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Take Your Library With You: Sony Reader

Book lover? Then you’ll love the new e-Reader from Sony. It takes an entire library of books and makes it portable in a slim, lightweight electronic pad. I like to think of it as an iPod for my books. No more choosing which books to take with you when you travel. No more lugging heavy volumes ...

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Take Your Library With You: Sony Reader

Book lover? Then you’ll love the new e-Reader from Sony. It takes an entire library of books and makes it portable in a slim, lightweight electronic pad. I like to think of it as an iPod for my books. No more choosing which books to take with you when you travel. No more lugging heavy v...

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B&W Zeppelin iPod Speaker System

Finally, an iPod® speaker system worth the wait. It’s the first time Bowers & Wilkins has paired its legendary audiophile speakers with iPod® and the results are astounding. Zeppelin was designed as a dedicated speaker system specifically for iPod®. With a 5-inch subwoofer, ext...

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Home Theater Trio

One of my new favorites is actually a trio: three home entertainment gadgets working together to create a true private cinema experience in the home. The trio includes the Kaleidescape movie, a music server with the Runco Cinewide/AutoScope projectors and a Stewart Cinecurve adjusting screen. The Ka...

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Sony DSC-G1 Digital Wi-Fi Camera

So you have a lot of photos on your digital camera but you never take the time to share them with your friends and family, right? Now Sony is making it easy with the incredibly cool DSC-G1. This camera has a wi-fi link built-in so you can send your photos to your PC, another camera and even to your ...

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Roomba Vacuum Cleaner

I’ll admit it: I had never vacuumed the floors at our house. But now I do it all the time, thanks to my new Roomba robot vacuum. Okay, so I don’t do the work, but I get the credit for it. Running on a rechargeable battery, Roomba roams around the entire house vacuuming as it goes. It&rsq...

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Sonos Digital Music System

If you’re like me, you’ve got a ton of digital music, and it’s mostly relegated to the iPod.  But now thanks to the Sonos digital music system, I can access my entire digital collection and play it anywhere in my house. Sonos uses wifi technology to stream your iTune...

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e-Sommelier

Lee, the manager of our Columbia showroom, is a wine aficionado. He’s the guy I go to whenever I need a recommendation on a good bottle of wine, so it’s no surprise that Lee was the first one to tell me about e-Sommelier. This incredible software creates an electronic library of your win...

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Escient FireBall: Media Manager

Everyone who sees the Escient FireBall music management system has the same reaction I did: this is the coolest way to enjoy your music collection. The FireBall is a smart hard drive dedicated to managing your entire music collection so you never have to touch a disc again.  Here’s how...

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