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In the meantime, check out my recent columns:

There's no such thing as a 'business cell phone'

Is Microsoft Already Failing with Windows 7?

San Diego-based Kempler & Strauss this morning rolled out an incredible $199 wristwatch cell phone called the W PhoneWatch. The gadget sports a calendar, address book, a calculator, stopwatch, a vibration mode for silent alarms, a no-stylus touch screen, microSD slot and the ability to both take and play pictures and videos.

The watch features an LCD micro-touch touchscreen with a resolution of 128 x 128 and 260,000 colors. It weighs only 2.5 ounces and is the smallest phone watch you can buy, according to the company.

The watch takes pictures at VGA resolution (640 x 480). The video camera feature captures MPEG 4 (AVI) format at 128 x 104. The watch will play MPEG4, MP3, WMA, WAV and AMR files.

What's not to like?

Coke machine Blue Screen Of Death!

Everyone loves an unexpected BSOD on random displays.

USB Gadget Hall of Shame

I'm all for convergence, but this is ridiculous. The $40 IMM Barber USB 2GB Flash Drive is a comb with a USB port on one end and data storage electronics inside. Never again get caught without your vital data -- or with messy hair!

Why Starbucks is a better office than your office

Every coffee shop, bookstore cafe and library has people who sit there for hours working on a laptop. Why don't they just work at home, or in an office somewhere?

Starbucks should be a lousy place to work. It's noisy. There's no privacy. The coffee and snacks are expensive. Outlets can be hard to come by. The tables are small. The seats are uncomfortable.

Yet we all love to work there. Here's why.

Gotta-Get-It Gadgets

Who says you can't take it with you? This $2,700 Travelmate Portable Fireplace enables you to carry a real fireplace like a briefcase. It's made of steel and glass and it burns bio-ethanol liquid fuel.