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1. Ultracompact storage. Seagate's USB 2.0 Pocket Drive stores 5GB in an ultrastylish, 2-inch-plus-diameter hockey puck shell for $160.
2. Memeorandum.com. Fresh news on the hour, plus thoughtful links to related blogs and other online commentary.
3. TiVoToGo. This long-anticipated upgrade for Series2 TiVos permits you to copy content to your computer over a network.
4. Sub-$500 Mac. A basic, monitorless Apple box (256MB of RAM, a 1.25-GHz PowerPC G4 processor, and a 40GB to 80GB hard drive) could lure Windows users, many of them already dizzy with love for their IPods.
5. Itunes Store Alerts. TunesTracker, a free Web site, will e-mail you when new music you like hits the ITunes Music Store.
Contact PC World Contributing Editor Steve Fox at steve_fox@pcworld.com. Click here to read additional Plugged In columns.
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