SPEAK UP

Spokeo regularly checks 36 social networking sites for people who are on your e-mail lists and posts their current social site activity and photos… Read more

TO DO OR NOT TO DO

The charmingly named RememberTheMilk.com provides a to-do list you can share with others. It’s so easy to use you don’t even need to read the… Read more

KEYBOARDS

This column is being typed on a Merc Stealth keyboard made by Ideazon. “Merc” stands for “mercenary,” like a soldier of fortune, because this is a… Read more

POKER THROUGH HISTORY

Here’s a novel twist: It’s Texas Hold-em poker played against famous historical figures like Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Dracula, Abe Lincoln, Stalin,… Read more

WOW! SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY WORKS

We got a Virtual Phone Booth noise-canceling headset from Plantronics, and to our utter amazement, it worked. We don’t mean we were amazed… Read more

BOOKS: GRAPHICS

“The Essential Blender,” edited by Roland Hess; $45 from Blender.org. Blender is one of several high-end graphics and animation programs that are… Read more

SORRY, WRONG VUMBER

A Vumber is a phone number from any area code you select that is then linked to your home, work or cell phone. When someone calls your Vumber, you… Read more

BY THE SEAT OF YOUR PANTS

We’ll look next at a ridiculously priced device for playing with your Microsoft Flight Simulator X. (It also works with other flight simulator… Read more

ORGANIZE IT ON A MAC

FileMaker has released Bento, a $49 version of the FileMaker database for the Mac’s Leopard operating system. FileMaker is a really great database… Read more

INTERNUTS

A podcast is a kind of Internet broadcast that you can hear and watch on your computer, an iPod, MP3 player or a number of similar devices…. Read more