It’s been a rough couple of days. We’re OK, but the Florida fires got close. Real close. Like probably about a hundred yards away close. The pool house in our development caught fire. A fire-rescue trailer at the school across the street caught fire, and no matter where you go, there’s scorched earth. Literally.

Natura’s DayNotez (for Windows, Palm, and Pocket PC) is a replacement for the right-hand page of your planner, providing organization options and easy ways to access your information. But is it something to buy? Heather Wardell discusses a good program that has some strange problems.

In this all-new product review shootout, we put three products to the test. Read on to learn how Asus Eee PC 2G Surf from Asus, Fujitsu LifeBook U810 Mini-Laptop from Fujitsu, and Sony VAIO VGN-UX490N/C 4.5-Inch Portable Computer from Sony stand up to our editorial review.

In this all-new product review shootout, we put five products to the test. Read on to learn how Apple MacBook Air with 80GB hard drive from Apple Computer, Apple MacBook Air with solid-state drive from Apple Computer, Apple MacBook Pro from Apple Computer, Asus U6SA1 from Asus, and Sony VAIO VGN-TZ170 from Sony stand up to our editorial review.

In this all-new book review shootout, we put three books to the test. Read on to learn how The Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Inventor’s Guide by David J. Perdue, The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Idea Book: Design Invent and Build by Martijn Boogaarts (and friends), and The Unofficial LEGO Builder’s Guide by Allan Bedford stand up to our editorial review.

If you ever visit the Grand Canyon, here’s a word of warning: It’s huge! Like many of nature’s wonders, it’s too vast to be captured with just your standard digital camera. But with a little Photoshop voodoo, you can capture it all. In this helpful article, Jorge Sosa shows you how to use the Photomerge feature of Photoshop to create wonderful panoramas.

Many people use their Palm handhelds primarily for calendar and todo list functionality. While the built-in applications are more than capable of performing these duties, they don’t have much in the way of extras. Pimlico Software’s DateBk6 offers more than two hundred and fifty improvements over the built-in applications, and is one of the best-supported applications we’ve ever seen to boot.

Not all smartphones are the same and therefore different types are better suited for different individuals. Depending on why you need to get a smartphone, certain features play a major role in any purchasing decision. Factors that are important when choosing a smartphone include, but are not limited to operating system, keyboard, memory, camera, email access, screen, and phone plan. In this helpful article, Jessica McCurdy Crooks looks at each of these in turn.

If you’re looking for a flexible list manager, you can’t go wrong with ListPro. In this article, Heather Wardell reviews ListPro, discusses some of the minor quirks, and then we shift left to discuss Movie Collector, a powerful movie organizing program that nicely integrates with ListPro.

While millions swooned over the iPhone, a number of people, especially those with visual impairments and some with physical disabilities, felt either left out of the hoopla or angered by Apple’s apparent lack of consideration for universal design in the state-of-the-art cell phone. But there are alternatives. In this important article, Denise Lance shares some recommendations.