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Office Depot has the Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000 Webcam for only $24.99 after $5 Mail-in Rebate + Free Shipping w/ $50 Purchase. (expires 10/11/08)
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Dell Home has the Dell Inspiron 13 w/ Intel C2D T8100 (2.1GHz), 13.3-inch Screen w/ WebCam, 3GB DDR2, 320GB HDD, Vista Premium, Intel GMA X3100, 8x DVD+/-RW DL, 802.11n, 4-cell Battery & Dell 1505 Wireless N for only $799 + Free Shipping after using this coupon:
20% off $999 Inspiron Laptops using coupon code 6ZLB?LZRMBW?MZ (Expires [...]

ZipZoomFly has the Asus EeePC 8.9in 16GB SSD w/ Windows XP for only $339.99 + Free Shipping (expires 10/3/08)
Features:

8.9 inch widescreen
1GB RAM
16GB storage capacities for Windows and GNU Linux operating systems
1.3M pixels webcam
Weight = 2.18 lbs
802.11b/g
Windows XP Home

Plus there are two other Asus Models available for even less if you’re willing to wait for a [...]

Shop4Tech is offering 17% off storewide + Free Shipping & No Sales Tax (except CA) using coupon code DW17 (expires 10/1/08)
Here are some great deals using this coupon:

Targus Universal Notebook Docking Station w/ Video (Refurb) only $33.19 + Free Shipping
Aliph Jawbone 2 Bluetooth Headset only $99.59 + Free Shipping
Samsung WEP301 Bluetooth Headset only $9.29 (After [...]

I was lusting after a 3G, but now… I dunno.
One of the original partners in the Open Handset Alliance behind the open-source mobile OS, Motorola already has 50 people on its Android team and is growing that to 350, according to an Android developer approached by a headhunter to join the team. That is a [...]

HP Home is having a sale on select customizable HP Pavilion Notebook PCs through 10/4/08. Free shipping + a Free HP Deskjet Printer (after $70 rebate) is available with these configurations:

$299 off customizable HP Pavilion tx2500z Notebook
$249 off customizable HP Pavilion dv7z Notebook
$274 off customizable Compaq Presario CQ50Z Notebook
$160 off customizable HP Pavilion dv9930us Notebook
$160 [...]

Mwave has the IstarUSA XAGEN99SAU SATA Hard Drive / Esata Docking Station for only $27 + $8 Shipping = $35 Shipped
Feature:

Supports 2.5-inch and 3.5 form factor hard drives
Activity LEDs, eSATA and USB 2.0 supported

Buy it: IstarUSA XAGEN99SAU SATA Hard Drive /Esata Docking Station only $35 Shipped
Here is a list of the [...]

Windows Steady State is a new feature that Microsoft has been working on for some time now. It’s nice if you have multiple users on one computer and you don’t want the hard drive to have so much unwanted files that you have to do a system cleanup almost everyday. What windows steady state does [...]

Razer, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-end precision gaming peripherals, has unveiled the Razer Maelstrom Audio Engine at Games Convention, Leipzig at Hall 4, B01. The Razer Maelstrom is a highly upgraded virtual surround sound system found in the Razer Megalodon, Razer’s latest 7.1 surround sound gaming headset.
Razer Megalodon — US: $149.99; Europe: €139.99
Headphones

Frequency Response: [...]

Let’s say you’re building yourself a computer, and you cannot get it to start. Or, it starts up and gives you other errors and problems. Here are some common things that can go wrong, and how to correct them.
BIOS beep codes

Make sure you have a case speaker connected. If you are getting 1 long [...]

Try out HaptX games with the highly acclaimed and award winning Novint Falcon 3D controller at this year’s edition of GC Leipzig, August 21-24.
With HaptX and the Novint Falcon players can feel effects such as explosions, gravity, recoils from weapons as well as the details of individual objects surfaces and textures at a per pixel [...]

The coming battle between the latest company to offer Mac clones (Psystar) and Apple is set to be a stellar one. Psystar really took things to the next level through hiring fairly competent legal assistance in dealing with Apple’s lawsuit against them. Will they win? I tend to doubt it as the Apple licensing is [...]

Alienware the leading manufacturer of high-performance notebook, desktop and professional systems today launches the Area-51 m17x, a commanding and aggressive addition to the newly redesigned Area-51 line of notebook computers. Alienware has already received numerous awards from the computer industry this year with the launch of the 15.4-inch Area-51 m15x, and the company has once [...]

The Headplay Personal Cinema System combines its revolutionary design with proprietary, high-performance optical technologies to deliver a portable, personal viewing experience not currently available in the market. Connecting directly to game consoles, DVD players, iPods, PCs and cell phones, the Personal Cinema System is also capable of reading stored media using compact flash or USB. [...]

The Ant Commandos (TAC), a leading provider of innovative wireless video game music peripherals and accessories, announced today its upcoming lineup of products hitting retail this spring. The new lineup includes the first-ever guitar controllers to offer 4-in-1 compatibility, with all of its new guitars being 100% compatible with all Guitar Hero and Rock Band [...]

