So how many folks remember that public service announcement (PSA) ‘Don’t Copy That Floppy’? Well, the folks at Consumerist have noticed that an ‘Official Sequel’ has been released, ‘Don’t Copy That 2′ that reminds you that copying and especially profiting from making copies is a serious crime … and the new video is every bit as ‘hip’ as the original!… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Day in, day out, Gear Diary writers scour the web tirelessly, bringing you the latest and greatest technologies and gadgets. With all of the new gadgets that come out and are reviewed, there is always temptation to stay on the cutting edge. Want to know what the writers carry with them daily to work (at least today)? Read on to find out. You’ll be surprised at what some of us carry.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

The new Unibody MacBook Pros are gorgeous. They are sleek, refined and… well they just look awesome. And while it is a shame to cover up those good looks, there is a lot to be said for keeping the beauties pristine… especially if, like many of us on the site, you tend to cycle through devices frequently and therefore rely on keeping resale value as high as possible. So if you ARE going to hide the unibody MacBook behind a protective shell, the least you can do is hide it behind an awesome looking one. On this front Case-Mate has you covered. Their new Unibody Suit looks great, and it offers super protection. Let’s take a look…… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

With winter on the way more and more often we’ll be wearing gloves. That’s great except that gloves and the capacitive screen on iPhone and iPod touch don’t play well with gloved fingers. The solution? Ten One Design’s Pogo Stylus and Pogo Sketch. The ultra-light aluminum body has a sleek anodized finish and wirks well with both the iPhone and touch. The $14.95 accessory has thus far been available in Black, Silver and Gunmetal. Now, however, if you want your iPhone Pogo Stylus or Sketch to have a slightly more feminine look you are in luck. Ten One Design has announced the availability of their Pogo Stylus and Pogo Sketch in “a fashionable… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

We’re all familiar with neoprene laptop cases, phone slipcases, etc. The slightly rubbery feeling material is pretty much a permanent part of any self respecting geek’s arsenal. And anyone who has spent time around neoprene knows that it has a distinct chemical odor – kind of like new car smell for your computer.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

If you’ve been openly sharing documents that you’ve created in Google Docs then you may want to take another look at your settings just to make sure those documents are ok for public consumption. Google today sent around notice early today that in a few weeks documents, spreadsheets and presentations that you’ve explicitly published outside your organization and that are linked to from a public site will be crawled and indexed. This means they’ll appear in search results you (and the rest of the world) sees on Google.com and other search engines. Fortunately there’s a way to prevent the world from seeing next years’ company payroll spreadsheet that someone mistakenly shared publicly by setting certain administrative controls in the Google Apps Control panel. Full email after the jump. Google Apps Sharing Options Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Gmail has enabled increased productivity for those who large amounts of email due to its unique interface (conversations, labels, to name two!). Not everyone uses keyboard shortcuts, but they can be a big time saver in processing email. Read on to learn more about keyboard shortcuts and how to quickly learn them. Keyboard shortcuts are very useful because they quickly allow you to navigate your inbox quickly. You can also do things like select many messages at once and archive them, delete them, and even mark them as spam. Keyboard shortcuts are disabled by default. To enable them, simply go into your Gmail settings under the General tab and choose the radio button for Keyboard shortcuts on. Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page and go back to your inbox.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Hold on to your hats because this one is going to blow your mind… with regard to the whole Google Voice debacle it turns out… wait for it… okay, ready?… it turns out APPLE LIED!!! Shocked? Amazed? Dumbfounded? Yeah, neither are we. But the hubris Apple has to bold face lie to the FCC is pretty amazing. Not sure what we’re talking about? Let’s go back a bit…… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Over on PocketPC Thoughts, I saw that UAE based PDA Manufacturer i-mate has called it quits, and CEO Jim Morrison is rumored to have left the country. Including Palm’s defection, this makes two Windows Mobile manufacturers either closing down or leaving Windows Mobile behind this week. Microsoft has a lot more competition now with the iPhone, Android and webOS all vying for a part of the smartphone market.  Windows Mobile 6.5 looks good, but is still not where it needs to be.  Windows Mobile 7 had better be really great in order for the platform to be around much longer. Also on… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

During yesterday’s earnings call Palm announced they’d shipped 823,000 smartphone units last quarter (no breakdown on how many were Pre devices), beat earnings estimates and said their future growth will depend upon on how well their products launch. While no specifics were given about launches the company did hint that in the second half of 2010 they will be launching the WebOS based devices on more carriers. Perhaps most interesting is that according to website Precentral during the conference call Palm made this statement: Due to importance of webOS to our overall strategy, we’ve made the decision to dedicate all future develoment resources to the evolution of webOS. Which means that going forward, our roadmap will include only Palm webOS-based Continue reading on Gear Diary …

It has been nearly two months since LucasArts released Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition to the iTunes App Store, and during that time the game has been pretty well received aside from minor control complaints, but has remained at the original $7.99 price. Now for a limited time you can grab it here for $3.99, a 50% discount! Read on for the original press release and a gameplay video.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Tired of tangling yourself in the heaphone cord running to your iPhone 3G while you listen to music? Want to wear some big headphones so nobody bothers trying to speak with you on the bus or subway? Try these Motorola S805 Bluetooth DJ headphones. NewEgg has them for $26.99 with $5.99 shipping. They’ll work with your iPhone 3G or 3GS (or any player supporting Bluetooth stereo) to provide stereo sound. Motorola S805 – $26.99 + $5.99 s/h Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Google Voice, if you have been missing out, is the Internet based phone forwarding service by Google. It gives you a separate phone number, which you can give out as if it is your regular phone number. You can then change your settings to have calls forwarded to any of your phones. Best of all, it is free except for international calls. Now, OneTouch Solutions has developed OneDialer, a solution for Windows Mobile users to use this wonderful feature on their phone. It is a fully featured Google Voice dialer, SMS and Visual Voicemail client.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

The onslaught of SUVs in the 1990s and crossover utility type vehicles of the new millennium have kept minivan sales numbers from returning to those of their glory days – but automakers are still makin’ ‘em and folks are still buyin’ ‘em. There aren’t quite as many players in the minivan game anymore mind you, but one who held firm to delivering a quality product over the years has been Honda. Because of that, the Honda Odyssey minivan has had a target on its back almost since its inception.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Growing up my family was somewhat religious.  We celebrated all of the Jewish holidays, went to temple, I became Bar Mitzvah and was Confirmed.  We did most of the things a typical Jewish American family does. Like many young adults, I suspect, once I moved away from home I became less observant. I didn’t belong to a synagogue and lived far enough away from my parents that coming home for the holidays wasn’t always possible. Once I got married and started a family of my own though, my wife and I decided it would be important for both ourselves and our children to reconnect.  We joined a local synagogue and began to bring it back into our lives. My kids started in Sunday school and we began going to services as a family.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …