Coleman

Not your parents' camp stove

I stopped camping about the time I moved out from my parents' house, which had plenty of storage space. Few urban apartments have room for bulky camping gear--at least, mine haven't.

However, I began to rethink that old hobby when a friend sent me a link to the Coleman Exponent Rendezvous Stove. A far cry from my parents' chunky, metallic green camping stove, the Exponent Rendezvous is a minikitchen in highly portable form. Closed, it looks like a rugged, Bond-esque black-and-silver briefcase. When opened, the stove's lid folds out to reveal a hard-anodized basin with customizable storage bins, … Read more

Gateway CEO exits, Acer America president takes over

After a little more than a year on the job, J. Edward Coleman is stepping down as chief executive of Gateway, the company announced Friday.

He will leave Gateway by the end of January. His position will be taken over immediately by Rudi Schmidleithner, president of the American operation for Acer, the PC maker that bought Gateway this summer. Coleman joined the company as CEO in September 2006.

"Acer would like to thank Ed Coleman for his leadership and professional contribution during this period and his continued support during the leadership transition between now and the end of Jan … Read more