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Roku SoundBridge Radio

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Roku SoundBridge Radio

First Roku brought you the Roku Soundbridge for streaming your music around the house. Now they’ve created the Roku SoundBridge Radio for bringing you 1000s of Internet radio stations wrapped in a tabletop box that provides the simplicity of one device with rich audio quality. Other features include a headphone jack, SD/MMC card slot and volume ramping alarm that wakes you up to digital music, Internet radio, AM/FM radio, playlists, podcasts or a choice of several alarm tones.

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Review: Sid Meier’s Civilization IV

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Review: Sid Meier's Civilization IV

Producer: Firaxis
Distributor: 2K Games

A perennial favorite, Sid Meier’s Civilization series has set the standard in the past for turn based strategy games. Now the 4th generation in this series is released, with a new fully 3-D graphics system and some changes to the tried and true formula that has made Civilization the masterpiece series that has spawned imitations and hybrid versions (namely Sid’s Alpha Centauri, and Colonization.) How does this new version fare?

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Sirius One SV1 Plug n Play Satelitlle Reciever – Any Vehicle

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Sirius One SV1 Plug n Play Satelitlle Reciever - Any Vehicle

The SV1 comes with a magnetic mount antenna and includes a one line character display as well as built-in wireless FM transmitter. Along with an IR remote control, the unit has 30 channel presets for your favorite Sirius channels.

Easily add Sirius radio to your car without having to go out and buy a new car!

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Father’s Day Gift Idea #5: Suunto Xlander Wristop Computer Watch

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Father's Day Gift Idea #5: Suunto Xlander Wristop Computer Watch

Socks and watches tend to be popular Father’s Day gifts, but since we’re obviously going to pass on the socks, we thought we’d feature a very stylish watch that is chockful of functions geared for the active Dad, but yet doesn’t look like a PDA with a wristband attached to it. The Suunto Xlander Wristop Computer is a watch, altimeter, barometer, and compass in a stylish aluminum body with a carbon-fiber back and mineral crystal glass. It comes with a weatherproof black leather wristband and is built to be waterproof even if submerged up to 100 feet.

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Sony Under-Cabinet Kitchen LCD TV, CD Player

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Sony Under-Cabinet Kitchen LCD TV, CD Player

Entertainment options abound in the busiest room in the house! The ICF-CD555TV mounts easily under a kitchen cabinet, and includes a CD player, an AM/FM tuner, and a flip-down 7″ LCD widesceen TV! You can follow along with a cooking show, watch the news, or just relax with your favorite programs — the color LCD provides a sharp, vibrant picture. Now there’s no need to haul an extra TV into your kitchen. With its slim, stylish design, this system fits easily into just about any kitchen without hogging your counter space.

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Sirius SPR1 Sportster Satellite Radio Receiver

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Sirius SPR1 Sportster Satellite Radio Receiver

Get in the game and join the future with the plug-and-play Sirius SPR1 Sportster satellite radio receiver. In addition to all of the capabilities Sirius receivers are known for, the Sportster maximizes the listening experience of Sirius’ broad sports lineup. Just like other Sirius-compatible receivers, the SPR1 decodes the incoming Sirius digital-quality radio program information from more than 120 music, news, and sports channels and delivers an audio signal to your radio or other audio output equipment. It’s easily transportable and, with the use of Sportster kits, enables you to listen to satellite radio programs at home, in your car, or during the backyard barbeque.

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Hybrid Cars Get Hot

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By Preston Lerner, LA Times

Scott Shelton is a car guy. make that a Crazed Car Guy. Like me, he’s afflicted with a genetic disorder that causes his testosterone level to spike alarmingly when he’s in the presence of a high-powered vehicle. But the recent birth of his first child has forced him to reluctantly consider trading his Porsche 911 for a more practical sport utility vehicle or, horror of horrors, a minivan. It’s enough, frankly, to make a Car Guy ill.

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