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With options like Dropbox, Drive and Skydrive (yes, they're actually two different things), you probably have little or no use for anything that connects via USB that isn't a keyboard or mouse. But if you [...]

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Keeping track of who's who on Game of Thrones is like being Kate Gosselin and trying to remember all your kids' friends. Even if you can't recall which House has gained your allegiance, you can [...]

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If you need proof that video games don't always prepare you for real-life situations, go pick up a gun and fire it like you would in Grand Theft Auto or grab a football and try [...]

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We all have sensitive files that never need to see the light of day. Maybe it's blackmail information on your boss, or a top-secret chicken recipe or photographic evidence of the location of all your [...]

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If your partner in Draw Something can't figure out your one coin doodles, it's time you upgraded from your pre-K fingerpainting skills. With the Bamboo Stylus duo, you'll improve both your digital artistic abilities and [...]

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Dr. (Doc) Martens has been making the industry's best shitkickers since we were rebellious kids in high-school. There's just something iconic about a tall pair of black lace-up boots with an off color sole that [...]

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Even with all the different Dropbox-like services available we still find ourselves toting a USB stick on our keys or in our bag. We'd love to think that all the information on the Internet is [...]

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To be honest, securing an iPad in a paper sleeve sounds fairly scary to us. It would be like sending a high-priced running back onto the field in one of those old school leather helmets. The paper [...]

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Darts has always struck us as an odd bar game. It's not because we don't like playing—we love to—but because sharp objects and alcohol don't seem to mesh. No time is this more evident then when [...]

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You've probably even surprised yourself with how much you use your iPad for. At first you thought, "I'll play a few games, use it a bit for work, maybe watch a movie or two on it," [...]

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Despite looking like a prop from a cinematic adaptation of some Dan Brown novel, the Crypteks USB is actually a very real way of keeping your most important info safe. Instead of keeping digital tax files, [...]

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If you're anything like us (and we suspect you are), then you expect your laptop to be constantly multitasking as you update Facebook, browse YouTube videos, check email, and challenge your friends to online poker [...]

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It seems like every time we open an internet browser we're being bombarded with the latest and greatest iPod / iPhone / iPad dock. We haven't played with all of them, but when you see [...]

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The problem with most iPad cases on the market is they are flat-out hideous. One of the reasons you love your do everything Apple tablet is its sleek design. What happens when you slap most after-market [...]

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It's hard to believe that there was a time when you couldn't carry a Grammy office worth of music in your pocket with you at all times. Luckily that time is all but forgotten and [...]

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