November 2008
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Kindle: Refurbished Amazon Kindles Surface for... →
Hmmm, backordered until February, you say? I think not, I think they are actually sold out, and in February we will see the debut of the Kindle 2.
But, if you were still hopping to score a first generation Amazon Kindle for Christmas, to give or recieve, you may be in luck.
Referb units are showing up for $360, complete with all new charger, cables, and packaging, 30 day return policy and a...
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Netbook Roundup: Deals - dealnews.com →
Let the Netbook pricing wars begin!!
DealNews has a nice roundup of the netbook deals, beguinning with a Acer Aspire One for $249.99 at newegg. Thats a hell of a deal folks.
They also mention my current Fav the Dell Mini 9 for $299, and an Asus Eee PC 900 (celeron, not Atom) for $279.
If you want a netbook for yourself or as a gift,tis the season folks. Don’t miss out.
Did I mention...
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“How did this thing ever reach the market? Was everyone involved just too...”
– State of the Art - BlackBerry Storm Downgraded to a Depression - NYTimes.com
oh owe ouch… NYTimes Tech Guru David Pogue trashes the Blackberry Storm. Yikes. Looks like the reviews are all over the place on this thing.
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Amazon.com: Today's Deals: Electronics →
Somehow the kids over at Amazon completely blew the concept of Black Friday. Yup they launched it yesterday, and it should last all Thanksgiving weekend.
These are limited time offers, but they may be putting up new deals as existing offers sell out, so I would check back often.
Here is the best of what’s up there now….
Garmin Nuvi 760 - $249.85 (Thats $350 off this top of the...
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“FakeSecSen was removed from 994,061 machines.”
– Microsoft cleans fake antivirus tool from 994,061 PCs
I am only posting this because I just ran into this lil nasty trying to troubleshoot an employees home computer.
My friend came in asking me about this so called Microsoft pop-up asking for money to fix a virus.
I gave him some advice on how...
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Amazon Kindle 2 Slated For “Early Q1″ →
It looks like the images leaked to BGR earlier this year were legit. Amazon Kindle 2 is comming and was supposed to be out for Christmas, but Jeff Bezos (Amazon CEO) pushed off the release until early in 2009 due to software issues.
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Sam's Club - The Members-Only Day After... →
Black Friday deals for Sam’s Club members, don’t look that exciting to me… I think the best deal is the complimentary breakfast they are serving until 8AM.
Other than that the only thing of interest is the Nintendo Wii Family bundle which includes three controls three nunchuks Wii Sports and Mario Super Sluggers, but of course they don’t list the price… They just...
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Ssds: Dell Mini 9 Netbook Gets 32GB Solid State... →
ok, it might be time to change the name of the site to TechnologyShopper.com ;)
The Dell Mini 9, my new favorite Netbook Deal, has added a 4th SSD option, a $32GB drive for only $100 more. Making it the first 32gb SSD netbook out there for under $500.
Nice.
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jkOnTheRun:Best Buy offering big Mac discounts... →
Interesting, normally Apple tightly controls the pricing on all of its products. Hense why there isn’t really a deal to be had when you price compair, but for some reason, Best Buy is offering deeper than normal discounts on Apple MacBooks, and it’s not even Black Friday yet….
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Most interersting is the deep discount on the previous...
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The real story behind the Verizon BlackBerry Storm... →
DRAMA!!! Conspiracy!!! …and I mean more than just the pre engineered shortage of units on launch day just so Verizon could mimic the iPhone launch…
No I am talking about Verizon and RIM conspiring at the last minute to downgrade the device operating system not one but two release levels instead of fixing a last minute security hole they found.
Sure it’s a bad idea to release a...
Apple: iPhone Firmware 2.2 Jailbroken! QuickPwn... →
That was fast. The latest quickpwn should jailbreak every iPhone and iPod Touc except… The second generation iPod Touch. Which is of course what I have…. le sigh…
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iPod touch users get second classed again with the... →
Are you !#^&#@!kidding me? I can’t see any reason the iPod Touch would not get the map upgrades. Sure we touch users don’t necessarily have Internet everywhere, so sure they might not work “everywhere.”
But in even a small city like Rochester it’s pretty easy to find a WiFi hotspot to use.
So Touch owners don’t get walking directions to where we...
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19-year-old Commits Suicide on Justin.tv «... →
This is truely sad. But what’s worse is again, the focus is on the fact that he did this “on the air” via life streaming service Justin.TV.
Just like in the case where a man killed his son because he messed up the mans xbox game. It wasn’t the video games fault then, and it’s not Justin.tv’s fault now.
People have problems, and sometimes some of those people...
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“Overall, the Storm is a very capable handheld computer that will appeal to...”
– BlackBerry’s Storm Presses Into the Touch-Phone Fray | Walt Mossberg | Personal Technology | AllThingsD
To my surprise the Storm got a blessing from Uncle Walt. Another long article but if you felt the BGR report I quoted from a few articles ago was too harsh you’ll like the softer kinder...
