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… Read more

TRULY REAL ESTATE

  Trulia.com is a real estate site that re-designed and re-launched itself in May, providing an unusual extra feature. Along with browsing a… Read more

THE GENIUS IS BRAIN DEAD

We look at a lot of products we never write about. That’s because they don’t work. We usually say nothing about bad products because… Read more

WHERE AM I NOW?

“The beat, beat, beat of the tom-tom, as the jungle shadows fall.” — Cole Porter What’s hot? GPS, that’s what’s hot. That stands for… Read more

INTERNUTS

Here are some tech support conversations we found at a Web site in Scotland: SiliconGlen.com . We couldn’t resist. 1: Tech Support: I need you to… Read more

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… Read more

MEMORY MANAGEMENT

The memory card in our digital camera was full, and it was an emergency: snapping spring flowers. So we stopped at a camera store to buy… Read more

A TRAVELER’S AID

Kensington.com has a nice external numerical keypad for laptops that also functions as a stand-alone calculator. That’s handy if you do a lot of key… Read more

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… Read more

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. Eight inches long… Read more