August 2008

Review: PricePirates price comparison software

PricePirates is a piece of Windows freeware that lets you compare prices in eBay auctions ( you can select what country), Amazon.com and Shopping.com. Each of those product sources show up in different tabs in the software and automatically populated once you switch to a tab. There is also a tab with a Web search [...]

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Review: Schick Quattro Titanium with Trimmer

It may be a bit amusing to think of, but the competition amongst shaving companies is fierce. Consider this – it’s well known that Gillette spent over $750 million on the R&D costs for the Mach3 razor. But I’m here to discuss the latest from Schick which as far as I know is a first. [...]

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Pizza Scissors – cut those slices accurately every time

I love these things. Another example of “why didn’t I think of that?” These pizza scissors cut through pizza without scratching the pan underneath it, and also serve as a serving spatula to get the pizza slice onto plates without spilling. The parts separate for easy dishwashing (in the dishwasher is fine). I don’t want [...]

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Hava Platinum HD – TV Place-shifting

If you’re looking to access all of that TV and video content you have ‘trapped’ at home, and you were thinking Slingbox, think again, because they’re not the only game in town. Enter Hava. The Hava Platinum HD arguably has more features than the Slingbox Pro. Connect any of your HiDef video sources to the [...]

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Amazon Prime – the free shipping club

If you shop even a fair amount at Amazon.com, then you should know about Amazon Prime. It’s pretty simple – pay an annual membership fee and get unlimited free 2-day shipping, unlimited upgrades to 1-day shipping for only $3.95. You can order as little as a tube of toothpaste if you want. In case you’re [...]

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Search inside over 10,000 magazines with Zinio

Did you know that you can search the text in over 10,000 magazines with Zinio? Instead of waiting by the mail for your favorite magazines to show up, you get to view them on your computer/laptop the minute they’re available and with the added benefit of not cutting down additional trees. Once you subscribe, you’ll [...]

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Smart Shopper – say, record and print your shopping list

The Smart Shopper is the electronic gadget for shoppers who can’t live without their lists. Here’s how it works in a nutshell: say the item in the Smart Shopper, it records it and then you can print out the list on the built-in thermal printer. Smart Shopper has a built-in database of over 2500 common [...]

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Philips 42PFL5603D/27 42-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

The award-winning Philips ‘EcoTV’ is a 42″ stunner. This 1080p full HDTV set features a dimmable backlight and power saver mode that can push the power consumption of this set down to 75 watts, which is just a little more than a standard incandescent light bulb. It also has a standby mode that sips just [...]

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Movienizer helps you organize your movies

This is primarily for the movie lover who has tons of movies and needs a way to catalog and organize them, something akin what iTunes/MediaMonkey/Music Jukebox does for your music collection. Movienizer can pull down up to date movie information from the Net including cover/poster art, actor, director and assorted production info. One nice feature [...]

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Kindle me a Book: Amazon’s e-Reader

Amazon’s new reading device allows users to download books and read them on their device without the use of network cables. Claimed to be the future of reading, it holds an electronic-paper display which provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper. The wireless connection allows customers to shop the Amazon [...]

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