Most of the time my work area resembles my brain – overflowing with useless information and only slightly coherent. While I’m convinced my brain is beyond hope, technology is making it so my work area doesn’t have to be.

If your desk looks anything like the picture below, here are 15 gadgets that’ll make your life a bit less cluttered.

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If you’re a reader of this gadget blog, then there’s a greater than 99% chance that you shop online. A lot! While for the most part, it’s a positive experience for most people – the convenience of home, the speed of checkout and of course, the great prices, there is a darkside – the risk of being scammed or cheated by an online vendor.

You can be safe shopping online. Follow the tips in this article to quickly become an expert on the subject. Then make sure to pass it onto your friends and family. If these ethically-challenged vendors don’t get any bites or sales, then they won’t be around for very long.

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Got a Prius? Want a USB port built into the dashboard? No problem, just follow these 9 ’simple’ steps at Instructables.

Yeah, so seriously – unless you’re amazing with a Dremel and know a fair amount about car electrical systems, we wouldn’t advise it!

Gmail user? Bet you didn’t know that you could sign out your Gmail session remotely?! If you did, then you might be considered a Gmail master.

The Google Gmail team has put together a nice set of tips grouped by ‘belt level’ so that you too can become a Gmail Ninja. As much of an avid Gmail user that I am, even I learned something.

We often use the words Gizmo and Gadget here at Gizmos for Geeks (as the name suggests), but what do they mean? The first thing is that “Gizmo” and “Gadget” pretty much mean the same thing, so this post could easily be titled ‘What Is A Gadget?‘

Princeton defines gizmos as ‘devices or controls that are very useful for a particular job’. A good starting point, although Answers.com defines a gizmo as something ‘whose name is forgotten or unknown’ or a ‘novelty item used as a gimmick’. These definitions echo around the internet on various dictionary sites.

So a gizmo/gadget can be one of 2 things: something that is really helpful and useful to get a job done, or something that is completely useless and is just made for the novelty factor.

But, we like to think a gadget is anything that’s technologically cool, like most of the stuff we feature here on Gizmos for Geeks!

Twitter is all the rage these days, so much so that even politicians are tweeting. There are more people searching Twitter for ‘news’ events, granted that those stories are 140 characters max, and not backed up with any sources, etc. The bottom line is that Twitter is growing as an info source.

If you’re a researcher that now also uses Twitter as a reference, or perhaps just a Twitter-junkie, you’ll probably find this hack very useful.
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Times are tough. Families are on budgets. Your 401k has taken a beating. In times of economic turmoil, it’s often necessary to take a look at the family budget and get yourself back on track. While many will first think to switch to generic food items, buy everyday products in bulk, and give up highlights and spa treatments, what most may not realize is how much the technologies we use everyday are affecting our bank accounts.

If you’re unwilling to part with the family necessities, trimming the technology fat and altering how you use it can help you save money regular basis. I won’t lie to you… many of the things I’ll recommend can be downright painful to the tech-savvy consumer. But, desperate times call for desperate measures, and even following a few of these could make a big difference to your bank account balance.

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