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One Small Keyboard for Logitech, One Giant Leap for iPad Productivity

Lauren Goode in Product Reviews on May 21 at 6:00 am PT

Logitech’s $100 Ultrathin keyboard for iPad might just be worth the high price.

A Quick Spin Around Mini Macworld (Video)

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 27 at 5:01 am PT

There were few household names on the show floor at the annual San Francisco expo, but AllThingsD‘s Ina Fried found several things of note.

Belkin Bringing Mobile TV to Lots of Cellphones, Will Anyone Tune In?

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 8 at 4:00 pm PT

The accessory maker will make add-ons that let existing phones access the new Dyle mobile TV service without needing a new phone.

How to Outfit the iPad 2 to Make Typing Easier

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on August 17, 2011 at 6:04 pm PT

Walt tests four combination keyboard cases and a full-size keyboard accessory designed to make the iPad 2 more typing-friendly.

No Signal: Homes Often Baffle Wi-Fi From Routers

Geoffrey A. Fowler in Personal Technology on December 22, 2010 at 3:55 pm PT

Geoffrey Fowler tests home routers to see which one best delivers a consistent wireless experience. Most are found wanting.

Note: Walt Mossberg will return on December 29th.

Voices

Accessory Makers Queue Up for iPad

Sarmad Ali, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 1, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Although Apple’s new tablet won’t be available for at least another two months, vendors are already racing to stoke demand for iPad accessories. New York-based iLuv Creative Technology unveiled on Thursday a new line of iPad products, including hard and soft carrying cases and screen protectors.

Cool Trays Take the Heat Off Your Lap

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on March 31, 2009 at 5:56 pm PT

Many laptops tend to run hot, making them uncomfortable and sometimes painful to use on your lap. Now, companies are selling trays and pads designed to cool hot laptops and, in turn, cool laps.

Weekend Update, 12/12/08

Beth Callaghan in News on December 13, 2008 at 4:19 pm PT

Where are Tina Fey and Sarah Palin when we really need a laugh? In this week ramping up to the holidays, good cheer–unsurprisingly–was hard to find. 2008 may well be remembered as the year the econalypse stole Christmas. Yahoo was bereft of cheer, for sure. BoomTown covered its long-dreaded layoffs and published Jerry Yang’s complete memo to Yahoo staff about the painful process, which began on Wednesday. Ex-Yahoos from all corners of the company spoke (and vented) to BoomTown about the as-yet fruitless search for a CEO to replace Yang, who laid himself off last month. But wait–Digital Daily pointed out a singular moment of misplaced cheer–akin to fiddling while the proverbial Yahoo burns–as the company, uh, celebrated the holidays with a bafflingly lavish year-end party on last Saturday–four days before layoffs began.

CES 2009: Three Booths and a Clapping Toy Monkey?

John Paczkowski in News on December 5, 2008 at 11:26 am PT

If a global manufacturer of computer hardware like Belkin’s not exhibiting at CES, who is? I posed that question jokingly earlier this morning, but turns out there’s a very real and ugly answer to it: Not Seagate. Not Logitech. Not Cisco. Not Philips. Not Yahoo. And not Sanyo, either.