Cool Yule favorites: 15 techie gifts we like

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	Cool Yule favorites: 15 techie gifts we like Ho Ho Ho, it's time again to get our holiday wish lists together. Here are our 15 favorite products from the 140+ products submitted and tested in this year's Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide. Read More WHITE PAPER: NeuStar, Inc. Holiday Readiness Guide for Ecommerce This white paper is all about Internet Gifting Essentials as it is critical that merchants ready their sites from both a performance and selling perspective. Based on the e-tailing group's Annual Mystery Shopping Survey, highlighted Internet gifting essentials were present in three-out-of-four of the 100 websites we surveyed last holiday season. Read More In this Issue 10 offbeat gift ideas: 2010 edition Video: 2010 Cool Yule Tools: 7 Fun Gift Ideas Storage gift ideas Photo and Video Gift Ideas Computer and Notebook Gift Ideas iPad accessories gift ideas Home and Office Gear Gift Ideas The best tech holiday gifts for less than $200 WHITE PAPER: Sprint Next Wave of Growth for Unified Communications Today's enterprise is undergoing a significant transformation, moving toward becoming a true Anywhere Enterprise®—a company where the workers can access any information from any device over any network. Enterprise mobility has been a crucial component in kicking off the evolutionary process. Learn More 10 offbeat gift ideas: 2010 edition When we receive pitches for the holiday gift guide, we get a lot of suggestions that are a bit off the beaten path, or we didn't get around to receiving them or answering their pitch. Here's a bunch of product suggestions that didn't make the main guide, but are unique and cool enough to consider this year. Read More Video: 2010 Cool Yule Tools: 7 Fun Gift Ideas As part of the 2010 Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide, Keith Shaw shows off seven fun gift products from the guide, including the electronic rock guitar T-shirt. Read More WEBCAST: Iron Mountain Online Server Backup Checklist View this Webcast today and learn how SMBs can save money, time and IT resources by backing up critical data to the cloud. This online server backup checklist for SMBs outlines how cloud adoption is quick, secure and affordable, scaling with business growth and eliminating daily backup hassles. Learn more! Storage gift ideas Storage drive vendors have a tough sell to consumers – after all, just hyping storage capacity really isn't enough anymore. So we're starting to see things on hard drives like personalized designs, protection features, network connectivity, additional software (both useful and entertaining), and funky formats. Here's some of our favorite storage devices that we think would make good holiday gifts. Read More Photo and Video Gift Ideas Like computers, trying to see what's new in the world of photography and video usually involves seeing what's new in megapixels, features and sizes. Still, we were able to try out a variety of digital cameras, camcorders, some accessories and a couple of photo printers that should keep the shutterbug on your list happy this holiday season. Read More WEBCAST: Dell Companies spend 30% more on software licenses than needed. Poor visibility into remote assets, an inability to ensure the security of PCs, and failing to deliver satisfactory service to end users on a consistent and cost-effective basis are a few of the challenges that IT executives face as they struggle to manage software across their organizations. Learn more now! Computer and Notebook Gift Ideas Computers continue be one of those product categories that make you say, "Yeah, what's new?" Makers of notebooks and netbooks are facing continued pressure from the likes of the iPad, as people continue to consider what they need or want from their computing environment. Do they want portability? Do they want a powerhouse? Do they want something that can connect to TV, or just something with all of the latest and greatest? Read More iPad accessories gift ideas If the iPad is the best holiday gift idea this season, then iPad accessories comes in at a close second. There's so much new stuff out there for the iPad, we decided to give it its own category in the Cool Yule Tools guide this year. From cases to sleeves to keyboards and stands, there's a bunch of extra stuff that every iPad owner will want in addition to their device. Read More Home and Office Gear Gift Ideas Desktop or notebook – check. Smartphone – check. After that, though, there might be some additional pieces of gear to make your home or office truly productive. Here are our picks for some products that help you create a better home or office.  Read More The best tech holiday gifts for less than $200 If you have two Benjamins to spend on holiday gear for a loved one (or even yourself), you have a range of choices--including robots, kooky Japanese watches, great graphics boards, brightly colored USB 3.0 storage, and more. Read More
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