570

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I prefer mice to trackballs, but if you’re a trackball enthusiast, the new M570 from Logitech might be one to consider. Besides being designed for all day comfort, this trackball will run up to 18 months from a single AA. WOW! The wireless receiver has been improved since to allow for use within 30 feet

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Recover Wood Veneer Skins for Apple Devices

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I’ve seen plastic film skins and even leather skins, but I’ve never seen wood veneer skins until I found the Recover website.  They offer natural wood veneer skins, backed with 3M adhesive for semi-permanent application.  You can get a top skin for your 13″ MacBook or 13″-17″ MacBook Pro (complete with cut-out for the Apple), a face skin

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Epson Debuts the Stylus NX625 All-in-One Printer for Home Users

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The newest all-in-one printer, the Stylus NX625, from Epson offers superior performance at a suprisingly low price.  At $149.99, you probably wouldn’t expect high-speed, automatic two-sided printing, the fastest print speeds in its class, and built-in 802.11n WiFi and Ethernet.  The Stylus NX625 also has a memory card reader, a 2.5″ color LCD, and the “ability to

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Wack A Mouse – Microsoft’s new Arc Touch

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Microsoft has announced a hardware update to their folding Arc Mouse. The new Arc Touch Mouse keeps the same basic arc shape, but adds two cool new features. One is a capacitive touch scroll strip that allows you to swiftly navigate with the flick of a finger. The other feature is the ability to flatten

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Brando USB Multi-Touch Smart Pad

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The USB Multi-Touch Smart Pad from Brando replaces your mouse or trackpad and adds a numeric keypad.  With the flick of a switch, you change from the numeric keypad to a multi-touch smart pad that lets you scroll, click, zoom in/out, and magnify a portion of the screen display using two-finger gestures.  Three-finger gestures let

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AViiQ Portable Laptop Stand Review

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Laptops are becoming ever so popular these days that most people use them as desktop replacements.  They are extremely convenient because of their portable size and having everything built-in (keyboard, mouse, and monitor).  But there are sacrifices for this increase in convenience.  You lose the comfort of having a raised monitor, there’s increase in heat

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Moshi Codex Shell Case for MacBooks

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I’ve used Windows computers for years and loved them, but I will admit I’ve been tempted to change over to the Apple team recently.  I just discovered a MacBook case that’s a big plus in the pro-Apple column.  Moshi offers the Codex protective shell case for MacBooks that is very beautiful and seems very protective.  The TSA checkpoint-friendly

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A mouse that looks like an iPod – Buffalo Mouse

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Check out this ultra thin (8mm) mouse from Buffalo. It has a USB cable that retracts with a press of a button and a unique circular scroll wheel that you can spin to page up and down through documents, or press left/right for mouse clicks. This little mouse might be cute, but it comes with

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EFO is at it Again – Mini RF Wireless Keyboard

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This palm sized RF wireless keyboard from EFO reminds me of the Magic Pro Keyboard that Anita reviewed last month. In addition to the back lit QWERTY keyboard, this little guy also has a touch pad and a laser pointer. It would make a great presentation tool or home theater PC controller and is compatible

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Control your Windows PC with a Flying Mouse

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The Flying Mouse from Brando, is a USB 2.4GHz Wireless controller with a built in accelerometer. It has buttons for multimedia functions like Play/Pause, Prev, Next, and volume. There is also a scroll wheel and left / right mouse buttons. The size and shape of this device looks like a TV remote control and I

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Help support breast cancer research with the new pink mouse from Microsoft

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Microsoft has announced their partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure to create the Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 Special Edition pink mouse, just in time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. 10% of the selling price will be donated ($4 per mouse) to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest and

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Stylish Laptop Bag for Women from Theresa Kathryn

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The Angelina bag from Theresa Kathryn Bags is a leather laptop bag for women.  This bag looks more like a purse than a laptop bag.  It’s made of calf leather with patent leather accents and a satin brocade lining.  There’s a padded pouch to hold up to a 14.1″ laptop and organizer pockets to hold smaller

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elgato EyeTV Hybrid Review

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The elgato EyeTV Hybrid is a beautiful little USB 2.0 TV Tuner for Mac or Windows computers. It’s “hybrid” in that it will tune just about anything you’ve got: analog cable/tv, Digital/HDTV, and Clear QAM digital cable. It even has adapters so you can hook up a Composite or S-Video source (such as an analog

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