Kensington on the Fly

Kensington Fly USB-enabled accessories are a great budget-priced gadget we stumbled upon recently at an Apple Store, but you can use them with a Windows PC as well. These $20 add-ons are so cool that even the most jaded techie will love them. The FlyFan is a miniature cooling fan mounted on a short, flexible gooseneck that plugs right into any laptop's USB port for portable air-flow cooling.

The similar FlyLight takes the concept a step further and replaces the fan with a high-intensity light bulb you can aim down at the laptop keyboard for work and play no matter how dark the room. Kensington even offers a version of the FlyLight with a red LED light for in-flight use so your laptop keyboard is illuminated but the light won't bother the person in the next seat. Kensington claims these Fly devices only consume 5 minutes of battery life per hour's charge, so you'll barely notice a difference in battery life. $20. www.kensington.com