MORE USB PORTS IN A STORM

  We often need more USB ports, especially for laptops. There are plenty of small hubs that add more ports. They’re cheap enough and we have a… Read more

THE NUMBERS REPORT AND THE NEWS

Amazon.com now has 125,000 book titles available for wireless download to its popular Kindle e-book reader. This is up from 90,000 titles just a few… Read more

ONLINE BUSINESS HEALTH INSURANCE

Ehealth.com offers choices for small businesses to set up employee health plans. Employers sign and up and say how much they want to spend for each… Read more

BOOKS

“Easy Computer Basics, Windows Vista Edition,” by Michael Miller; $22 from informit.com/que. This is the latest in a series of lavishly… Read more

THE SET-TOP BOX MOVES ON

 They call it “convergence” in the high-tech biz. It means that moment when the computer and the television set come together and live happily… Read more

SWIMMING WITH CELL PHONES

 We got a waterproof phone from Casio. They call it “water resistant,” to stay on the safe side. But we tried it under water and it… Read more

THE NUMBERS REPORT

According to a survey by the IGA-Nielsen rating service, 82 percent of consumers react positively to seeing ads in their video games. You know,… Read more

CASH BACK

Riding the train recently we sat opposite a young woman who looked like she had just been released from a police holding cell after a particularly… Read more

HARD DRIVEN

We started up a two terabyte external hard drive from Western Digital last week. Yes, we know that hard disk drives are going to become extinct and… Read more

THIS IS A RAID

It’s not the kind of raid where the police come in to break up some illegal activity. In computer use, it’s written in capital letters, and RAID… Read more