185 degrees and 196 degrees Fahrenheit. In science class, you learned that water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit—much too hot for your morning drink (of course, if you need boiling water, there’s a “rolling boil” setting)!  The manual encourages you...

sludge at the bottom of the cartridge that can clog up the plate. If you think you’ve got a clogged cartridge, just put it in a quarter-inch of boiling water and let it sit for a few minutes.” At Voce's shop, I saw plenty of cartridges sitting in water....

networking technologies aimed at getting that ol' streaming video around your home (you do stream, don't you?) has heated to the point of boiling over. It seems that a "we don't need no steenking standards" attitude has become the rule of the land with companies...

has to be filled in every time; productivity goes up the chimney in smoke yet again. So that's how my friend's bosses managed to create an 11 pound pencil. I've got to stop now, my blood is boiling. I've worked with a number of smart non-profit agencies designing...

eight-month battery life, suitability for left-handers, and Microsoft’s new BlueTrack technology. I’m not entirely clear on all the nuances of BlueTrack, but it seems to boil down to combining a blue LED that kicks out a 4X larger beam with a larger image...

had walked off a cliff? We were driving to the beach, and in the bag at my feet was my 15" notebook, not our netbook. I was going to need Web access and the ability to write during the weekend, and that ruled out the netbook. Why? Honestly, it all boils...

in progress. Please check back frequently to see what’s new. Everybody has their own definition of the perfect laptop computer, but it often boils down to the age-old compromise between performance and portability. Laptops -- or notebook...