ShowMyPC – Give Your Relatives Remote PC Support, No Need for Technical Knowledge It’s great that older people are also embracing the possibilities of the Internet and multimedia, but less so when they regularly ask you when you’re in the neighborhood and if you can spend a few hours to help t...

NoHands Mouse – Footmouse Prevents Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and RSI Long before “Blackberry thumbs”, carpal tunnel syndrome and other repetitive strain injuries (RSI) were already well known. RSI is a typical problem of computer workers, characterized by a vicious pain in the hands and fingers....

Videotape your Journey as Proof in Case of a Traffic Accident Even when you have a minor car accident and you’re confident that it’s the other person’s fault, it can happen that your insurance rejects the claim. Even if you’re well insured, this can occur in situations where it’s your word...

Enjoy Your MP3 Music on Your Factory Car Stereo – Without Static Once you get used to the comfort of an iPod, iPhone or other MP3 player, having your whole music collection at your fingertips, the next thing you obviously want is to be able to connect this to your car stereo and enjoy the same f...

USBCell from Moixa – Rechargeables that Plug Into any USB Port We just discussed the Rezap Battery Doctor, which recharges even alkaline batteries – a solution that I favor for most purposes. But it still requires you to take yet another charger with you on your travels, which is not ideal for...

Cable Capture Organizes Your Cable Clutter Cables are always too long and too short at the same time. Too short when you need that few inches of extra reach, and too long for the rest of the time, when they’re just lying in your way. Several elegant solutions exist, such as the SimpleToo or the ...

Charge all your Battery Types with the ReZap Battery Doctor – even Alkaline Batteries Given the overly high price of good alkaline batteries, I switched to rechargeable NiCd and NiMH batteries long ago. They work quite well, but the voltage is 1.2 volts instead of the 1.5 volts that some devices ...

Make Your Infrared Remote Control Work At Any Angle Today's infrared-controlled equipment is better than those of a few years ago in the sense that many infrared remote controls now work at almost any angle. Even so, you might still be using older equipment or less well-designed new devices t...

Bexy iMirror - Marantz IS301 - Philips SJM3151 iPod Dock - CD Carrousels Compared Most iPod docking solutions connect your iPod to your stereo, but you still need to get up to view the little screen if you want to select another artist or album. We've reviewed various solutions that take the concept...

Bexy iMirror iPod dock – See Your iPod Contents On Your Remote Most iPod docking solutions offer the convenience of connecting your iPod to your hi-fi chain and accessing your whole CD library from the remote control without ever needing to change a CD. However, unless you're sitting next to them...

Skype Mouse Combines Mouse and Phone – Unclutter your Desk Since the arrival of Skype and other internet telephony services, many of us are saving a great deal on our phone bills. Since the arrival of Skype, though, yet another device – a phone handset – has to be connected to the PC with yet...

VueZone Wireless Security Cameras – No Network Cable – No Power Supply I've seen several security camera systems for domestic use that are marketed as being wireless. Which was true in a sense, since they have a wireless network connection to connect to your home router. What was not mentio...

Marantz IS301 iPod dock & Wireless Hi-fi Interface Connecting your iPod to your hi-fi installation is tempting of course. You get your whole CD library at the tip of your fingers, with enough hi-fi power to make your windows vibrate. But so far most solutions haven't been as convenient as t...

Multi-Chargers for Electronic Devices Compared We've discussed in a few other articles several multi-chargers for electronic devices. Two of them charge a lot of devices simultaneously. Another one adapts to almost any outlet and is most suitable for travel. All of them have the benefit of only usin...

The Five-Device Recharging Station from Mundi We've already covered the ChargePod, which charges six electronic devices simultaneously. Although we found this to be compact and useful, the devices, with their short charging cables, are still lying around on the table while charging. In contrast, the...

Orbita Launches a Radically New Mouse Concept for Heavy Scrollers I was the owner of a wheel mouse for quite some time before I realized just how many unnecessary mouse movements I could save while scrolling through documents. Today, I can't do without it. Some manufacturers, such as Logitech, ...

Carrousel Style CD/DVD Changers With 300+ Capacity When it comes to hi-fi, there are three types of people. The ones who buy an inexpensive hi-fi system and connect their MP3 player to it – that's a choice for comfort. Then you have the ones who buy expensive speakers and amplifiers and who u...

Tip – How To Hide Your Audio&Video Components Out Of Sight I'm a fan of good music, and I do value a good-quality hi-fi & multimedia installation at home. But unless you're a fan of a pile of dust-collecting, flashing square boxes in your living room, AV components are not the prettie...

Make Your Worn Cell Phone or MP3 Player Shine Again (Displex and others) When did you last buy a new mobile phone, MP3 player, or other multimedia gadget? Can you remember the feeling when you took it out of the box? Wasn't it shiny, new, sexy, something to cherish, the most beautiful you've ever ...

CD-DVD archive – 120 disks in the minimum possible storage space Unhappy with the space your CD or DVD collection is taking up in your cabinets? Or have a lot of data CDs or DVDs to archive? Several solutions already exist that replace the jewel cases, but this is really the most compact and ...