Laptop Privacy Filters from 3M Most of you are probably reading this article on a laptop screen, since laptops have completely overtaken desktop PCs. They’re increasingly being used in public places too, sometimes putting private or confidential information on display. These easy on/easy off mic...

Free Remote PC Support for Your Relatives – Netviewer A few months ago, we posted an article on ShowMyPC, a free software package that helps you to control someone else’s PC remotely from your own chair at home. Ideal for helping relatives and friends when they're stuck with their computer. Bu...

Free Backup Solution – The Software Is Already On Your PC Have you backed up your PC lately? No? Do you hear that strange sound coming from your hard disk? Maybe it’s too late already! Just kidding, but it’s very unwise not to make regular backups, and there’s no reason not to do so. There�...

Secure USB Memory Stick – Personal Pocket Safe The amount of data that you can store on today’s USB flash drives is really impressive. The downside is that ever more sensitive data is stored in those memory devices and they’re so tiny that they’re easily lost or forgotten. This can lead...

Thermapak Cooling Pad Keeps Your Legs Cool Without Draining Your Laptop’s Battery Everyone who owns a laptop knows the unpleasant sensation of having your legs fried when working with the computer on your lap for an extended period. I’ve been considering several cooling devices to place betwee...

Avoid Identity Theft, Shred CDs and DVDs Too Identity theft is a hot topic now that thieves are even searching junkyards to recover hard disk drives from old PCs or other data carriers that have been dumped there. There’s a lot of invaluable information to be found on those, giving insight not jus...

Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Review – Link Your Notes With Your Audio Recording - A six month test. The Livescribe Pulse smartpen is one of the most innovative products I’ve seen in years. The pen allows you to write on paper, but when you dock it into its USB charger, your notes are automatica...

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....

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 Co...

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...

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, ...

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 use...