Feb 23rd, 2011 at 8:30AM:
I'm in the throes of packing for a two-month journey to Ethiopia. I try to pack light, other than the inevitable pile of books. While some tech freaks pack a lot of travel gadgets, I find these to be more of a hindrance than a help. Here are five things that you might want to leave behind if you're heading out for some adventure travel.
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Top five travel gadgets NOT to take on your next trip (and what to pack instead)
Feb 23rd, 2011 at 8:30AM:
I'm in the throes of packing for a two-month journey to Ethiopia. I try to pack light, other than the inevitable pile of books. While some tech freaks pack a lot of travel gadgets, I find these to be more of a hindrance than a help. Here are five things that you might want to leave behind if you're heading out for some adventure travel.
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Yes, these are handy, but they can break with rough ...US border control seizes your laptops, iPods, cellphones
Feb 7th, 2008 at 2:20PM: From the front-page of the Washington Post today comes a scary tale of the legal seizure of electronics at US immigration checkpoints. Many travelers flying into the US have complained about being forced to turn over their iPods, laptops, and cellphones to agents for examination. Often times the data subsequently gets copied--or worse. It's probably not surprising that most of the victims are of ...
