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Computers

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One-button document scanning

Fujitsu ScanSnap S300m

Extra-short iPhone/iPod cable

iStubz

PC streamlining app

AutoHotKey

Radically ergonomic typing

Kinesis Advantage Keyboard

Dust-Off alternative

Giottos Rocket Blaster

PC IT on the go

Portable Apps

Remote offsite backup

Mozy

Best, cheap trackball

Logitech Marble Mouse

Rugged laptops

Panasonic Toughbooks

Evolving fractal screen saver

Electric Sheep

Closer to the paperless office

30" Cinema Display

Wireless memory card

Eye-Fi

Durable media card/stick boxes

Pelican Memory Card Cases

Refastenable wire fastening

Millepede Cable Ties

USB-based wireless booster

Wi-Fire Range Extender

Efficient Ethernet cabling

EZ-RJ45 Crimp Tool

Computing on your back

LapDawg

Portable, foldable mouse

MoGo Mouse

Best spam filter for Mac

SpamSieve

Low cost six-axis mouse

SpaceNavigator

Network cable tester

Atlas IT Cable Analyser

Cheapest component and gear supplier

NewEgg

A how-to manual for Google

Google Hacks

Essential technological literacy

Debugging

Minimal pointing device

Mini Optical Mouse

Ultimate Fan-Free Computer Case

Zalman Totally No Noise TNN500AF

USB-powered Universal Charging Cable

Gomadic

Hard Drive Silencer

Smart Drive 2002

It's all information, up and down

Programming the Universe

Linking everything to everything

The Search

A better mini-mouse

MS Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse

How the computer was born

Triumph of the Nerds

Pocket upgradeable drives

Bonzai Expandable Flash Drive

The hippie origins of PCs

What the Dormouse Said

Best Wi-Fi hotspot finder

Canary Digital Wireless Hotspotter

Optimizing your Windows OS

Hacking Windows XP

Refillable compressed air

ReAir Duster

More comfortable than a lap

InsTand Laptop Stand

Source for generic logins

BugMeNot

Tiny travel mouse

IBM Mini Mouse

State of the art guides�

Missing Manuals

Cheap, readable ebook device

Sony Clie (as Reader)

Low-cost micro-controller kits

AVR Chips

A must-have

Mac OSX: The Missing Manual

GrandTec Virtually Indestructible Keyboard

Pocketable keyboard

Gives you time to shut down

Battery Backup

Post-it for computers

Stickies