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Since the introduction of wireless internet, many have wondered what other wireless technologies there would be. Wireless printers, speakers, cell phones, and many more. Now you can add 3 more to that list.

The power cord has long been the enemy of many people around the world. You always had to place things according to where the plugs were or you'd have some cord running all across the room. Nobody really notices and thinks about the power cord ones its being used and its found its place, but if it could be thrown away, what a world of a difference it would make. Now there is a solution to get rid of some of those plugs, wireless charging. To get things straight, this piece of technology won't replace all of your plugs but its a huge step in the right direction to making the power cord obsolete. Currently there are two ways to wirelessly charge a device and they are being offered by two different companies. WildCharge will start selling a conductive charging pad and eCoupled will offer a inductive laptop specific pad with a compatible notebook all by the end of 2008. Both companies will offer adapters at a range of $30. If you have taken science and didn't fall asleep then you can guess what the difference and how each of these technologies work. Conductive charging passes electricity when two objects come in contact. Inductive charging happens when there is a physical gap between two objects.

Print from anywhere with this new piece of technology offered by Zink (Zero Ink) Instead of going online and going through the tedious process of uploading photos (Costco gets double thumbs down) you can print those photos wirelessly or connect it via a USB cable to the ZINK mobile printers. The name explains some but doesn't answer all. First there is no ink used, instead the printer will heat up the adhesive paper, and thus release the crystals used to make the photo. The downfall is, the images will be small, and not your regular size 4by6, the paper will instead be 2by3 and will be semi-gloss. The printers are unique because they are a product in itself. They offer two printers, a mobile one and a mobile camera version. The mobile will be able to wirelessly print pictures from a laptop, computer or wifi enabled product. The camera version is a camera and there is no word on how good it is but the website describes it as a "full featured digital camera...take digital photos like any other digital camera." The projected costs of these tools is $100 but there is no word on where they will be sold, so look out for them at your local Best Buy store.

Wires, wires, wires, they seem to mess up and make our lives more complicated, but Amimon is trying to put a stop while making a quick buck. They are going to be released to the consumers in 2008, but just this August they let electronic makers have a crack at the technology. The system allows you to wirelessly transmit an uncompressed 1080p picture via a 5GHz radio transmitter from a DVD player, cable box, or game console to a WHDI-equipped TV (adapters can be purchased for $300-$400 a pair as at least two are needed). Comparatively, a WHDI-equipped TV will have a premium of $200. WHDI is just a replacement to the HDMI cable so no worries that your picture quality will be worse, but no celebrating that you'll be getting a better one. In a couple of years though the adapters will cost $60 and the premium on a TV will drop to $10. With the benefit of much less cables, you'll be able to rearrange your TV room the way you dreamed.

It's been over a year since the official launch of the HD DVD and Blu-Ray and now here comes some great discounts. Toshiba is in the works to offer a $198 HD DVD Player from Wal-Mart before the holiday season. This marks a huge gain for the HD DVD format as Blu-Ray has been stealing most of the spotlight and for good reason. The Blu-Ray format has garnered much support from studios including: Warner, Lionsgate, Paramount, Disney, Fox, Sony, and MGM; it supports a higher playback quality (1080p vs 1080i), it stores more on a same size disk, and it records faster. A price drop can help get HD DVD into more families homes and widen its customer base helping it catch up to Blu-Ray. With this information though, I'd rather wait for a similar price drop from Blu-Ray and get a much better quality player and product.Wal-Mart to me hurts the HD DVD repuation even further as Wal-Mart is a place to get cheap products, not quality ones. If I were a Blu-Ray maker, I'd be cheering inside.

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Many companies have been trying to copy and beat the iPhone but this is the first true competitor in my mind. Although the looks are not the best, the internal statistics blow away the iPhone any day. Due for release on November 4, 2007, Sprint is readying for a huge release that will determine whether it catches up to AT&T or stays behind them. So how does the HTC Touch stack up against the Apple iPhone?

Why would Apple choose to release an unlocked iPhone in France when they could more easily release one in Canada, locked, which is what they'd like to do? The reason they had to unlock there product in France was simply because of law. French law states that no company can bundle a cell phone to a mobile operator. However, Apple has made a deal with Orange, a European mobile carrier, to sell its phone with them for $560 but to obey the law, they will sell an unlocked version at a higher, undisclosed price. What is iffy though is whether or not Orange had to agree to give a slice of the revenue earned from selling those iPhones to Apple. This is another huge step in taking away the power from carriers but it can also mean drastic things in relation to power with the handset makers. I would feel much better if Canada decided to bring in a law much like that of Frances, but then again I'd much rather like better phones to be offered.

PC's and laptops consume a whole lot of electricity every time you use them which can range from 150-800 watts when in use to 50-400 watts when in sleep mode or hibernation. That's a huge amount of power and an even bigger chance to cut down that number. Cutting down your power cost on just your computer can save you around $100 a year which means more upgrades for your best friend.

My parents are extremely slow when it comes to typing and in this day and age, typing is standard on your resume. So to get up to speed on how to type efficiently without opening your wallet, try RapidTyping Typing Tutor. It has a kid friendly interface but don't be taken back as it has many great features that will get you typing blindly in no time. There are no pop ups before, during, or after to pester you about registration, an upgrade or anything like that. There are different skins and it records multiple users with many statistics to show you your WPM, CPM, and percentage of mistakes. A cool part of this free software is it acts like a game where the better you become and advance into different difficulties, the more picturesque the underwater scenery becomes. Another cool feature but not really that useful is the Create Your Own Exercise. This might not be used unless you become really skilled and the program doesn't challenge you enough

Are you tired of Windows Live Messenger? Want something new? We'll MirandaIM is here to the rescue with a fast, easy, small, open source protocol for instant messaging. Included is support for many of the major instant messaging platforms including MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM, Jabber and more. Additionally they provide with tons of plugins, icons, sounds, and other amusing content. It currently is in Beta stage so do backup your computer before you choose to download it. Even though it is new, MirandaIM can be installed on Vista and Windows 95 and above. It is obviously worth a try because in my opinion Windows Live can become Windows Death.

GetbyMail is a piece of software that works just like Remote Access programs that require you to download a program and send it to another persons computer. The reason you may use this is because those programs don't work if the remotely acceessed computer cannot access FTP, P2P, or are behind NAT or other firewalls. GetbyMail bypasses these things and makes accessing your computer a breeze. All you need is at least 2 email addresses that, one per computer and they do support internet emails such as GMail. The great thing is you don't need GetbyMail installed on both computers, you just need it on the remote computer and your local (home) computer will be able to access it. To learn more go to GetbyMail.