PowerPoint presentations are usually a two-person show -- one person to stand and talk and the other person to sit and press the necessary laptop button to advance the show to the next slide. It's a bit tedious -- and can get out of sync -- but that's the way it goes..

Well, mercifully, MobileEdge has put those days behind us. With its Slim-Line Wireless Presentation Remote, it's now possible for one person to do the whole show by simply pressing a button -- it's a TV remote streamlined into a credit card size and weight computer remote. Designed to store in a laptop's PCMCIA slot (if you have one), the remote includes all the basic buttons you'll need in a presentation -- forward, reverse and escape as well as black and white. No drivers are needed to make it work -- yes! Also works with most presentation software (there's life beyond PowerPoint?).

If this wasn't cool enough, add in an integrated laser pointer so you can highlight your slides with a little red light from up to 75 feet away.

Just used it for the first time in a new business meeting on Friday. Very easy to set up and operate; it makes for (as Ed Sullivan used to say), a "really big show" -- a flawless performer.

Suggested retail price is $79.99 from MobileEdge.com.