• Living the Well-Connected Life Net-powered devices like the Amazon Kindle and the Dash Express represent the next big wave in mobile gadgetry. But be prepared for a bumpy ride.
• High-Tech Memory Helpers With the Write Stuff A handful of tools attempt to turn the humble ink pen into a digital recording device--with varying degrees of success.
• I Want Wireless Entertainment, and I Want It Now Wireless, multiroom home audio is here, sort of. But wireless HD video is still mostly a pipe dream.
• The Really Big Show on My Wall Every Night Front-projector TVs can be the least expensive way to get the big picture in high definition--but read this before investing your hard-earned cash in one.
• Coming From Asia: The Next Cool Cell Phones GPS, electronic compasses, and new software will soon let our phones show us around town.
• Auto Technology: Same Gear, New Services For this year's cars, personal navigation and search services will be in the driver's seat.
• Bringing Broken Gadgets Back From the Dead I was facing the age-old problem: Fix my dying gadget to squeeze another year out of it, or bite the bullet and pay full freight for a new one.
• The Technology Coming to a Gadget Near You Tech gear in 2008 will be cleaner, greener, and more connected than ever. Here's a peek at what's coming around the corner.
• Pushing the One-Button Household The automated home of the future is still in the future for most people--but it's a lot closer than it used to be.
• The Sound of Things to Come This year, high-def audio. Next year, the connected receiver. Before long, we will all be surrounded by sound.
• Want a More Secure PC? The Answer Is Online Keep your family computers safe with less hassle by using managed security.
• Shopping for a Big-Screen TV? Think LCD Good-bye, plasma; hello, LCD: The HDTV tide is turning, and LCD is rising to the top.
• Is That a Social Network in Your Pocket? These Web services give you new ways to connect with friends by cell phone.
• Traveling the Web's Third Dimension My avatar, my self: Second Life shows us the future of the 3D Web.
• Four Ways to Reclaim Your Digital Rights Why DRM schemes suck, and what you can (and can't) do about it.
• Cruising the Internet at 70 MPH Soon you'll be able to surf the Web, download music, and check e-mail in your car.
• Five Ways to Put the Web in Your Pocket Surfing the Net by phone can be a breeze--if you know a few tricks.
• Sick of High Phone Bills? I Hear You Voice-over-IP phone services can save you big bucks--if you choose carefully.
• Trials of a Quasi-Connected Traveler Want to wander overseas without going off the grid? Best of luck to you.
• Gadget Freak: The Wireless Future Is (Almost) Here Seeking relief from cable clutter? Solutions will be coming...any day now.

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