For this week's giveaway we're serving up a special-edition Echo smartpen courtesy of the folks at Livescribe. Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000 ...

For many high schoolers, college is right around the corner. Are you getting a little nervous about keeping up in class? Note-taking skills not up to par? This is a problem area that it seems every ...

There is one new gadget called the Echo Smartpen from a company named Livescribe that aims to take the hassle out of notetaking. The hefty price — $200 for the top-of-the-line model — obviously will ...

The latest addition to the Livescribe smartpen family is sleeker, better-looking, and has more memory than its predecessor. New tricks include password protection, an app store, and the ability to ...

Answer: the Livescribe Echo "smartpen." It's as if Livescribe and Apple looked at the old pen-and-pad combination but completely disagreed on how to take it into the digital age. Apple put all the ...