GEEK TIME

We didn’t think the $115 price tag was worth it, but the new “4-bit Steel” watch from Cadence is already sold out. It uses a four-bit… Read more

GETTING INTERNET ACCESS ABROAD

Our nephew is going to Spain for a year, and he may find it tough to connect. A reader wrote us with a similar problem. Well, two problems equal one… Read more

VIZIO’S NEW BUDGET TABLET

Just when the whole world is going iPad nuts, Vizio, the TV set maker, has come out with an Android tablet that’s much cheaper. We bought one… Read more

WEBSITES FOR ARTISTS

Prokofolio.com offers a website building service for artists. It’s $29 a month but there’s  a two-week free trial. Prokofolio is the… Read more

“KNO” YOUR TEXTBOOKS

If you don’t want to carry your textbooks around, or scan them into digital files yourself, Kno.com is a good way to go. They’ve digitized… Read more

BOOK SCANNER

Want to digitize your comic books, textbooks and rare books without breaking their backs? Plustek has come out with the OpticBook 3800. We found it… Read more

FLASH FORESIGHT

“Flash Foresight,” by Daniel Burrus, is around $16 from flashforesight.com. He has some interesting things to say about tech companies and how to… Read more

YOUR PHONE WILL BE YOUR WALLET

We remember when people who weren’t paying cash, wrote checks at the grocery store. Some still write checks and hold up everybody in line. Most… Read more

DESPICABLE ME CLIPS FOR YOUR IPAD

PercyFX for iPhone/iPad is an app for sharing clips from a dozen or so movies. Take a scene from the movie “Despicable Me,” for example,… Read more

HANDWRITING ON THE IPAD

“Bamboo Paper” from Wacom is new for the iPad. Use your finger or a stylus to create handwritten journals or sketchbooks. It’s similar to… Read more