Nokia is still in 1st place in Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics. The order of the 18 companies ranked here hasn’t changed much in the past 6 months, so apparently this list isn’t enough to shame them into changing their ways.
You can take a look at the list on their site, or pull down the full PDF.
One of our great readers sent in this set of 7 pieces of free software that you can, and in most cases should, use to protect your PC laptop. Most of these also apply to your desktop as well.
I happen to use most of these and recommend them as well. At a minimum, you should be using antivirus, a firewall and backups.
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Interested in becoming like one of those folks on CSI? Want to start toying around in your house first? Well take a look at this nice list of forensic gadgets you can buy for yourself. This article is from a site that is geared exactly to those folks looking to become CSIs.
They cover gadgets and kits such as protection from counterfeiters, thieves, and stalkers – my favorite is Purple Thief Detection powder; drug testing, fingerprint and other forensic kits; night goggles all the way to computer forensics software.
Here is our 2009 updated version of the ‘What to Bring Particularly if You’re Press‘.
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The Smart Shopper is the electronic gadget for shoppers who can’t live without their lists. Here’s how it works in a nutshell: say the item in the Smart Shopper, it records it and then you can print out the list on the built-in thermal printer. Smart Shopper has a built-in database of over 2500 common items, and you can add your custom items as well. It also has voice-recognition to understand what you’re telling it.
At over $100, Smart Shopper is not cheap, but if you account for saving gas and time in not having to make return trips to the stores, then this could very well pay for itself before you know it.
Gimme!
More info from the manufacturer
Price: $116.98 (with free shipping from Amazon.com)
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
Are you used to writing your To Dos straight onto the palm of your hand? If that just ‘works’ for you, then you should take a look at the To-Do Tattoo which lets you make a very nice, neat To Do list and applies it the palm of your hand with a skin-safe, washable ink gel pen.
Under $4 gets you 12 “To Do” forms plus the special pen. What are you waiting for? Either your wife/husband/mom/son/boss needs something done/had now! Don’t forget.
Gimme!
Also available at Amazon.
Price: $3.49.
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
