For one thing, it seems to me you'd be out of luck if a burglar steals both the camera and computer. If you're thinking stocking stuffers, you might want to consider a couple gadgets from Memtek Products Inc. in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., that make it easier to work on the road. Memtek offers a fine laptop computer light and a handy notebook copy clip that holds up documents next to your screen so you don't have to crane to see them while you're typing. Personally, I think the mini-lamp makes my computer look like a spaceship from War of the Worlds, but my optometrist will probably thank me one day for using it. Three years ago I put that question to business travelers, and they were particularly bitter about running out of battery power at 35,000 feet.
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And these are actual hours, not laboratory-simulated hours, which tend to be considerably shorter. Still, the Pack is very useful, which is more than I can say for a some of the other accessories that debuted this year. But that's a subject for next week's column.