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If you’ve seen some of Sony’s latest commercials you may have noted that Justin Timberlake is shilling for them these days. So it’s natural that they’d sponsor the William Rast[1] show at Fashion Week.  Thus I got to attend the show and sit in fancy VIP seats right behind one of the most powerful fashion [...]

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I'm a writer, reviewer, and lover of technology, gadgets, gizmos, and electronics that make my life better. I'm currently the news editor for LAPTOP Magazine. I spend my day steeped in eReaders, netbooks, Linux, science fiction, and curly hair products. I'm a ChicGeek.




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Barbie, Computer Engineer; K T Bradford, Toy Connoisseur    6

Barbie is a Computer Engineer and I’m covering a toy convention — has the world turned upside down!? Not quite. Not yet, anyway.
Thanks to all of you who answered my call (and a bunch of other techy, geeky, engineer-y women out there) Mattel was so overwhelmed with votes for Barbie as Computer Engineer that they [...]

You all have strong opinions about your laptops – please share them!    0

For the past 2 months I’ve been working on a series of posts called You Grade The Brands. I’ve been reading the reviews we did of notebooks and netbooks in 2009, going brand by brand, to suss out common strengths and weaknesses amongst a company’s laptop line. It’s been a very illuminating process. Also, I [...]

Why the name iPad has become such a joke    23

Before the official announcement of Apple’s iPad several different names were floated for the tablet including iTablet and iSlate. In the many months between the latest rounds of rumors (started in early 2009) and the actual announcement, the likelihood of iPad being the final name was hotly debated and often dismissed by people who were [...]

Which Tablet Name Is Worse: JooJoo or iPad?    7

With the revelation of Apple’s tablet moniker, I’m left to wonder why it is that beautiful tablets are getting such unfortunate names.
First we had the JooJoo, which inspired a rash of ethnic jokes best left unsaid. Now comes the iPad, which has already been subjected to various feminine hygiene jokes with more still to come.
Was [...]