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Retrevo Gadgetology report has revealed some Black Friday shopping trends. The study surveyed 1100 shoppers about their Black Friday shopping plans. While 40% said they were going to buy electronics on Black Friday, over half said they planned to do so online. Only 18% said they would be going to… Continue Reading »

Radio Shack’s Black Friday deals have been leaked and here’s what you can expect. There are no Early Bird deals, but I still recommend you get to the store early as quantities will likely be limited! Camcorders: Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG10 10MP HD Flash Camcorder (Red)  $169.99 Vivitar DVR 865HD Flash… Continue Reading »

SquareTrade set off an ambitious study to compare netbooks and laptops failure rates of their customers.  SquareTrade provides warranties on electronics as an aftermarket sale, so when something fails, they should know, right?  Their study shows Asus and Toshiba tops the list in reliability but just how reliable are these… Continue Reading »

Office Depot’s Black Friday ad had been leaked. Here’s a look at some of the deals they will be offering this year. Computers: Acer Aspire 15.6” Widescreen Notebook Computer w/AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core Processor L310, 4GB RAM, 320GB Hard Drive - $379.99 Acer Netbook 10.1” Computer w/Intel 1.6GHz Atom Processor… Continue Reading »

Staples’ Black Friday ad has been released and there are doorbusters and deals aplenty! As predicted the bad economy and shaky consumer confidence has lead retailers to slash prices and offer deals-many long before Black Friday itself! Let’s take a look: Staples’ Doorbuster items include a 100 pack of CD-R’s… Continue Reading »

Finding a new way to store power in our mobile devices has been a problem for quite some time.  We’ve been stuck with Lithium-Ion batteries for a while now, and unless a device is using ULV or is a netbook, chances are the battery life could be a lot better. … Continue Reading »

Compaq’s got a new Windows 7 laptop called the CQ61-310US.  It’s got a big 15.6-inch screen with a 1366 x 768 resolution, 2GB of RAM, 802.11b/g, an AMD Sempron Processor, ATI Radeon HD 4200 Graphics card, and, of course, Windows 7 in the Home Premium 64-bit flavor.  While a major… Continue Reading »

Maybe you are a person who uses their laptop a lot but would like desktop comforts like a full-sized keyboard, a mouse, and a nice big monitor.  Kensington’s new docking station may be of interest to you.  Here’s how this works: attach you DVI monitor, Ethernet, speakers, headset, and USB… Continue Reading »

Making sure to avoid getting buried by the Apple (presumably iPod) announcement tomorrow, Dell today announced a number of new computers.  The new machines come in the form of a new desktop with options for Intel Core i5s or Core i7s and two new slim laptops. Dell’s new desktops To… Continue Reading »

HP looks to be the first manufacturer to use the new Intel Mobile Core i7 CPU.  In a pair of leaks from the company, we now know that not only is HP looking at the core i7, but is also working on a Consumer Ultra Low Voltage (CULV) laptop, a… Continue Reading »