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Casual Internet Use Is Good for Kids, 3 Year Study... →
“The ways young people use the internet everyday are transforming learning in ways that adults often fail to understand but represent major new opportunities that need to be taken advantage of by supportive educators. That’s the conclusion of a major new study by 28 researchers over three years released today by the University of California at Berkley and the MacArthur...
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Verizon BlackBerry Storm review : Boy Genius... →
The kids over at Boy Genius ( yeah I was suprised the first time I learned it wasn’t just one small boy running that site) have an exhaustive, detailed review of the Verizon Blackberry Storm that is being released tomorrow.
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it’s quite the report and worthy of a read if you are interested in the device, but if you don’t have the time to look...
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Xbox 360 New Xbox Experiance: Initial Impressions
It’s pretty but cumbersome to navigate. I much prefer the blade like mini menus for getting around, but that could be because I am more used to the blade interface. I will give it a chance.
The avatars are cool but the animations are local only. Your party members can’t see them, which is lame.
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Audio quality, however, seems much better. Rob...
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Philips: Philips Won't Sell Home Theater Equipment... →
Looks like the Phillips name won’t be manufactured by Phillips itself anymore. At least not for any home theater equipment in North America.
This doesn’t necessarily mean the quality will go down, but… I wouldn’t be suprised if it does.
It is a shame, because it’s one of the name brands I trusted.
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“Ziff Davis, the tech/gaming media company that recently exited Chapter 11...”
– Ziff Davis To Close Print PCMag, Focus On Online; Still Looking For Options For Gaming Division | paidContent.org
Ouch… I know its a touch time for print media, but I never thought one of the bibles of the industry would make the move to online only.
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Cars for your MP3 player - CNET Reviews →
In case your plans for holiday giving include a nice new ride for someone, for goodness sake don’t make the faux pas of getting one without a solid mp3 player hookup.
CNET does a great job of outlining the cars with the best cabin tech compatible with your iPod.
Oh and Kym, guess what made the list…
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Black Friday: Office Depot Black Friday Ad Leaked →
I almost skipped over this one because I thought I had posted it already, but that must have been one of the “other” office stores. (What town doesn’t have at least 3 chain office stores these days?)
The best of the leaked info:
Logitech cordless optical mouse $4.99
HP 15” Notebook with 3gb Ram $349 (that’s netbook price for a real notebook)
Memorex...
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Sign up for the preview? You're in! - Xbox Lives... →
Nice news, and a good way to ease the pain on the Xbox live servers tomorrow. If you signed up for the Xbox Experience preview program, you will get your update today. Yes a whole day early.
I however did not sign up, but that’s ok, I won’t have a chance to play with it before tomorrow evening anyway.
You hear that Rob? We will need a bit of extra time before we continue our...
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Dealzmodo: American Express My WishList Holiday... →
So you don’t want to get up early on Black Friday to get all the hot deals this year. Hey I understand, trust me I do. It hard to shake the tryptophan induced coma to drag your butt out of bed at 4am just to stand in the cold all so you can save a few bucks on a present that, lets face it, odds are the person you are giving it too won’t appreciate anyway… (Me? bitter, noooo)
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“Co-Founder Jerry Yang to Step Down Following Appointment of New CEO and Return...”
– Yahoo! Inc. - Press Release
One wonders how volentary this was. However lets not forget no matter how bad it looks for Yahoo, under Yangs leadership the company was always profitable. Just never as much as the shareholders would have liked.
Now, everyone who would like to step into that...
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Black Friday: Target's Black Friday Ad Leaked! →
Best of their offering???
Nintendo DS Super Mario Package $150
WD External USB Hard Drive 750GB $88.88
Kodak 7” Digital Picture Frame $59
5qt Stainless Steel Crock Pot $15 (seriously, go get this if you don’t have one, you’ll thank me)
Selected Video Games for the 360, Wii, & PS 3 starting at $20
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Hands on with the new Xbox 360 dashboard | Crave -... →
Cnet’s Crave blog has a nice mini review of the New Xbox Experience coming in just a couple days.
I you are not one of the lucky few who got it a week early (no I wasn’t either), then it’s a worth while read.
It will give you at least a few days to plan out your avatar. ;-)
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Skyla's Memoir scanning digiframe scans and frames... →
Just when you thought digital photo frames were at their pinnacle (oh they are so not) and it was safe to run out and get one, along comes Skyla with an idea so crazy it just might work (but probably not).
Skyla is introducing the Memoir, digital photo frame, with (wait for it…) a built in scanner.
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That’s right now that old shoe box full of 4x6...
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Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA)... →
Internationally beloved technology pundit, Andy Ihnatko has finally provided us with his promised side by side comparison, of this seasons hot stocking stuffers.
The pocket HD Camcorder.
The two contenders are the Flip Mino HD, and the Kodak Zi6.
Flip Mino HD vs. Kodak Zi6 from Andy Ihnatko on Vimeo.
Andy, it should be noted* has been a fan of the Flip since it’s inception, and this...
Black Friday: OfficeMax Black Friday Ad Leaked →
No huge deals here but if you are looking for stocking stuffers, there are some good deals.
