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Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

14 10 2009

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

Posted by: admin in Gaming

Today’s Thinkpad deal is great, especially if you’re looking for a well balanced ultra-portable. Better yet, you can enjoy the X200 with Civilization IV while enjoying a free 7-Eleven beverage. Don’t you love it when everything comes together?

Top Deals:
• 12.1″ Lenovo ThinkPad X200s Laptop for $664 plus free shipping (normally $1425 - use coupon code USXFALLSAVINGS).
• Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: The Complete Edition (PC) for $19.99 (normally $40).
• Free 12 oz Hot Beverage at 7-Eleven for $0 (use this form).

Gaming:
• DJ Hero with Turntable Bundle (360, PS3, Wii) plus $10 Amazon Credit for $108.99 plus free shipping (normally $120 - use coupon code DJHERO10).
• Buy 2 Console Games, Get 1 Free (360, PS3, Wii).
• Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: The Complete Edition (PC) for $19.99 (normally $40).
• Spectrobes: Origins Wii for $19.98 (normally $35).
• Company of Heroes Complete Pack (PC) for $29.99 (normally $59.98).

Home Entertainment:
• 55″ Samsung LN55B650 1080p 120Hz LCD TV for $2,009 plus free shipping (normally $2095).
• 42″ Philips 42PFL3704D/F7 1080p LCD TV for $698.00 (normally $794).
• 32″ Coby TF-TV3217 720p LCD TV for $339.99 plus free shipping (normally $399 - use coupon code: 24HRSALE114C).
• Onkyo HT-S5200 7.1 Channel Home Entertainment System for $399.99 plus free shipping (normally $494 - use coupon code HTB1X135).
• Energy Take 5 Pack Home Entertainment System for $149.99 plus free shipping (normally $199 - use coupon code: 24HRSALE114F).
• $250 Back When you Sign up for an AT&T Uverse Bundle (normally $100 cash back).

Hobomodo:
• Free 12 oz Hot Beverage at 7-Eleven for $0 (use this form).
• Charlotte Bobcats Open Practice Tickets for $0.
• Game of da Dead (iPhone) for $0 (normally $.99).
• Vanguard Visionaries Series 5 Track Sampler (MP3) For $0 (download here).
• Pair of PINK panties (requires sign-up) for $0 (use this form).

If a deal looks too good to be true, investigate the store and see if it’s a good, reputable place to buy. Safe shopping!

[Thanks TechDealDigger, Dealzon, GamerHotline, Cheap College Gamers, CheapStingyBargains and TechBargains.]

14 10 2009

MSI’s 14-inch X-Slim X400 now shipping in the US of A

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MSI’s 14-inch X-Slim X400 now shipping in the US of A
It’s a little tough to believe that it took MSI this many months to bring its X-Slim X400 from the trade show floor to the digital market place, but at long last, the outfit’s 14-inch slimster is finally on sale here in the States. For those badly in need of a refresher, $799.99 gets you a 1.3GHz SU2700 processor, 2GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, WXGA panel, GMA 4500MHD GPU, WiFi, 4-cell battery, HDMI / VGA ports, a pair of USB sockets, a multicard reader, external DVD burner and a three-year warranty. As expected, Vista comes loaded on, though we suspect an upgrade voucher to Windows 7 will be bundled in for good measure.

[Via Laptoping]

Filed under: Laptops

MSI’s 14-inch X-Slim X400 now shipping in the US of A originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Dell Mini 9 modded into an internet tablet

14 10 2009

Dell Mini 9 modded into an internet tablet

Posted by: admin in Gaming

MyDellMini forum member Rob928, take a bow. This honorable gentleman has only gone and transformed an aging 9-inch netbook into a new-fashioned internet tablet. it might still be a chubby little thing, but there’s no denying the usefulness of using the entire screen to navigate instead of the usually cramped netbook touchpad. With a 16GB SSD upgrade alongside the venerable Atom N270 and 1GB of RAM, this device will even boot faster into Windows than your run-of-the-mill netbook. The read link will reveal all, including more shots of the hardware laid bare.

