Nov 4th, 2008 at 1:30PM: Back in September, when the TSA announced their new relaxed rules for laptop bag designs, virtually every manufacturer jumped on the bandwagon. We are now more than a month into the new rules, and the following 11 manufacturers have at least one checkpoint friendly bag available for (pre) ordering. Here are the current bags with their prices and availability: Tom Bihn Checkpoint Flyer Tom Bihn ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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TSA friendly laptop bags popping up everywhere - an overview
Nov 4th, 2008 at 1:30PM: Back in September, when the TSA announced their new relaxed rules for laptop bag designs, virtually every manufacturer jumped on the bandwagon. We are now more than a month into the new rules, and the following 11 manufacturers have at least one checkpoint friendly bag available for (pre) ordering. Here are the current bags with their prices and availability: Tom Bihn Checkpoint Flyer Tom Bihn ...Product review - Belkin FlyThru TSA checkpoint friendly laptop bag
Nov 3rd, 2008 at 11:30AM: In this product review, I'm going to give you a brief look at the newest checkpoint friendly laptop bag from Belkin. The new regulations from the TSA permit you to keep your laptop inside its carrying case if the bag meets certain rules. Essentially, the TSA X-ray operator has to be able to see through the laptop, with nothing obstructing it. The Belkin FlyThru checkpoint bag accomplishes this ...Product review - Computrace LoJack for laptops
Sep 17th, 2008 at 3:00PM: In this product review I'm going to take a closer look at a piece of software that has the potential to recover your laptop should you ever become the victim of laptop theft. Laptop computers are the perfect item for thieves; they are easy to grab, they are worth a fortune and they are pretty easy to resell. Laptop thieves are everywhere; it could be the person standing next to you on the train, ...Travelon announces a lineup of TSA friendly laptop bags
Aug 20th, 2008 at 4:00PM: Now that the TSA has come to its senses, and has relaxed the rules for getting your laptop through security, we are seeing more and more bag manufacturers introduce a line of luggage to help ease the process. Previously, I had reported on new TSA friendly bags from Mobile Edge, and the newest contender is Travelon Bags. The Travelon checkpoint friendly bag lineup includes 6 bags; a laptop ...Internet: An airline extra that might be worth paying for
Jun 25th, 2008 at 8:00AM: American Airlines may have actually come up with a way to make more money without ticking people off. Instead of charging for a service that used to be free--did anyone say checked bags?--the airline is piloting a system to charge passengers for Internet privileges.
Yep, that's right. While you're winging your way through the skies, you can log on. Need to e-mail? No problem.
You'll also be ...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 ...Travel flexibility has its virtues
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Dec 23rd, 2007 at 10:00AM: In an earlier discussion about travel notebooks, I mentioned that I use an IBM Thinkpad X31, a light little laptop that's good for bouncing around airports and cities across the world. On a flight to San Francisco last week, I found another reason why I like these machines: takeapartability. On the first leg of my trip between Detroit and Houston I discovered that my machine wouldn't boot -- ...What's your travel laptop?
Nov 21st, 2007 at 12:30PM: With my professional and personal careers both on the move, I have recently discovered the virtues of traveling with a laptop. I hate burning three hours in a random airport terminal with nothing to do when I could be blogging, writing grants or at the very least playing old-school video games. That's why I've invested in a decent, small notebook, capable of running on batteries for 3-4 hours at a ...Mile-High Laptop Etiquette
Aug 21st, 2007 at 10:29AM: First cell phones, now laptops.
When you're in tight quarters, is it okay to read the spreadsheet of the passenger next to you? What about watching that R-rated movie when there's children nearby? And what to do about more shocking incidences, like the man hunched over his X-rated flick, or the child who doesn't use headphones?
As there's no current rules set for in-flight laptop etiquette, these ...
