My daughter recently spilled water on her computer and killed it. She was devastated because she didn’t know how she could do her schoolwork without a computer. Luckily, hers was repairable, but we could have been facing a considerable expense if we had to replace it. Kid Computers understand how important computers are to education, [...]
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Computer for kids,
Computer Software
Back in June, Janet posted a news item announcing these speakers. At that time they weren’t yet available. Now they are! If you’re still flinging birds at pigs, then you need one of these uber cute Angry Birds speakers. Available in Black bird, Pig and Red bird styles, these speakers from Gear4 range in price [...]
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Speakers
Almost two months ago, a close family member suffered a devastating stroke. It was a Sunday night, and he and his wife were planning to watch The Amazing Race – or whatever reality show is on that night. (To protect their privacy, I’m going to call them George and Gracie.) George was the type of [...]
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iPad app,
Stroke recovery
Today’s LogicBUY Deal is the Microsoft (model 3KJ-00001) Touch Mouse for $55.99. Features: comfortable, stylish design, BlueTrack Technology, wireless connection through the USB Nano transceiver, 10-foot range, more. $69.99- 20% coupon code ($14) = $55.99 with free shipping. This is the lowest price found by LogicBUY and is $5.00 less than previous mention of the [...]
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In my last travel article I bemoaned the fact that the single convergence device was still not a reality. Is this one step closer? Panasonic along with Japanese provider Softbank has just announced the 101P in Japan ( due post November ). Using the 13.2 CMOS Lumix sensor found in their point and shoot cameras, and packing a [...]
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Digital Camera,
Travel gear
Tomorrow is the first day of October, and you know what that means… It’s time to start planning yours or your child’s Halloween costume. BuyStarWarsCostumes.com wants to help you with that task by letting one lucky Gadgeteer reader win $50 of their choice of Star Wars gear. Spend it on a costume, a mask or [...]
The SaberTooth Ultraportable LED Utility Light from Bask Blade looks like a small fluorescent light bulb, but it’s a portable LED light with a rechargeable battery inside. It has a durable, shatterproof casing, and it’s weather resistant. At 8.3″ X 1.2″ and weighing 4.8 ounces, it’s small enough to fit in a backpack, bag, or [...]
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Lighting
The Griffin Multidock is a steel enclosed iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch charging system that can charge up to 10 devices (or link 3 Multidocks for a capacity of 30 devices) at one time. Connect a Mac to it to to serve as a host computer to sync your apps, media and other content through iTunes. [...]
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iPad
The Kisai Rogue Touch LED watch started out as a concept on the Tokyoflash Design Studio Blog less than a year ago, and it’s now available for purchase. Tokyoflash Japan says the Rogue Touch has “time, date, alarm, dual time zones, animation feature, LCD ‘always on’ display, and LED backlight at a touch. The watch has [...]
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Watches and Clocks
Bill’s review of the magicJack Plus have been really popular with our readers. Now iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad owners can make free calls to U.S. and Canadian phone numbers or to any magicJack number, anywhere in the world using WiFi or 3G. The calls won’t use your mobile minutes or require any purchase. It’s [...]
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iOS,
VoIP
Belkin has introduced two new covers to protect the back of your iPad 2. The first is the Snap Shield Secure (right, shown in smoke). This translucent polycarbonate shield has a soft-touch finish, and it snaps over the back of the iPad 2. The camera and all ports and controls are accessible, and the case [...]
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Cases and covers,
iPad 2
Have you ever wished you could project whatever you did or watched on your MacBook to your TV? I know I have and now it’s possible with a device called McTiVia. While there have been various ways to do this in the past, now I can just boot up the mac, start the McTiVia app, [...]
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OS X,
Streaming
Today’s LogicBUY Deal is the 11.6” Dell Alienware m11x Core i7 ULV gaming laptop for $799. Features: Core i7-640UM, 1GB GeForce GT 335M discrete GPU, 4GB memory, 320GB hard drive, 1.3MP webcam, 802.11n WiFi, Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit). $1114 – $315 coupon code = $799 with free shipping Older Core 2 Duo model with [...]
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Deal of the Day
Oh Paris Hilton, eat your heart out! I attended a local “Puptoberfest” (yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like) last weekend and came across this vendor– the Mommy Bus. The bus is a fashion pet carrier designed for small dogs and cats up to 15 pounds, 15″ in length, and 13″ tall. It’s a top-entry carrier [...]
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mommy bus,
Pet carrier
LEGO Life of George takes iOS gaming into a new direction where games aren’t 100% virtual anymore. This game comes with 144 bricks and a Playmat. The idea is that the iPhone / iPod Touch app shows you a model and it’s your task to build it as quickly and as accurate as you can. [...]
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iPad,
LEGO
Today Amazon announced 4 new devices and I was so excited, that I ordered / pre-ordered 3 of them (Kindle, Touch 3G and Fire). New hardware might be fun, but I think we should all be more excited about the Kindle Fire’s new Silk web browser. It’s not been that long ago that the only [...]
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Amazon,
browsing
I’ve lived in Greensboro for many years now, and I’m continually amazed by how it’s changed since I moved here. I often notice a new building as I’m driving along and try to remember what used to be there. Many of the houses in my neighborhood were demolished to make way for a cross-town road [...]
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Google Maps,
iPhone App
Toshiba has announced the new 7″ entry into their Thrive tablet family. The Thrive 7″ tablet has an AutoBrite LED-backlit multi-touch display with 1280X800 resolution. It’s powered by the NVIDIA® Tegra™2 Dual Core Mobile Processor, and it will run Android 3.2 (Honeycomb). You can see the dimensions on the above photo; the Thrive 7″ weighs less than [...]
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Android tablet
No one has ever mistaken me for an environmentalist, however, I drive a hybrid car; my previous car ran on E85; I replaced most of my light bulbs with CFLs and I sort my trash for recycling. I do these things, not because it makes me feel good. I do them because it saves me money. Hence, when [...]
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iPod,
Speaker
As expected, Amazon.com Inc.’s CEO Jeff Bezos announced the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet and a trio of new Kindle e-readers two carrying the name and capability, “Touch”. The Fire will have a 7-inch screen and run on a heavily modified version of Google, Inc.’s Android operating system. Included with the Fire will be a one-month [...]
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Amazon,
e-reader,
Tablet