[Via SlashGear]

Gallery: Dell Mini 9 modded into an internet tablet

Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops

Dell Mini 9 modded into an internet tablet originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

A Brief History of Williard Boyle and George Smith, CCD Inventors and Nobel Winners [People]

13 10 2009

A Brief History of Williard Boyle and George Smith, CCD Inventors and Nobel Winners [People]

Posted by: admin in Gaming

Williard “Mr. Modesty” Boyle and George “Three Page Dissertation” Smith, sailors extraordinaire and co-winners of this year’s Nobel prize in physics deserve time in our spotlight: They invented the CCD image sensors which gave our digital cameras eyes.

It took them a while to get there, but once they crossed paths, Boyle and Smith quickly got to working on our beloved CCD image sensors, changing our digital photographs forever. And one day, as the rest of the world had their eyes on the moon in 1969, they finalized their device, which would let us capture images of it.

Williard Boyle had a brief teaching career after his stint in the Royal British Navy and earning his BSc, MSc, and PhD from McGill University. He then moved on to join Bell Labs, working up to being director of the Space Science and Exploratory Studies department where he provided “support for the Apollo space program and help[ed] to select lunar landing sites.” After some time away from that, he “returned to Bell Labs in 1964, working on the development of integrated circuits.” All the while it was remarked that he truly was a modest and “self-effacing” man, almost a stereotype of the quiet genius.

While we don’t know whether he was cocky or modest, George E. Smith followed a vaguely similar path: he served in the US Navy, then earned a BSc from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD from the University of Chicago, where he did in fact write a dissertation a mere three pages long. He, too, then joined Bell Labs and began to research lasers and semiconductor devices.

Yes, with their beginnings in space exploration and lasers, it seems almost obvious that these two were bound to come up with something incredible, but I doubt that they even dreamed about inventing something that we would use or see results of on a daily basis.

Dearest Williard, beloved George: Today we thank you for your inventions and congratulate you on your Nobel prize. After all, without you, our porn wouldn’t be the high-quality digital video we so enjoy. [Digital Photography Review and Wikipedia and Wikipedia]

Well Hello Five Windows Task Manager Alternatives [Windows]

12 10 2009

Well Hello Five Windows Task Manager Alternatives [Windows]

Posted by: admin in Gaming

Want to branch out a bit from the default Windows Task Manager tool that’s probably helping keeping you abreast of the goings on of your PC right this moment? Look no further, for Lifehacker is here with another glorious top five list on that very subject! [Lifehacker]

Cheap netbook sales bringing down laptop revenues, no brainers require no brains

11 10 2009

Cheap netbook sales bringing down laptop revenues, no brainers require no brains

Posted by: admin in Gaming

Hey, this is probably surprising to no one, but here we go. A new market research report from DisplaySearch says that the overall mobile PC market is down about 5 percent over last year. The main reason cited for this decline? The increasing popularity of netbooks, which average around $300, and are much, much cheaper than traditional laptops. Netbook revenue is up 264 percent from last year, and have contributed to an overall lowering of the average PC cost by 19 percent. While this is certainly bad news for the PC industry itself, hooray for all of us, right?!

Filed under: Laptops

Cheap netbook sales bringing down laptop revenues, no brainers require no brains originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

PewPewPew (With Your iPhone) [IPhone Apps]

11 10 2009

PewPewPew (With Your iPhone) [IPhone Apps]

Posted by: admin in Gaming

I don’t really have to explain this one, do I? It’s called iPew and it’s 99 cents and it’s got rockets and lasers and fire and bullets and it’s awesome. [iTunes, Thanks Kevin!]

Continue reading NSF awards Harvard $10 million for robot bees (video)

11 10 2009

NSF awards Harvard $10 million for robot bees (video)

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When we heard that the National Science Foundation awarded $10 million to Harvard to make a swarm of robot bees, our first thought was: “We could do it for half the price.” Then we remembered that the university has been down this path before, including its robot fly program (whatever happened to that thing?) and might be the better choice after all. What does the NSF and Harvard hope to get for all that time and money? Aside from insight into such areas as distributed intelligence, robotic flight, and energy storage, a swarm of these bad boys could be tasked to do anything from battlefield spying to pollination (which might be necessary, with the way that real bees are vanishing at such an alarming rate). The RoboBee project is slated to run for the next five years. Video after the break.

[Via Switched]

Filed under: Robots

NSF awards Harvard $10 million for robot bees (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.