The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA

Listen to Tv From Another Room Listen to Tv From Another Room the Help Desk

Q. I live in a condo of 1,025 square feet. The only TV is in the living room with Time Warner Cable. I want to hear the programs on TV when I'm in the office without turning up the volume really loud. The kitchen is between the TV and the office. Is there a listening device that I can wear to hear the TV while I work on the computer in the office? If so, cost is not as much a problem as space. Please let me know what is available and where I can get it. A. It sounds like you are looking for a...

Guitar Pique a Bug in Your Ear

GUITAR PIQUE In one of my favorite "Rock Band" tracks, an amazing facsimile of the '70s glam band Sweet sings, "Everybody wants a piece of the action." That appears to be the motivation behind Gibson Guitar Corp.'s patent infringement lawsuit against Harmonix, MTV Games and Electronic Arts, the developer, publisher and distributor of "Rock Band."

Dash's Car Navigator Smart, If Others Will Participate

As smart as in-car navigation devices are, they could be smarter. They could talk to each other via the Internet and share information on how fast traffic is moving on the roads they have just traveled. And they could also use the Internet to let you search for places of interest, get map updates, or even receive new destinations wirelessly. Starting this week, just such a smarter navigation box is hitting the market. Called the Dash Express, this $400 product looks a lot like units from bett...

Getting Tuned Up

Tuning up Community of writers

Morbid Curiousity or Natural Interest?

By Jaweed Kaleem McClatchy Newspapers

Be Wary of Tucked-Away Disk Be Wary of a Tucked-Away Disk

Q. In your March 2 tips you were asked, "For how many years might a hard drive retain data if stored in a climate-controlled environment?" The problem was that you never answered this question, but did answer several others. Hard drive storage is my backup plan, and I would love to know your thoughts. - Howard Deutsch

Don't Wait for Verizon's New Open Network Clearing the Air

Q. I am considering the purchase of the MacBook Air. If this computer freezes up, as my current Dell Inspiron does on occasion, how would I correct for that? I usually remove and then replace the battery on the Dell. But what would I do if this happens with the Air, since it has no removable battery? A. You can force a frozen MacBook Air - or any current Mac laptop - to shut down and restart without removing its battery. You just hold down the power button for a few seconds until the machine ...

The Arcade

"Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis" $40 for PlayStation 2 from Koei

Site Seeing

If living beyond our means is what gets us into financial trouble, why is it so difficult to live below our means, save money and avoid grief? Here are some Web sites meant to make it easier. TEN WAYS

Gaming, Evolved

When "SimCity" and "The Sims" creator Will Wright says that his upcoming game "Spore" has turned out to be "kind of ambitious," it's not hard to see through his modesty. A simulation game spanning eons and a pioneering adventure into social networking, "Spore" is aiming to be his most immense and satisfying game yet, from the primordial ooze to the farthest reaches of space. It starts in the Cell Phase, which has players taking a tiny microbe and evolving it by eating other microbes to bolste...

Tech Toys

Klipsch Image Headphones MSRP $349, www.klipsch.com

They May Be Dead but They Are Alive On Myspace

Lots of famous people are on MySpace. But a good number of them are long dead. Every dead poet, philosopher, artist and past president you can think of has a MySpace page - or numerous MySpace pages - and many are presented in the first person, as if Thomas Edison and Joan of Arc are lounging at home in their pajamas, posting pictures and updating their blogs.