October 2009

BillShrink helps you save money on credit cards, gas, cell phones and savings accounts

A new online service that aims to help you save money has popped up on the ol’ Interwebs – BillShrink. BillShrink tries to help you save money in a few key areas: credit cards, gas, wireless (a.k.a. cell phone) and savings/CDs. It asks you a few questions about your current usage, including your current plans, [...]

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Samsung dual-screen 12 MP digital cameras

Samsung has introduced the first point-and-shoot digital cameras with LCD screens on both the back and the front. The TL225 is a 12.2 Megapixel camera with a 1.5″ LCD screen. So now you can put the camera at arm’s length and see what the photo would actually be like! There is more to the camera [...]

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Apple’s Magic Mouse features multi-touch surface, single button, and Bluetooth wireless

One of the new, notable items that Apple released this week is the Magic Mouse, the first multi-touch mouse. The Magic Mouse will come standard with new iMacs, but you can get one for your existing Mac for $69. The multi-touch surface covers the whole Magic Mouse, just one smooth surface that can sense things [...]

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More options for wireless (Bluetooth) earbuds/headphones

Following up yesterday’s entry on the DigiFi Opera S5 wireless earbuds, we thought it would be a good idea to give you a few more options for going wireless over your lobes. Here are 4 more headsets, all Bluetooth that give you a chance to get rid of those pesky cords, well most of the [...]

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Amazon’s UK Site offering free Super Saving shipping for Xmas

If you’re one of our UK readers, you’ll be happy to hear that Amazon’s UK site is offering free Super Saving shipping for the Christmas season until Jan 1, 2010.  Naturally, there are caveats, etc., but for the most part, you can get free 3-5 day shipping. Check out the details here.

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Kleer’s DigiFi Opera S5 wireless earbuds

Kleer now has a set of wireless earbuds specifically designed for iPods. The DigiFi Opera S5 set adds an iPod-compatible transmitter as well as some remote buttons on the earbuds. Wireless earbuds are still a rare commodity although there are quite a few wireless headsets, both Bluetooth and other wireless transports. The Kleer set, as [...]

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Volkswagen’s Fun Theory team encourages people to change their behavior for the better

There’s a group at German car company, Volkswagen, called the Fun Theory team which thinks that the best way to change people’s behavior for the better is by making the change or the new behavior fun. We think they’re right! Take a look at the ‘piano’ stairs which encouraged people to take the stairs over [...]

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Kindle now with International wireless

The 6″ Amazon Kindle e-reader is now available (today) for use overseas with free wireless where available. Note that this is not the larger Kindle DX, but the same 6″ US reader with International support in over 100 countries. The Kindle store features over 350,000 titles plus magazines, blogs and worldwide newspapers. The international version [...]

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Perplexus – 3D maze puzzle

Yep, despite video games being the choice of game today, puzzles have not died either. Take a look at Perplexus (nice name) which is a spherical 3-D maze with a ball bearing that you need to navigate around the maze. There are even ‘save points’ so that you can put Perplexus down for a bit [...]

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Finland makes Internet access a right; Min speed: 1Mbps

A European country is once again showing the US and the rest of the world how to be progressive and forward-thinking. Finland has decided to make broadband Internet access a legal right and the minimum bandwidth is 1Mbps, on its way to 100Mbps by 2015. Other countries that have already made Internet access a human [...]

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