Today Apple announced new hardware and the most exciting part for me was the new ginormous 27″ iMacs. I’ve been dealing with a sick 3yr old iMac for several months now and recently wrestled with the decision to buy a laptop or another desktop. After today’s revelations, I’m definitely going to continue to use a [...]
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The LogicBUY deal of the day is a stackable $200 coupon on top of $200 off HP Pavilion dv8t Quad Edition 18.4-inch Laptop with Core i7-720QM, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M, Blu-ray and 1080p Ultra BrightView Infinity display. Plus, FREE upgrade to 4GB DDR3 Memory, FREE upgrade to 320GB 7200RPM Hard Drive, Free 2nd day [...]
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If you have a strong fear of storm activity and an extra $599.99, you should check out the Thunderbolt Storm Detector from Edmond Scientific. The Thunderbolt works from any land-based location on earth, and uses “you as the center, and detects all activity based on your location.” It doesn’t rely on any data from any [...]
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The NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto is a beverage brewing system brought to you by Nescafe and Krups. That’s sure a mouth full, isn’t it? After unboxing the thing and setting it on the kitchen counter, my spouse took one look at it and named it “The Coffee Duck”, but for the review I’ll stick with calling [...]
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MailTones is an app for your iPhone that lets you associate email from different people with different tones. Pin it
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From the company that brought us the Livio Pandora Radio, comes the Livio NPR Radio. It’s the first internet radio with an exclusive menu dedicated to NPR stations and programs. NPR stands for National Public Radio. It’s a a privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization that produces noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. Now, with one [...]
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ViewSonic has expanded into the small-format PC market with the VOT132 PC mini. Weighing in at just over a pound, this tiny computer offers real performance in a miniature package with Win 7 OS, Intel(r) Atom(tm) 330 processor, latest NVIDIA(r) ION GPU, built-in Wi-Fi and 2GB internal memory and an optional attachable CD/DVD drive. The [...]
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I’m the mother of a young girl, and I want to know everything I can about where we are so that I can keep her safe. I know there is a free registry in North Carolina showing where registered sex offenders live. You type in an address, and you can see the locations of registered [...]
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A few months ago, Dave reviewed the SanDisk Sansa Clip MP3 Player and gave it a thumbs up. As we all know, time does not stand still in the world of gadgets, even for a few months. SanDisk has recently updated their Sansa Clip player, this one is called the Clip+. Let’s check it out [...]
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This is how I like to start a Monday morning, with a fresh new gadget. Today Spring Design has announced a dual screen eBook reader that is powered by Android. It’s called Alex. Why? I have no clue… It features a 6″ monochrome E-Ink EPD (electronic paper display) display and 3.5″ color LCD display. It [...]
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The LogicBUY deal of the day is for the newest HP Laptops. All come with Windows 7 64-bit pre-loaded and Free 2 Day shipping. Deals on specific models after the jump. Pin it
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We’re swiftly coming into the golden age of eBooks. For those of us that have been reading them on our PDAs and smartphones for years, it seems like it’s taken quite awhile to get to this point. All of a sudden, eReaders are popping up all over the place, with the Kindle 2, Sony’s eReader [...]
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Are you an EDC (Everyday Carry) junkie who is always on the lookout for cool new keychain tools, flashlights, pocket knives and storage gadgets? I am That’s why I jumped at the opportunity to take a look at the Mini Cash-Can and Toothpick Case from Sunshine Products USA. Go ahead and get out your credit [...]
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Professor Kobre’s Lightscoop is a clever and inexpensive ($35) device that clips on to the hot shoe of your DSLR or SLR camera. It then transforms the light from the pop-up flash into pro-quality light by reflecting the flash’s light to the ceiling, to bounce it back down on your subject. It is compatible with [...]
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Years ago I had a phone and a PDA that I combined into one device called a smartphone. Yay, one less thing to carry! Since I love consolidating things, I was happy to try out the ID Credit Card iPhone case from Case-Mate. It’s a case that adds a wallet to your phone. Let’s take [...]
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The LogicBUY deal of the day is for a Microsoft Zune HD 32GB Portable Media Player with 3.3-inch OLED Touchscreen in Platinum (EHD-00002) on sale for $289.99 – 10% off coupon = $260.99 + $4.99 shipping. Note: you will be able to apply the coupon code on the “Confirmation” step. Expires 10/21. There’s a 16GB [...]
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I have a drawer in my office that is dedicated to receipts. When I get a new receipt, I just open it and shove it in. I don’t organize them at all. Then when tax time rolls around, I kick myself for being so lazy. I think I found a cool solution to my problem [...]
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Check out the new sleek and compact wireless Inspire S2 speaker system from Creative. This 2.1 system includes a 17-watt subwoofer and 2 palm sized satellite speakers. It makes a great companion for notebooks, PCs or mobile devices and provides wireless music playback via its built-in wireless receiver (using the apt-X Audio Codec) or any [...]
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Like most hardcore computer geeks, I own eleventy thousand computers – including an Acer L310 HTPC I bought on impulse one afternoon on eBay. I love my little HTPC. I can play old-school Nintendo ROMs on it, Windows Media Center looks beautiful on my 40″ LCD TV, and I can browse the Internet from the [...]
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The LogicBUY deal of the day is $50 off + $70 Coupon for a Lenovo IdeaPad S12 12-inch 1.6GHz Atom Netbook $379.00 plus FREE shipping. Expires 10/19 or after first 130 uses. This is for the White version. If you’d like Black, the deal info can be found here. Pin it
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