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Video: Shopping for a PDA? In his latest video, Washington Post personal technology columnist Rob Pegoraro offers tips for last-minute shoppers who are on the market for a personal digital assistant.

Rob looks at the pros and cons of five of the hottest handhelds on the market, from Palm's Zire to Dell's new Axim X5 PocketPC. The video box also features printable key facts on each of the PDAs, plus links for more information.
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Turning Unused Tickets Into Life Lessons
In the last two years, the nonprofit Tickets-4-Kids, has provided District kids with almost 6,000 donated tickets to sports games, concerts and plays with the aid of Internet and e-mail.
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Mobile Mappers Stop Short of Ideal
Thanks to such free mapping sites as MapQuest and Yahoo Maps, it's been a while since road warriors have had to sketch out a route with a yellow highlighter, guessing which shortcuts to take or avoid. Instead, they can just type in start and destination addresses and print out crisply labeled, turn-by-turn directions, with the only cost being some printer ink.

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