
The "home office" ain't what it used to be. You used to have to use a spare bedroom with some awful looking computer desk and truly boring accessories, but these days, when you can go light and laptop, the "home office" becomes something less obtrusive and easier to pull off. Of course, since you can use a laptop anywhere, TV characters literally do, and sometimes it's admirable, sometimes it's interesting, and sometimes it's just questionable.

Eva Mendes is turning into quite the tech-aware star; not only did she shill the importance of
recycling cell phones with Scarlett Johansson, she is also aware of California's
Hands-Free Law, wearing her headset with a microphone before she even gets in the car. Snaps, Eva!
Her headset doesn't look like anything fancy — methinks it's a
standard BlackBerry one that came with her Pearl.

Since it looks like pretty much every single character on
Gossip Girl got a new cell phone for Season Two, I thought some of you might be curious about what your favorite Upper East Siders are carrying since you've been back into this season's
tech quizzes! Last week I told you Blair had a
new maroon eNV2, and this week my gaze is fixed on the budding couturier, Jenny Humphrey.
Jenny used to have a pink RAZR — which I think
fit her really well — but it looks like she's picking up some tech fashion steam with her internship.

Wow, there was so much tech talk in this week's episode of
The Hills that it reminded me how much text messaging can be such a help and such a hindrance! My advice for The Hills gang and for people in general is — don't text it if you don't want it shared amongst others! Wouldn't it be great if you could send self-destructing texts?

With the
two-hour season premiere of
Grey's Anatomy kicking off last week,
Ellen Pompeo couldn't have looked more businesslike with her BlackBerry Curve smartphone (which was shielded in a black gel case), her black
Motorola Bluetooth H375 headset ($50), and another black tiny cell phone in her left hand. I had no idea she was such a gadget girl! Now if only she had a big bag to hide all her high tech toys in.