MICROSOFT DOES MATH

The best part of the new “Microsoft Math” is what they call their “step by step” solution. You can enter an equation and they solve it and show you how they arrived at the solution.

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TRULY REAL ESTATE

Real estate site lets you ask questions of neighborhood experts.

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THE GENIUS IS BRAIN DEAD

1. “Genius” web camera doesn’t work for us.
2. Westinghouse Digital Photo Frame misses the big picture.
3. Kodak EasyShare 5300: Expensive printer, cheap ink.

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WHERE AM I NOW?

What’s hot? GPS, that’s what’s hot. That stands for Global Positioning System, and what it means is you may not know where you are, but the spy in the sky does.

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INTERNUTS

Here are some tech support conversations we found at a Web site in Scotland: SiliconGlen.com. We couldn’t resist.

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DROPPED CALLS AND ALL THAT STUFF

Dropped calls and poor cell phone reception have become the bane of the land, and naturally enough, we have a fix. (On the other hand, maybe you really didn’t want to talk to that person in the first place.)

MEMORY MANAGEMENT

Unload your camera cards on this portable drive.

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A TRAVELER’S AID

Nice laptop accessories from Kensington.

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INTERNUTS

Wize.com has a search routine that hunts for user comments for thousands of products. It searches more than 6,500 Web sites and ranks more than 30,000 products by user satisfaction and media buzz.

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HARRY POTTER’S SCANNER

We took a look at the latest version of DocuPen, and as the Beatles song puts it, it’s getting better all the time.

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