After charging up the handheld overnight, just plug the base station into your PC's USB port, plop the CD in the drive and you'll be up and messaging in a matter of minutes.

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Created by San Diego-based entrepreneur Stephanie Burns, the jug is designed to plug into a smart base in your refrigerator.

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Plug the printer into the base station's USB port, and all the users on the network can access it using Apple's Rendezvous software (which, be warned, needs Mac OSX version 10.2.3 or later).

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Microsoft, with its ready-to-plug-and-play customer base of Outlook users.

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This leads us to why the base doesn't conveniently plug into the Xbox 360 for power like the A50 -- that's because it serves as a charger for the Warhead's two 3.7V 1, 800mAh batteries.

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On the contrary, while base building systems have become more efficient, plug loads have done something closer to the opposite.

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