Article archive for 2007

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Consumer Alert: Do not buy the GE Halogen toaster oven

This isn’t a vacuum cleaner, but it sucks. This isn’t a fan, but it blows. This isn’t a dog, but it bites. Wow, who knew GE could make something so sucktacular? I’m talking about the GE Halogen toaster oven. This thing is firing ass on all cylinders. It’s dangerous, it’s annoying to operate, and it works poorly. It’s also the most expensive toaster oven Wal-Mart sells and you should not buy it.

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Saturday, December 1, 2007

You can help bring security and safety back to White House email

This has been a very exciting week for us here at ZATZ. After many long months of work, ZATZ Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz’ book Where Have All The Emails Gone? is now available.

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Thursday, November 1, 2007

Get with the gratitude

Thanksgiving is upon us here in the United States. While the true history of Thanksgiving is subject to some controversy (isn’t pretty much everything, these days?) there are certain elements of the modern Thanksgiving celebration we can all take to heart — even for those of you who don’t live in these United States. We discuss those in this article, and end with a must-read caution for anyone going out and buying stuff on Black Friday.

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Thursday, November 1, 2007

Best of the best in GPS apps

In Senior Editor James Booth’s recent review of Proporta’s Freedom mini-GPS keychain, he introduced you to a variety of GPS applications, both free and retail. This follow-up piece showcases those applications individually, taking a closer look at each one. Which are worth your time, and which aren’t.

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Thursday, November 1, 2007

GPS freedom with the Freedom mini-GPS

With the Freedom mini-GPS keychain from Proporta, GPS is as close an your keychain. The size of a remote key-fob, the Freedom mini-GPS is the smallest, self-powered, self-contained GPS receiver ZATZ Senior Editor James Booth has ever seen. Can something so small actually work? Read on to find out.

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Thursday, November 1, 2007

Weathering the storm: forecasts on your Pocket PC

Isn’t it great to waste half your work day just staring out the window at the weather? But you’re stuck in the cubicle matrix of a glass and steel monolith. So what do you do? You bring the weather to you, that’s what. In this product shootout, ZATZ Senior Editor James Booth will be examining two weather utilities for the Pocket PC; Spb Weather from Spb Software House, and Pocket Weather from SBSH Mobile Software.

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Monday, October 1, 2007

WiFi comes to the Blackberry

ZATZ Senior Editor James Booth really isn’t much of a Blackberry fan, he does like the mini-trackball though. Imagine his surprise when he learned that Blackberries did not have WiFi access. AT&T has changed that with recent release of the Blackberry 8820.

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Monday, October 1, 2007

Trapped in Carbonite?

In space, no one can hear you scream. Apparently, the same is true if you’re Han Solo and you’re trapped in carbonite. It’s the whole trapped in carbonite theme that made us very curious about Carbonite, a company that does Internet-based backups. Their offer is compelling. Unlimited backup for $49.95 per year. But, we wondered, if you back up your data to Carbonite, would you then be trapped there? Just how unfortunate might the name Carbonite be?

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Monday, October 1, 2007

How mobile technology has changed the way we work

If we could go back in time — even "just" twenty-five years ago — we’d see a world of difference in comparison to the technology of today. Brenda Coxe takes on a short run down memory lane to help us gain perspective about our increasingly mobilized world.

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Monday, October 1, 2007

Hit your stride with these five running log programs

In this article, Heather Wardell puts five fitness applications through their paces, so to speak, and make recommendations for other runners and fitness enthusiasts.

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