SanDisk Cruzer Micro 16GB Jump Drive - $39.99
SanDisk 4GB Cruzer Micro USB Readyboost - $9.99
Epson PowerLite S5 3LCD SVGA Projector - $399.99 (this is a pretty hot deal if you need one, its about $200 off.)
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Wal-Mart's Black Friday deals - Nov. 14, 2008 →
Wal-Mart too is also focusing on the gadgets this year. Here is the best of what they are offering:
50” Samsung Plasma $798
Magnavox Blu-rag player $128 (I’m not a fan of the blueray, but if you really need to have one, then this is the deal to be had)
GE Microwave for $25
They claim this is only an example of what they will have, look for more deals in the circular to hit...
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American Airlines introduces mobile boarding... →
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You’d think I’d be all about this. I mean it just makes sence, but…
What happens if you run out of juice at the airport?
What happens should your device malfunction?
I don’t know… I suppose the chance of loosing the ticket is probably more than an electronic failure for a well prepared traveler, but… I...
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Record Labels to Sue Vuze, Limewire and... →
“In essence they are saying that everything, or every application which allows a user to share files, will be indeed used for illegal purposes. In contrast, in the US, companies that don’t encourage their users to commit copyright infringement with their applications, are not acting illegally.”
This is insane. To follow the same logic, we should be able to sue gun makers for...
Micro Persuasion: The End of Tangible Media is... →
“I want to make a bet with you today. By January 2014 I will wager that in the US almost all forms of tangible media will either be in sharp decline or completely extinct. I am not just talking about print, but all tangible forms of media - newspapers, magazines, books, DVDs, boxed software and video games.”
hmm, I’ve only been preaching this for a year (maybe more) now, and...
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Circuit City Sale Items - Black Friday @... →
well if you aren’t in a market where Circut City is closing up shop, like me. Then this might be interesting to you.
GottaDeal.com scored a copy of the Circuit City Black Friday deals. Here is my take on the best of that list.
Cobra 9 Band Radar Detector - $29.99
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-850 USB 2.0 TV Stick - $19.99 (want real tv on your computer, or lappy? this is a hell...
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Northrop Grumman's weaponized laser on sale now,... →
Finally, the days of wars being fought with “frikin lasers” is upon us!!!
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Well you probably won’t see Soldiers carrying laser rifles anytime soon, but, I can see one of these, and a bank of these mounted on a vehicle for sure.
Give them a few years and I am sure we will have shark size version available. ;-)
Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm release date,... →
And it’s Official.
Supposidly there will be plenty of stock too, so everyone who wants one will be able to get one that day.
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Although somehow I doubt there will be long lines for this device, but I could be wrong. *shrug* we’ll see.
$199 is the right price, but I’m assuming that is with a 2 year contract. So what will the price be to...
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Black Friday: Best Buy's Black Friday Ad →
Ahh the holy grail of Black Friday Gadget deals, the Best Buy Black Friday deals. Or is it?
I’m not impressed. It looks more like they are closing out some old inventory, not offering up good deals. In fact there are, in my opinion, overpriced 720p TV’s in the list.
For the love of gawd peoples, nobody out there should be even looking at a 720p HDTV these days unless they are...
“The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide dropped drastically today after a Web...”
– Host of Internet Spam Groups is Cut Off - washingtonpost.com
I saw no drop in spam… but keep trying.
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Umpc: UMID's Mini Netbook Makes Eees Look Massive →
Seriously?!? Isn’t the netbook already the epitome of small? Do we really need a Mini Version?
Well, the addition of built in 3G wireless data, digital TV, and a touch screen does strike a nerve in my inner geek, but….
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At some point trying to squeeze in a touch typeable keyboard doesn’t really make sense.
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Black Friday: RadioShack Black Friday Deals... →
More Black Friday deals a slipping, this time it’s from Radio Shack. The last place you’d catch me unless I need a weird cable or connector at 9:30pm.
There are a couple of things worth the trip early Friday if you are interested.
TomTom One 125 GPS - $99.99 Thats a pretty nice lil GPS for a very nice price.
Memorex 7-in-1 HD DV 5MP Camcorder - $79.99 No it’s not quite...
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I can has iPhone app?! - Download Squad →
Seriously? Trust me I love the LOL cats. In fact I have a bit of an unhealthy addiction to them. I subscribe to the icanhascheezburger feed in several places including my blackberry and iPod Touch.
But… I don’t see any advantage to using this app over visiting the site in mobile safari.
I supposed if you needed to get your LOL on in a subway or tunnel…. maybe.
“Google’s release of its Gmail Video service is noteworthy for several reasons.”
– Silverlite
In case you somehow missed it, google today released yet another add on for its fast becomkmng all in one communication portal, gmail.
Today google released Gmail Video service.
Powered by Microsoft’s Silverlite the serv ice does work on both Mac’s and Vista or XP powered...
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“Currently in private beta until November 24, Sling.com is a shiny new video...”
– Sling.com almost ready for its close-up | Crave, the gadget blog - CNET
This is exactly what we need. A free to consumer advertising supported Internet portal for ALL video. Movies, Webisodes, Television Networks, Cable shows, Web based content, home made content, all of it, in one spot that we...