Eliminating the crossover cable hassle

Opinion
Nov 2, 20061 min

Keith Shaw’s Cool Tools Alert

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Eliminating the crossover cable hassle

Keith shows off a handy USB tool that can be used to quickly transfer data between two PCs without the need for a complicated Ethernet crossover cable.

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The scoop: Vaio UX Micro PC (model VGN-UX180P), about $1,800, from Sony.

What it is: Sony’s Vaio UX Micro PC is an ultraportable computer that fits in the palm of your hand and has a full edition of Microsoft Windows XP Professional installed instead of the Tablet PC Edition or Windows Mobile, so Windows XP applications will work on this device.

Keith Shaw is an award-winning editor at Network World. In addition to creating the Cool Tools universe of columns, blogs and videocasts, he also edits the weekly DEMOletter newsletter http://www.demo.com/demoletter and is the senior editor of product testing at Network World http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/. You can reach Keith at mailto:kshaw@nww.com