Word: gadget
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...first thing you notice about the scanner is that it looks more like a picture frame than a computer gadget. You simply drop a photo between the 4670 and its book-stand-like holder, then watch through the transparent center as the image sensor moves across your photo...
...that officials destroyed or never kept the documents that would prove it; that the shell games Saddam played with U.N. inspectors were designed to conceal his progress on conventional weapons systems--missiles, air defenses, radar--not biological or chemical programs; and that even Saddam, a sucker for a new gadget or invention or toxin, may not have known what he actually had or, more to the point, didn't have. It would be an irony almost too much to bear to consider that he doomed his country to war because he was intent on protecting weapons systems that didn...
...consumer electronics remains Sony, a true innovator. To conquer the consumer market, Dell wants to solve the gadget-compatibility issue and speed the transition to the digital home. So Dell recently--and quietly--began offering basic home installation of computer networks for $119. The Dell.com site, which will be revamped on Oct. 10, even has a search engine to help homeowners locate providers of broadband service, another prerequisite for the coming digital transformation...
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...gigabyte iPod. This sounds bad enough, but worse yet, I purchased it after owning a five-gigabyte iPod for only six months. I am, admittedly, a gadget addict. I am one of those guys who actually reads the Circuit City ads in the Sunday paper before getting to the op-eds. If you look at my Internet history, you’ll see endless links to amazon.com, where I look daily to see if the price of the Canon GL2 digital video camera has gone down yet. It’s pathetic, but I can’t help...