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Buy Online to Save On Fees At the Airport

Gearing up to get on a plane and fly home for the holidays? Well watch out for those baggage fees—especially when you've got a lot to haul....

Google Offering Free WiFi at Select Airports for Holidays

For many of us travel is a big part of the holidays. With delays at the airport not being uncommon, having free WiFi access can make passing the time at the airport a bit more pleasant. Just in time f...

Get Away from Home Easier with a Digital Luggage Scale

Gearing up for the holidays? Have you booked flights to see family yet? With as much pride as we take in our homes, it's tough to leave them, but we've found some tech that might help you on your way ...

TimeTuner: The Clock Radio iPhone App

For those of you who like to wake up to a specific radio station in the morning and always have your iPhone nearby (we prefer the annoying beeping of our alarm clock to get our behinds immediately up ...

Never Lose Your iPod When You Fly

Some might think this is as silly as a Snuggie. But with the holiday season approaching and many planning to take long trips, it's worth a second look......

Found: DIY Laptop Car Mount

Now, lets pretend for a moment that the idea of mounting a laptop to the dashboard of your car is a good idea. And in this pretend world if we liked to keep things thrifty, we'd suggest to you, this...

TwoFold: The Portable Laptop Stand and Sleeve

If you use your laptop a lot, you'll definitely want to get some kind of a stand to make things easier. Most of the stands that we see aren't made to travel around. Kensington has come up with a reall...

A Great Way to Travel With Your Electronic Gear

When you are traveling, it gets hard to track all of your electronic gear. It doesn't take long for people to just throw them all in a bag and forget about them. That makes retrieving them almost impo...

Tech Tip: Use Menu Settings to Learn a Language

Tech helps out and makes our lives easier in far too many ways to count (Isn't advancement the whole point of technology?). But here's one tip courtesy of Geek Sugar that's as surprising as it is usef...

Use Any Headphone With Your iPod Shuffle While Traveling

When you are traveling, it's really useful to be able to use your favorite pair of headphones for your devices. Most people have a few, but it was a bit infuriating to learn that the new iPod Shuffle ...

How to Get Free Airport WiFi

There's nothing worse than being stuck in an airport for a few hours with nothing to do. You'd expect to be able to boot up your laptop and get some free WiFi, but that's just not happening in all air...

Tip: Put Subscriptions On Hold Before You Travel!

Going on a trip is already an expensive venture—if you're early in the planning, just wait until you get back your credit card statement with the plane tickets and hotel reservation charged up&m...

SolarStrap: Charge Your Gadgets While Traveling

When you are on the go, it gets really problematic to charge your gadgets. Sure, you can find plugs to power up some of the easily enough, but it's not always possible. At some point, you will run out...

Tech Travel Tip: Let TiVo Help with the Itinerary

We don't know about all of you, but when we take vacations, we don't do the relaxing thing. We are always up and moving, trying to see sites and experience local culture whether we're in St. Louis or ...

Devotec Industries Solar Sound Bluetooth Speakers

You're at a picnic and you've got your music collection on your iPhone and want to share your tunes at a social occasion where wires and outlets are not readily available. What to do? The Devotec In...

How to Make Your Own Portable Air Conditioner

Summer's here and we are all sweating. If you spend any time outside, you'll end up wet. Things are worse when you get to hotter climates. Summer is also the time for drives to see relatives, friends ...

Traveling With Data: When Flash Drives Aren't Enough

The one thing that is very important when you are on the road is your data. By data, we mean photos, music, videos and more of the usual things that we gather on our trips. Depending on how long your ...

Traveling Overseas With a Laptop?: Advice from PC World

You've got your bags packed, your laptop carry-on is ready to move, and your passport has been successfully located and rescued from the messy depths of your desk drawers. You're ready to head out for...

A Cup Holder Mounted Laptop Tray Saves Hundreds of Dollars

By no means do we encourage you to use your laptop while driving, but there are a lot of people out there who need to use their laptops in their cars. From our recent research on these traveling offic...

Travel Test: iPhone vs. Blackberry Bold vs. Guidebook
Conde Nast Traveler

We just stumbled across a story from the June 2009 issue of Conde Nast Traveler that's a helpful addition to Escapes month. The magazine hired three writers to navigate Moscow during the cold Russia...

Schlage LiNK Lets You Control Your Home From Afar

One of the main concerns of any homeowner is what happens to their beloved place while they are away. This is something that causes as lot of worries. You are not there and you have no control over th...

Digital Camera Accesories for Travel

Some of our favorite childhood photos were taken on family vacations. If you're tempted to save space in your luggage by leaving your real camera home and relying on your iPhone or other camera pho...

Hot or Not: Knee Defenders

Though this product has been on the market for several years, we've never seen it in action. Designed to slide onto the arms of your tray table, these plastic gizmos prevent the person in front of ...

Ford Work Solutions: The Home Office on Wheels

We are spending a lot of time in cars. It's just common sense to have some kind of mobile work integration, so that all those hours spent in gridlock can actually be used for a purpose, instead of jus...

Easily Transfer Data Between Laptops When You Are On the Go

Almost everyone travels with a laptop. Laptops are handy in the way that they let you assume the same functions as a desktop, but right there as they are sitting in your lap. It's strange to image lif...

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