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• DIY USB Wall Outlet Preempts the Future Can't be bothered to find your iPhone's power adapter? If so, this mod may be for you.
• Square Credit Payment System Could be the End of Cash Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is rolling out the Square credit payment system. The gadget could revolutionize business and put a nail in the coffin of cash transactions.
• Holiday Gift Guide: Great iPhone Accessories Under $100 Take a look at this iPhone solar charger, hands-free Bluetooth device for the car, alarm clock adaper, and a a device that turns the extra space on your phone (or iPod) into a portable hard drive.
• Twitter Co-Founder Squares Up Credit Card Payments New product, called Square, is a combination of hardware and software that lets you accept credit card payments from your iPhone.
• Holiday Gift Guide: Three Useful Laptop Accessories Under $100 Your laptop lover might like a classy stand for a Mac laptop, a protective sleeve that allows a hot notebook to cool down, or a backback to carry a laptop that's made of recycled materials. All are priced at under $90.
• 2009 Holiday Laptop Gift Guide Whether your tastes run to business or pleasure, whether you're a jet-setter or a multimedia fiend, we have some great-looking laptops for you (or for someone you want to spoil) this year.
• Toshiba U505-S2980 Gets in Touch With Multitouch Toshiba's U505-S2980 is a solid, attractive performer – but the mult-touch screen gimmick also causes some problems.
• Asus UL80Vt-A1 Delivers Impressive Flexibility The UL80Vt-A1 delivers good battery life, a discrete GPU, and a surprisingly snappy user experience.
• 10 Free Downloads for Your Laptop With these no-cost tools for syncing data, monitoring battery life, working with wireless networks, and using a thumb drive, you can get the most out of your laptop or netbook.
• Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook The Booklet 3G netbook is rugged and solidly built--but some quirks make it a slightly too-pricey portable.
• Dell Inspiron 14z The Inspiron 14z is aimed squarely at students, with a stylish look and great battery life; its overly polished screen is hard to see, however.
• Sony VAIO X Series Netbook The supersexy, slim VAIO X has netbook dimensions, decent specs, and a serious price tag.
• Lenovo ThinkPad SL510 (2847-22U) The SL510 is an excellent choice for business users and for students who don't goof around much.
• Hands-On with Dell Adamo XPS--and Prototypes You’ll Never See Get the scoop on Dell’s 0.4-inch thick ultraportable, and check out prototypes you'll never see anywhere else.
• Maverick Nica Bluetooth Headset Departing from the typical design, the Nica sits comfortably outside your ear. It's a pity, though, that the headset's call quality regularly falls below average.
• A Beef With Battery Benchmarks What do you think of the benchmarks used to gauge how well your laptop actually performs? Want to create your own benchmarks?
• Unfinished Windows 7 Feature Turns Laptops Into Wi-Fi Hotspots A Philadelphia developer has rooted out an unfinished feature of Windows 7 that turns any laptop into a wireless access point, allowing other Wi-Fi-enabled...
• 12 Gadgets That Let You Ditch Power Cords, Wires, and Hassles You can ditch the snake pit of power, audio, and video cords with these 12 gadgets.
• These 12 Gadgets Let You Cut The Cord For Good Cutting the cord has never been so easy with new devices that power-up on their own and allow you to ditch the speaker wire.
• Pink Tech for the Cure As Breast Cancer Awareness month winds down, we look at some pink gadgets that you can pick up at the last minute.
• HP ProBook 5310m Ultraportable Laptop The ProBook 5310m's slim, stylish case impresses--and so do its quick-booting, business-friendly apps. Stay tuned for the results of its lab tests.
• MSI X600 The MSI offers a terrific keyboard and excellent graphics in its laptop class, but a big screen plus a ULV single-core processor makes for anemic performance.
• Fujitsu LifeBook T5010 Convertible All-Purpose Laptop The T5010 multitouch tablet-PC hybrid provides security, strength, and efficiency in a ho-hum package.
• PC Shipments on the Rise, But at What Cost? Desktop and laptop sales are up, but the news is not all good for the PC industry.
• Gateway NV5214u All-Purpose Laptop What the NV5214u laptop might lack in features, it makes up for in price. And it's easy on the eyes, too.