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Thursday, September 22, 2005

LLRX Features "Burney's Gadgets for Legal Pros"

Craving some hot new technology?

Brett Burney's article on Gadget's for Legal Pros
on LLRX (September 18, 2005) features reviews
of the ultraportable HP Compaq nc4200 Laptop and
the Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter.

The nc4200 laptop weighs less then four pounds,
offers three USB ports, and includes a special
"presentation button" that can be set to auto-
matically launch a pre-determined PowerPoint show.

The Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter is a
WiFi detector (i.e., a device that detects wireless
hotspots for computer users on the go).
According to Burney, "it immediately searches
for and finds the first available wireless hotspot
and provides 1) the name of the wireless network
(the SSID), 2) the strength of the signal, 3) whether
the network is open or secured, and 4) what channel
the network is operating on."