When my Amazon Kindle arrived, I felt like I was holding a piece of Star Trek tech in my hands. The unit is small, light, thin and beautifully designed. It is not much bigger than a hardbound book. The screen is unbelievably sharp and crisp using a technology called electronic ink (E-Ink). This technology enables the Kindle to display a page without using battery power like with most LCD screens. The only time the Kindle uses power from the battery is when the Kindle draws (renders) a page or the wireless connectivity is on. Once a page is displayed, no power is used to maintain it. This is why it is called “ink.”

The 12-inch diagonal glossy screen is beautiful. So bright and sharp. Windows 7 never looked better. For anyone who just needs a laptop to do standard tasks like documents, e-mail, and web browsing, this is the machine for you. Inexpensive, powerful, beautiful and light.

Have you had your BlackBerry replaced and now mass storage mode will not work? Mass storage mode allows you to connect your BlackBerry and copy files to and from the device as if it was a USB Flash Drive. I tore my hair out trying to figure out why this was happening and then stumbled on

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I’ve been a Windows user since the very first release. I remember seeing a Macintosh computer and thinking “How cute. But for real work, there’s the PC.” Twenty six years later, I’m singing a different tune. In the beginning Windows was truly a poor imitation of the Macintosh operating system. By the time Windows was

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