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  • Wal-Mart pulling all-nighter Thanksgiving to avoid customer logjam

    Just the mention of Black Friday brings to mind two thing: great deals and insane crowds fighting to get them.  Wal-Mart hopes to change the latter part by opening stores on Thanksgiving Day and staying open through Black Friday encouraging a steady flow of traffic instead of crazy mobs ready for deals at 6 am. Last year, the retailer received a lot of negative press after one employee died after being trampled by deal-seekers.  Each…

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  • ViewSonic introduces MovieBook

    You know the holiday shopping season is coming up when devices from strange companies start showing up.  Not strange in terms of questionable, but strange…

  • DocuPen X-series: A pen scanner that scans at 600 dpi

    Pen scanners have been around for a few years now, though they haven’t yet been all that spectacular in actually scanning.  They didn’t always have…

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MOTO announces 5-inch Android 2.0 MID for developers

by Shawn Ingram on Nov 5, 2009 at 09:01 PM

Android seems to be the go-to OS of choice for gadgets smaller than netbooks, especially now with the 2.0 version.  It makes a lot of sense, its open source, free to put on any device and has a respectable number of apps available.  Plus, its backed by Google.  Today we’re… Continue Reading »

Leaked Black Friday Kmart deals

by Heather Wood on Nov 3, 2009 at 01:31 PM

Kmart’s Black Friday flyer was released today on the Black Friday.info website and it seems to have a few good deals and doorbusters for those looking to get some great prices on their gadgets for Christmas.  Kmart will open its doors at 6 am on Black Friday. For five hours… Continue Reading »

5 spooky gadgets: Are they a trick or a treat?

by Jodie Andrefski on Oct 16, 2009 at 04:37 PM

The leaves are changing colors.  Football has become a weekend staple.  Pumpkins are seemingly everywhere.  It is that time of year again, fall is upon us and with that comes the chance to have some frightening fun.  You see offers of great scary gadgets all over the place, but which… Continue Reading »

Toshiba announces the latest offering in the Dynadock family

by Jodie Andrefski on Oct 16, 2009 at 03:00 PM

Toshiba isn’t the new kid on the block when it comes to universal docking stations.  They’ve had several earlier versions out, to mostly favorable user reviews, and were rated the top online seller May-August of this year.*  Now, they’ve announced their latest tech brainchild, the newest dynadock wireless U universal… Continue Reading »

Amazon now offering same day shipping to select cities

by Robert Nelson on Oct 16, 2009 at 06:20 AM

Amazon has recently stepped up in the shipping department—they are now offering same day shipping and at the same time giving lots of people yet another reason to never leave the house.  The option is called “Local Express Delivery,” and as you would expect there are some catches that come… Continue Reading »

“Family Guy” goes wild for Windows - at least for a night

by Jodie Andrefski on Oct 14, 2009 at 01:30 PM

You’d have to be blind not to see Microsoft trying to shove Windows 7 into the living rooms of America through TV commercials.  The most recent—the gaggy sweet little girl making rainbow and flower pages though, is in my opinion, not their best effort.  But, that effort is now veering… Continue Reading »

Barnes and Noble Plastic Logic ebook reader with color display coming in the Spring of 2010

by Robert Nelson on Oct 9, 2009 at 06:12 AM

We have seen details before about the upcoming Barnes & Noble ebook reader, most recently was when it made the FCC appearance and although that was a nice step to see, we have something a little more exciting today. The latest details are coming from Daniel Joresson who is a… Continue Reading »

Amazon lowers Kindle 2 pricing, also intros new international version

by Robert Nelson on Oct 7, 2009 at 06:18 AM

Amazon first unveiled the Kindle 2 back in February and had it priced well over the $300 price point, since then we had seen a price drop in July that took it down to $299—now once again the price has been lowered.  Of course, that is not all, Amazon has… Continue Reading »

Bill Gates lost $7 billion, still has very little chance of going broke

by Robert Nelson on Oct 2, 2009 at 09:29 AM

It seems the current economy can now be blamed for both the rich as well as the poor losing money.  In recent news Bill Gates has lost $7 billion in this last year.  Of course, while that may sound bad, truth be told he is still very rich.  According to… Continue Reading »

Rumor: The Amazon Kindle will be available in the UK this October

by Robert Nelson on Oct 1, 2009 at 06:00 AM

Amazon has never denied that the Kindle would eventually makes its way overseas, but at the same time they have never offered up even the slightest hint as to when we could expect that to happen.  That said, it looks like that time may be coming up. The story, which… Continue Reading »

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