OK, I admit I’m something of a gadget geek. But when I go on a business trip, there are just some things I gotta have on my journey. Like my laptop, and cell phone, and digital camera, and iPod, and portable speakers. I’ve been in too many hotel rooms where I’ve had to choose between keeping the floor lamp plugged in or using it for my cell ...

You know the saying, ''When in Rome, do as the Romans do?'' Well, Romans plug their electronics into funky-looking jacks. I traveled there last week with my daughter, my friend, and her daughter. Between the four of us, we had a cell phone, our camera batteries, and our daughters' iPods and Nintendo DS games that we needed to recharge every ...