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The iPad Arrives

Rumored for years, the Apple iPad is finally here. Starting at $499, it is a major new product that will compete with notebooks and eBooks. See the full video from Apple’s presentation today.

Old Kindle and Kindle 2 users get no improved battery life

Kindle Battery Update.. Not For Most People
It has been widely reported that the recent Kindle firmware update improved battery life up to 85%. Unfortunately, this is not true for almost all Kindle owners.  The battery life improvement only applies to the recent Kindle 2 (Global Wireless) version that was introduced October 7, 2009.  The original [...]

Dropbox Tips and Tricks

Dropbox is one of my favorite tools to help small businesses in the D.C. area share files on the cheap.
Dropbox Wiki Info
Besides simply sharing files with your friends, office co-workers, or just your other computers, there are lots of other uses.
See the Tips and Tricks page and Dropbox Add-on page on the Dropbox Wiki explaining [...]

Dropbox to Sync, Share, and Save Your Data

What is Dropbox?
Dropbox is a service that runs from Windows, Mac, and Linux computers that gives you a virtual drive which stores files on the Dropbox servers. This drive can be synced automatically with all your computers. You can share the files, folders, or photo galleries with anyone, even people who don’t use Dropbox.
Think of [...]

Flash Drive Speeds

What should be important to you when buying a flash drive, besides capacity? Speed and reliability.
Amazon and Newegg provide useful user reviews that can alert you to drives with high failure rates. I also look for good read and write speeds.
Read and Write Speeds
Speed tests can be calculated manually, but I used HD_Speed software to [...]