February 2011

Today’s LogicBUY deal saves you 37% on a Dell Vostro 230 3GHz Dual Core mini tower with 3GB of memory, 320GB hard drive, GMA X4500 graphics, DVD+/-RW, Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit operating system, and more. The Vostro comes with a mouse and keyboard, and it’s bundled with a 23.6” Samsung 2494LW 1080p LCD monitor. [...]

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Olea Kiosks manufactures self-service kiosks for business uses.  Their latest offering is the comPADre, designed for the iPad.  The comPADre is made from powder-coated sheet metal and aluminum.  Power cables are routed through the comPADre enclosure for tamper-resistance.  There’s pinhole access to the home button and proprietary tools for tamper-resistant hardware, making the comPADre the [...]

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I like unusual clocks, but I still like to be able to tell time with a quick glance – even if it means I have to learn a pattern of lights or something.  The Haoshi’s Merry-Go-Round Carousel Clock from A+R Store certainly is described by “unusual”, but I’m not sure that I’d ever be able [...]

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Panasonic has finally announced US pricing for the (much anticipated) GF2, their second generation micro four thirds camera with interchangeable lenses. The current MSRP is $499.95 for body alone; $599.95 for body plus 14 – 42mm GF2K lens; and $699.95 for body plus 14mm prime GF2C lens. The new micro 4/3 cameras produce dSLR quality [...]

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Do you use your Moleskine notebook or Rhodia notebook as is, or do you enjoy customizing it with stickers, paint or a protective notebook cover like these gorgeous Moleskine covers from Inkleaf  Leather Co.? Pin it

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In May 1997, IBM’s Deep Blue Supercomputer won a fascinating match with the reigning World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov. In January 2011, IBM’s Watson handily defeated the two Jeopardy champions during a demonstration round. In February, Watson will compete against Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter over three nights. This is another progress in [...]

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Today’s LogicBUY deal saves you 20% on a Dell Studio XPS 7100 2.8GHz Quad Core mini tower desktop bundle. The desktop features 6GB DDR3 memory, a 750GB hard drive, 16X DVD+/-RW, ATI Radeon 4200 graphics, and THX TruSound for PC. You’ll receive a multimedia keyboard and mouse, and the desktop is bundled with a 23” [...]

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One of the only things I like about winter is sledding with my kids.  We love to hurtle at breakneck speeds down a steep hill at the back of our neighborhood.  We’d sled all year long if we could.  So do it! says Ice Meister with their Slicer all-season sled.  In winter, it acts like [...]

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For quite some time now I have been a “Canon Guy”.  I think many serious amateur photographers fall into one of two camps, “Canon folks” or” Nikon folks”.  Cameras are one thing I’m afraid to venture away from my comfort zone. If I got anything but a Canon and didn’t like it as much, I’d [...]

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Carbonfiberskin.tk offers a pre-cut, sharp-looking carbon fiber skin for the HTC EVO 4G’s back cover for $25. Not a bad deal, but they also offer a ‘DIY’ option for a mere $5- that looks like it would fit a lot of things nicely! The question is “How easy is it to install and customize?” I [...]

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It seems Angry Birds are everywhere these days. This fad/phenomenon definitely has a bit of staying power. Even I have to admit, that I play the game regularly and have gifted the app to several of my friends. Well, they are now available as vinyl laptop decorations/stickers. While cute and appear to be nicely made, [...]

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Do you have a lot of old vinyl albums and you just can’t imagine the cost to replace them with CDs or digital files?  The Sharper Image has the iPod Turntable that let’s you convert your vinyl to MP3 files and store them directly on your iPod or iPhone – no computer needed.  It does [...]

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Walls 360 is a company that offers large ‘stickers’ for your walls. They sell various designs, but also give the consumer the option to upload their own graphics. So that’s cool, but what’s even better is the fact that they are now offering lifesize wall decals of the original Star Trek characters and graphics. They [...]

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Renaissance Art makes beautiful leather products.  They make a variety of beautiful covers for Moleskine notebooks of both sizes and for hardcover or the softcover Cahier notebooks.  All are made with beautiful, soft, sturdy leather.  Prices range from $20 to $90.  Shown is one of the Rustic Moleskine Journal Cover with Snap Closure for $45. [...]

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Today’s LogicBUY deal is savings on the 15.6” Dell XPS 15 customizable laptop. Base model has Core i5-460M 2.53GHz with 4GB DDR3 memory, 500 GB 7200rpm hard drive, and NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M 1GB graphics. Upgrades include Core i7, 2GB GeForce GT 435M with TV tuner, 8GB DDR3 memory, and more. Lowest price Dell XPS [...]

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We love our capacitive touchscreens, but they are essentially useless while wearing gloves.  Most of the solutions out there involve gloves with some type of integrated conductive pads in the fingertips.  The social design site Quirky has a bit different flavor with their Digits product.  Made of conductive silicone, they have a metal pin on [...]

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With cable and satellite companies, we have access to literally hundreds of entertainment channels now. Sometimes that still seems like an insufficient number of choices when you consider the wealth of information and entertainment you can access through the internet. I can watch content on my MacBook Pro, but who wants to watch movies on [...]

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Roku has finally enabled the USB port on the XD|S, their flagship media player. This enhancement allows for you to play media content directly from USB storage, such as a thumb drive or external hard drive. This feature has been a long time coming. While this  ability has been available through third-party channels/hacks, the latest [...]

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Today’s LogicBUY deal is a one-day-only, while-supplies-last offering. Save $40 on the Creative Labs Vado HD 720p Pocket Video Camcorder. The camcorder has 8GB internal memory, and it is available in black. $99.99 – $40 discount = $59.99 with free shipping. This deal expires February 1, 2011 or sooner. Check the above link for more [...]

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A few months ago when Sony released their latest generation ebook readers, they also announced that they’d be releasing a Sony reader app for Apple iOS devices.  This surprised me for a couple of reasons.  First, Sony is a hardware company that produces ebook readers, so they only have the ebookstore to support their hardware.  [...]

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