02/ 11/ 2008
Filed Away
You've got hundreds of business cards floating around, but when you need a phone number or e-mail address, they're nowhere to be found. Now you can keep up to 800 business cards organized and stored in one place with this mini business card filing cabinet. A tiny version of your standard filing cabinet, you can keep it next to the phone for easy access.
Cost: $13
Buy: www.thinkgeek.com
Cool Down
Keep your machine cool with Blue Lounge's Laptop Computer Feet. Each set of Cool Feet includes two tall feet and two short feet that suction to the bottom of your computer, giving it the airspace it needs to keep from overheating. The tiny laptop boosters, which travel easily in the handy storage pouch, feature soft, plastic feet to prevent scratching surfaces.
Cost: $12
Buy: www.organize.com
Easy Being Green
This sleek recycling system is perfect for cleaning up the break room—and the environment. Featuringremovable storage containers and a compaction device, the Ecopod makes recycling plastic, glass, aluminum and paper a cinch.
Cost: $330
Buy: www.ecopod.org
Back Up
With Spark Technology's SwizzleStik, you won't miss a beat even if your beloved cell phone takes a dive. With the ability to back up contacts, photos and music files, the SwizzleStik simply transports information from your phone to your computer. Plus, you can manage your contacts from your keyboard instead of cramping your fingers on that tiny keypad.
Cost: $50
Buy: www.swizzlestik.com
E-Reading
Revolutionize the way you read with the Amazon Kindle, a 10-ounce handheld e-reader that can store up to 200 titles. With a high-resolution electronic paper display, the Kindle wirelessly downloads books, blogs and magazines so you can take your favorite page-turners everywhere. Perfect for business road warriors, the Kindle store has more than 90,000 books available to keep you in the know.
Cost: $400
Buy: www.amazon.com/kindle
Durable Data
Take your files wherever you go with Iomega's eGo Portable Hard Drive. With patent-pending Drop Guard technology, this portable hard drive can withstand the toughest falls. The 160 GB of storage space holds 640,000 photos, 2,900 hours of music and 240 hours of video.
Cost: $135
Buy: www.iomega.com
Fast and Furious
Think writing out labels for your packages and files by hand saves time? Then you've never watched the Brother QL-570 Professional Label Printer in action. The label maker can churn out 68 high-resolution, custom-sized labels for envelopes, file folders, packages and more. The intuitive software and user prompts let you start labeling as soon as you pull it out of the box.
Cost: $100
Buy: www.brother.com
Mission Impossible
With a military-grade Crytopchip to keep your files protected, the IronKey flash drive is a fail-safe way to keep your important documents backed up and protected. The state-of-the-art password management system lets you store sensitive online identity information to minimize risk of identity theft. As if that's not secure enough, the flash drive is also designed to destroy all files if it falls into tampering hands.
Cost: from $79
Buy: www.ironkey.com
