Wired Magazine's Best

Wired Magazine is a great publication if you like to look at magazine covers. For me it's kind of like album art. You may not have any interest in the music but the cover can generate a lot of emotion.

The best thing I've seen from Wired in some time is it's 2007 "Test Wired" edition which is on news stands now. Wired has tested and rated over 300 products... Laptops, mobile phones, home audio, cameras, satellite radio, MP3 players and many more products.

Also in this issue is a list of the top 10 gadgets that changed the world. Number One... the RCA 630TS which arrived in 1946. Guess what it is? Television. The price in today's dollars would be $3,600 bucks! Where's the record player, I'll use that for a few decades and let the Japanese get their electronics juggernaut going.

I think the iPod should be on the list but not a single Apple product is listed. IBM gets the number 9 spot for it's 5150 personal computer.

There's also a great piece on how to pick a mobile phone service provider (page 043), and the winner is... Verizon!

This is a must have read if you're into technology so grab an issue before they are all gone.

TK