There are a ton of applications available for syncing, one being the Sync Center within Vista. For me, though, I've found FolderShare to be the most seamless sync service available. FolderShare is a Windows Live web service that keeps multiple devices in sync across the Internet using a small satellite application installed on each device that stays in communication with the FolderShare web service. As files get modified on either device, FolderShare syncs them.

I've been using FolderShare on and off for a year and a half now, and consider it an essential mobility application. Best of all, FolderShare is currently free. FolderShare is available for both Windows and Mac OS X clients.

Using the web application, you set up all devices that need to be kept in sync and then configure each of the folders that you wish to keep in sync. You can have up to 10 FolderShare libraries, with each library containing up to 10,000 files. 

In addition to being able to keep devices in sync across the Internet, the FolderShare web application allows you to access your files from devices that are currently on line. Imagine you are at a client site and you forgot your mobile computer. Your client wants to sign that big contract you've been talking about, but you don't have it with you. All is not lost. By simply logging on to FolderShare.com, you can connect to your computer back at the office and download that contract. Problem solved. Contract signed. Money in the bank. Spouse is happy.

If you own more than one device and need to keep your files in sync while mobile, I highly encourage you to check out Foldershare.

I would assume, though, that ace negotiator Steve Jobs is probably paying much less than anybody else ever will for every item on that entire parts list. Must be nice. The guy should write a book about how to be a ballbuster at the negotiating table. He’ll have no time for book writing, though—he may be too busy running Disney.

Analyst: What Apple Pays To Build The New iMacs [ExtremeTech]

Earlier numbers by Business Week may have reported that Microsoft is losing $126 on every Xbox 360 sold. That figure is now believed to be a bit higher by some. According to Insider Scoop, the world's largest software maker is losing upwards of $300 per console sold. From the article: "A high ranking friend at IBM, one that worked on the Xbox 360 chip design, tipped us regarding the real expenses involved in manufacturing the Xbox 360... 'It costs Microsoft approximately $715 to make, the manufacturing costs are still too high, another reason why they’re producing relatively small quantities.'”

Check out how much money a device costs in parts (and manufacturing) to produce; this time it’s iSuppli estimating the cost of goods in making a 2GB nano. And what figure did they happen come up with? $90.18. Yes, I know the retail on that thing is $200. Granted, they could be way off, but by their calculations you’re paying a huge portion of that ninety bucks on the integrated circuits, screen, wheel, and flash memory. It’s important to point out that iSuppli’s figure does not include Apple’s cost of business (marketing, operating their dozens of storefronts, employing tens of thousands globally, etc.), however, which they conservatively estimate as being anywhere from 15-20% of the unit’s cost, a figure that just doesn’t seem quite right to these ears. Then again, a 40% ($80) margin on the nano wouldn’t exactly surprise me, either. Maybe I'm in the wrong business after all.

DUAL Furniture’s floating coffins are suspended to avoid rumble, though you’re more likely to put them in your home because they look cool. You should be able to mount it properly for stability, but if you want your decks more grounded, the alien-pod DJ Kreemy Table (street just under $3000) was good enough for a Queer Eye episode.

 4th German championship of "casemoding" (modification of PC cases), I will have to put it to my Christmas wishlist.