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Today, I finished my first book in a long, long time... probably years: On Writing by Stephen King. While King was one of my favorite...

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So, I finally decided that leaving well enough alone was not enough of a barrier to possibly bricking my iPhone, so I jailbroke that mother—just...

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For more than a decade, I lugged my notebook in a simple shoulder bag. I suppose you'd call it a messenger-style bag today, but...

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Last week, Apple updated its iBooks app for all iOS devices. The world, even the book nerd world, did not break out into flash mobs...

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There are few things that I despise more than the predominance of polished plastics in today's notebooks. Glossy finishes are the single worst...

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There comes a point in every man's life when he looks at his $699 (retail) phone and says, "Phone, you are, perhaps, my only friend....

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It seems like only yesterday that we were all hot, bothered, brothered, sistered and in a tizzy about AT&T being the sole, sucktacular wireless provider...

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I was sitting on the bus the other day, watching at least two people around me playing with their iPhones, and I got to thinking....

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After wrapping up TR's latest review of a 10" netbook—arguably the nicest such system so far—I've come away with the impression that, well, it's time...

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I think I made my feelings about the iPhone 4 pretty clear two weeks ago. In short, I'm enamored with the device, but I...

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Well, I finally did it. After misguidedly buying what turned out to be a sub-par iPhone clone in 2008, then waiting almost five months...

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I severed my last land line about a decade ago, so I probably count as a reasonably early cell-phone adopter. Was I driven by a...

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So, there you go. The iPad. It's big, yet thin. Sleek, yet functional. A giant iPod touch, yet not a giant iPhone. Shiny, yet without...

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I wrote a post in this blog two years ago extolling the virtues of my LG KU990 cell phone. I deemed the device a...

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If you are currently seated, please remain so. If you are standing, please find a suitable cushioned object upon which to rest your weary bum....

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No, I'm not talking about getting your dog or cat fixed. I'm talking about the Sansa Clip MP3 player, and my recent foray into...

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I finally bit the bullet and decided to buy a digital SLR camera last weekend. I've been shooting with a Canon PowerShot A570 IS for...

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I recently acquired a Sansa Clip 4GB MP3 player (which, I might add, I'm quite happy with). After using it for a few weeks, I...

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