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We often hear about how bad the economy is lately, and with that we also often hear about budget cuts. And as much as I hate to say it, the talk of budget cuts almost seems normal now. Except in the case of the Lake County Jail cutting back the… Continue Reading »

With the economy the way it is today, more and more people are looking around for ways to pinch pennies and save a buck.  Carpooling, being sure to turn off all the lights, and less needless spending are becoming much more of the norm.  One big area that many are… Continue Reading »

The DXG-Riviera HD is from DXG’s Luxe collection of camcorders.  It shoots 720p video onto SD cards and has a MSRP of $149.99.  Unlike a lot of other pocket camcorders, this DXG is designed to be a fashion accessory.  The real question is, “How well does it shoot video?”  Keep… Continue Reading »

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October is coming and so is the ooma Telo.  We first heard about the ooma Telo back in January at a small event called CES 2009 and it will finally be released on October 1, 2009.  Last time we saw the Telo it was behind glass, but this time we… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Ooma Telo around the corner, releases October 2009

Solid state drives are an attractive option to people who want a laptop that have no moving parts and/or want better battery life.  Picking a SSD option is usually quite expensive, but Active Media announced its new line of SaberTooth S3 Mini PICe SSDs for Asus Eee PCs with pretty… Continue Reading »

Take a look at the soon-to-be released ViewSonic MovieBook, a personal media player with a MSRP of $149.99 (which probably means around $100 street).  So why talk about this media player over others?  The ViewSonic MovieBook can play lots of video and audio formats at a low price.  If you… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Hands on with the ViewSonic VPD400 MovieBook PMP and first impressions

Vivian Tam has company.  HP has just introduced a brand new fashion netbook, this time designed by Studio Tord Boontje.  The pattern is applied in multiple layers - the more you look, the more you see.  HP calls it “HP Imprint 3D” and the “industry’s first three-dimensional surface technology.”  It’s… Continue Reading »

How’s this for a set of specs?  An 11.6-inch display with 1366 x 768 resolution powered by NVIDIA ION, HDMI out, 3.22 pounds, 1.60 GHz Intel Atom, 1GB of DDR3 RAM, and 6 hours of battery life at $399.  Sounds pretty good to me.  The downsides: this netbook still can’t… Continue Reading »

At $549, the Pavilion DM3 could easily be a bulky and unstylish machine, but it’s not.  HP made a sub-$600 notebook under 1-inch thick and it weighs only 4.2 pounds.  There are two processor options: the Intel Pentium SU4100 (1.30 GHz) and the AMD Athlon Neo X2 (1.60 GHz).  The… Continue Reading »

Last week, Sony announced a line of cheaper notebooks that featured Blu-ray drives.  While nobody would ever accuse Sony of being the cheapest anything, the Vaio NW starting point at $880 was one of the cheapest entry level Blu-ray notebooks.  Not to be outdone by anyone in price, Acer is… Continue Reading »