I've always been a fan of JetBlue Airlines and will choose them nine times out of ten for all my business travel. Unfortunately a string of incidents on board their planes -- including several I've witnessed on my own of uncharacteristically rude service -- has given me pause. The latest atrocity on board a JetBlue flight involves a 56-year-old grandmother who was arrested after shooting a video with her digital camera of a fight between passengers. It seems both the JetBlue flight crew and, particularly, the police overreacted after the woman refused to delete the footage of the fight. The...

A couple months ago word began spreading that bag manufacturers had been working with the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA), to create laptop bags that are easier for checkpoint security to inspect with their x-ray machines. Some of the changes to the proposed bags included "either a fold-down section in a bigger briefcase or a stand-alone protective sleeve that contains no extra clutter and can be readily viewed through the scanner." I wrote about these developments in this blog over two months ago and am happy to report that the first checkpoint friendly laptop bags are already here. PC Magazine has a...

I've always been a fan of JetBlue Airlines and will choose them nine times out of ten for all my business travel. Unfortunately a string of incidents on board their planes -- including several I've witnessed on my own of uncharacteristically rude service -- has given me pause. The latest atrocity on board a JetBlue flight involves a 56-year-old grandmother who was arrested after shooting a video with her digital camera of a fight between passengers. It seems both the JetBlue flight crew and, particularly, the police overreacted after the woman refused to delete the footage of the fight. The...

If you like the style and portability of the Flip Video camera but want something a little better quality and classier, you might want to check out the Kodak Zi6 Pocket HD camcorder. I looked at it in my Biz Fast Tracker column this month and found it to be "a great little mobile video camera with enough improvements over Flip's line-up that it could be the break-out product Kodak has been hoping for." To read my full Biz Fast Tracker review of the Kodak Zi6, click here.