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Web Travel Resources, Part 2
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Travelistic.com. This is probably the most travel-focusedvideo sharing site, with over 5000 videos shot by and for travelers.
USAToday.com. The newspaper'sTravel siteaggregates tons of tools and information for travelers, includingMileTracker, a downloadable application for tracking frequent flier miles andMileMarker, a calculator that helps you determine how many miles you'll need to fly from points A to B.
Town & Country Travel. The high-end travel magazine's Web site features a useful directory oflinked travel resources. Ask the Concierge, an online feature in which concierges at renowned hotels are grilled about what to do and see in their city, is worth a read. The site recently launched, however, so you're likely to find only a few Ask the Concierge entries.
Concierge.com. TheWeb siteforConde Nast Travelerfeatures helpful tools, including a database of travel agents, destination video clips, and Suitcase, an interactive travel planning tool.
Have I missed your favorite Web travel-related sites? If so, share them with me at james_martin@pcworld.com. Please be sure to include your full name and location.
Fall's Sleek Cell Phones: Ourpictorial guideto this fall's Apple iPhone competitors includes the Sprint Touch, manufactured by HTC. As its name implies, the Windows Mobile 6 Touch uses a touch screen to speed navigation. Though you can't pinch or squeeze with the Touch interface, as you can with the iPhone, it does offer some cool shortcuts.
More $200-ish Laptops: Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child initiative isn't the onlyinexpensive portablein the news. Intel's Classmate PC will cost about $200 to manufacture and will be aimed at least initially at schoolkids in Brazil, Nigeria, and some Asian countries (it won't be sold to consumers). Asus's Eee PC, now available for preorder, costs $260 to $400.
How to Remove Craplets: Craplets are those unwanted programs and utilities that come preinstalled on many consumer PCs. They hog hard drive space and can slow your system. Among the 20 (mostly free)downloads you can't live withoutisPC De-Crapifier, which will remove most if not all of those unwanted programs.
Is there a particularly cool mobile computing product or service I've missed? Got a spare story idea in your back pocket?Tell me about it. However, I regret that I'm unable to respond to tech-support questions, due to the volume of e-mail I receive.
