As close to being Harry Potter we’ll ever get

by Christina Refford | Cool Tech

My children would give just about anything to apparate inside The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resort. The early reviews (and word from CMP Editor Liz who worked with Universal early on in the development) make it look so cool, it almost makes...

Technology is getting smaller; your chance of winning some, kind of big.

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

In case you missed it, you’ve still got until tomorrow, Sunday, to enter to win the super fabulous new HP Mini 210 netbook and the utterly adorable HP V5040u Camcorder.No, seriously. You can win both of them. Would we kid? (Well, maybe. But not about this.)For...

One thing that gets smaller on a mom – her technology

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

I love small things. I do. Crazy about little things. So when HP offered up the new HP Mini 210 and the utterly adorable HP V5040u Camcorder to review, we leaped at the chance to see if they were as fabulous as they looked.The answer: Yes! The purse-sized HP Mini 210...

Like an audio scrapbook of awesomeness

by Mir | Cool Tech

Ever been the person in charge of a group gift, and discovered that special circle of purgatory that involves trying to contact large numbers of people and keep track of who’s done what and who still needs to contribute? Yeah. Not fun. And then there’s the...

Free books from Borders. Yes, free.

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

They say you don’t get something for nothing but today, that’s not quite the case. Because Borders Books has got a special deal going right now when you download one of the Borders eReader apps, which are also free.  Downloads are for both Mac and PC,...

Finally, the digital camera that makes your kids smile.

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

Getting my four year old daughter to smile for the camera is harder than you can imagine. She doesn’t like sitting still, much less actually looking at the camera and posing for a picture. Sound familiar? That’s why I was so happy to get the chance to...

Wardrobe by Jim Henson

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

I’m not sure how I didn’t know about the Jim Henson store, but I didn’t. And I love Jim Henson, because really, who doesn’t? The guy was in an Apple Think Different ad, for pete’s sake, along with Picasso and Lucille Ball. While parents...

Bugaboo + iPhone = Conspicuous consumerism at its most practical

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Cool Tech

When I found out Bugaboo had come out with an iPhone holder accessory my first thought was to roll my eyes. What, we can’t stand the idea of being out of reach of our precious phones for the time it takes to fish it out of our jacket pockets in the park? But...

Yep, they can hear you now

by Mir | Cool Tech

I gave up on my Bluetooth headset for my mobile phone a while back; I was always forgetting to charge it, and on the rare occasions when I didn’t, I had trouble getting it to stay in my ear, and the sound quality was terrible.So despite all the hype about...

The digital clutch is the new designer purse

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

I am a pretty practical mom who would rather carry my stuff in a classic black handbag over my shoulder that I can use for years, but that doesn’t stop me from adoring the stylish digital clutch netbooks that are starting to crop up in the tech world.Designer...