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Hardware Tips: Plan Ahead to Keep Your Big Hard Drive Purring

Kirk Steers

Gizmo Power to Go

Photograph: Marc Simon
Charging your cell phone or MP3 player in your car is easy when you use a special power adapter that plugs into the car's 12V outlet (the cigarette lighter). But what about your laptop, PDA, or other device? Instead of getting a unique adapter for each one, buy the AC Anywhere adapter from Belkin--it turns a 12V outlet into a standard AC power outlet. A 300-watt version comes with two sockets and costs $80 (the 140W version costs $60).

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