David DeJean - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by David DeJean

Article | 8/10/2008 Usenet: Not dead yet

Over the last few years, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and other organizations looking to eliminate the illegal swapping of dig...

Article | 15/08/2008 15 great gadgets for the back-to-school crowd

"Excellence," said John W. Gardner, "is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well." That's worth thinking about with back-to-school time right around...

Article | 17/07/2008 Online office apps get real

Web-based office suites are coming into their own at last. For quite a while, Web-based suites -- which offered word processing, spreadsheets, presen...

Article | 20/06/2008 The future of e-paper: The Kindle is only the beginning

Amazon.com's Kindle has turned a long under performing category of tech gadget -- e-book readers -- into an overnight hit, and in the process has boos...

Article | 5/06/2008 Eight incredibly useful tools for road warriors

When you're on the road, you can feel more like a juggler than a traveler: You've got your notebook, your smart phone, your camera, your GPS device, y...

Article | 11/04/2008 Are iPhones from Mars and BlackBerrys from Venus?

When it comes to smart phone preferences, there are clear differences between the sexes, say market researchers and usability testers. And these diffe...