eWEEK’s reporters, editors and analysts try hard to keep the “e” in eWEEK, which, in case you didn’t know, stands for “enterprise.”
There happens to be a pretty huge audience out there anxious to read about advances in megapixels and new apps for MySpace, but our advertisers don’t see the value in trying to sell VOIP and enterprise-class storage to a 21-year-old trying to read camera phone reviews in her dorm room. So we steer clear.
But this holiday we decided to let loose our staff to do some fun sleuthing in consumer electronics. Our beat reporters turned up gadgets, apps, phones, GPS devices and even a portable device with 1 terabyte of storage for less than $200, all with an eye toward informing a shopper whose day job involves terabytes, not megapixels; network security instead of a social network; and petaflops instead of flip-flops.
The Results:
Laptops
- Apple Macs and Notebooks Remain Hottest Holiday Gift Ideas in 2008
- 10 Laptops and Desktops to Check Out This Holiday Season
- 11 Desktops and Laptops That Enterprises Should Take Notice of This Holiday Season
Mobile Devices, Phones and GPS
- Mobile and Wireless Retailers Brace for Poor Sales, Shoppers for Savings
- Top 10 Wireless and Mobility Gift Ideas
Web Sites and Apps
- Web Technologies and Sites for a Break from the Family
- 10 Web Services to Check Out During Holiday Downtime
Desktop and Mobile Security
- Smartphone Security Good Filler for Christmas Stockings
- Santa Thinks IT Security This Christmas
- Thinking Consumer Security for the Holidays
Personal and Portable Storage
- Gifts That Can Save Your Data’s Life: Good Portable Storage Options
- Gift Ideas for Personal Data Storage
Whether you do Black Friday or Cyber Monday, happy shopping!
– John Hazard