Saitek, a leading designer and manufacturer of consumer electronic products for PC and gaming, announces the launch of its new Cyborg Keyboard. This high end gaming keyboard has advanced customisation options for greater control and convenience, and a durable design for improved gaming performance.
Customisable & Programmable
The Cyborg Keyboard features fully customisable, tri-colour key backlighting which [...]

The 13″ MacBook Notebook Computer from Apple gives you all the power of a Macintosh computer in an easily portable and attractive form. The laptop is housed in a white polycarbonate shell that brings the signature Apple design aesthetic to the notebook. It is designed to meet the needs of video editors, graphics designers, educators, [...]

Alienware, the leading manufacturer of high-performance desktop, notebook, and professional systems, now offers the Intel QX9770 Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core processor on the new Area-51 desktop computer. With four cores churning out clock speeds of 3.2GHz, the QX9770 brings unprecedented multitasking capabilities to Alienware desktops already known for pushing the outer limits of computer performance.
Intel [...]

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800GX2 is the latest graphics card to revolutionize your PC experience. GeForce 9800 GX2 gives the best gaming performance in the world; hybrid power means a quieter, lower power-draining, and more environmentally friendly PC and PureVideo HD takes your PC to the cutting edge of high definition.
Bar none the fastest graphics card [...]

Saitek, a leading designer and manufacturer of consumer electronic products for PC and gaming, has announced the launch of its new Cyborg Mouse. The high end laser mouse is designed specifically for gaming and aimed at serious gamers who play intensely for long periods at a time.
The Cyborg Mouse has a unique switch-activated motor that [...]

I would be lying if I claimed to not be tempted to follow Chris’ footsteps and pick up one of these crazy contraptions. If visit his live stream, then scroll down a bit, you will see his virtual Chumby. Weird name, with a very cool idea. The Chumby is one of what I expect to [...]

Browsing the Apple section on Digg, I came across this interesting entry describing how Microsoft’s lack of competence forced the author to buy an iPod rather than a Zune:
“It’s been over 7 years since I got my first MP3 player. I started with the 6 GB Nomad Jukebox back in 2000. Upgraded to the 40 [...]

There’s a new announcement from Samsung and T-Mobile: the Samsung Katalyst will support the T-Mobile HotSpot @HomeSM service. Of course, this will be in addition to the extra fee added on a customers bill for the @Home service:
“Samsung and T-Mobile USA today announced the availability of the new Samsung Katalyst (SGH-t739). The Katalyst adds a [...]

nbsp;Macworld.com is reporting that the Apple TV has been a complete failure for Apple and we might expect to see that particular product fade into obscurity soon:
“Apple may have had high hopes for its first generation Apple TV, but analyst sales estimates indicate the product is not as successful as once thought. Blaming the iTunes [...]

Activision, Inc. today announced that standalone wireless guitar controllers for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock will be available at retail stores nationwide by early 2008.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock lets fans thrash and burn with new wireless guitar controllers available for each platform, including exclusive Gibson Guitar’s Les Paul model for the Xbox [...]

WolfKing, a world leader in the innovation and creation of gaming input devices, today announced it is customizing its award-winning WARRIOR gaming pad and TROOPER gaming mouse to appeal to female PC gamers. The specially designed gaming devices, which will be sold exclusively through Dell, provide the same high level of quality that consumers have [...]

ArtGuitar, a leading designer of custom graphics for electric and acoustic guitars, announced today the launch of the limited edition AG RiffMaster Guitar Controller, the worlds first genuine Peavey guitar modified for play with guitar-based music videogames on the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system.
Exclusively available online, the limited edition AG RiffMaster Guitar Controller includes 17 limited [...]

Commodore Gaming will be one of the first vendors to ship the new Intel Core 2 Extreme Desktop Processor. The chip will initially be available in the range topping, all powerful XX model, available exclusively from Commodore Gaming. The XX will be one of the first products available in the UK to take advantage of [...]

Arcade-In-A-Box announces the immediate availability of single and dual-player authentic arcade controllers for the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 control panels feature authentic arcade controls that are identical to those used on your favorite arcade machines including Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Galaga. In addition to being compatible with the Xbox 360, the arcade controllers [...]

The much anticipated A40 Audio System from ASTRO Gaming drops into the hands of the eagerly awaiting public in mid-November. Meticulously designed and engineered at ASTRO’s headquarters in San Francisco, the A40 Audio System combines a custom-built audiophile headset with a powerful audio mixer/amp that incorporates the latest Dolby Digital and Dolby Headphone technologies. Complete [...]

Nyko Technologies, a premier peripherals manufacturer, announced today that it has shipped its highly anticipated Intercooler for PlayStation 3. The Intercooler for PS3 provides increased airflow away from the console’s advanced internal technology using state-of-the-art technology and design.
The innovative cooling device features a two piece clip-on assembly for easy and secure installation and allows for [...]

At 4pm today Commodore Gaming will open the virtual doors to its online store for the UK and Ireland, offering gamers in these countries the privilege to be amongst the first in the world to own one of the unique Commodore Gaming PCs. Commodore Gaming plans to roll out its cool gaming rigs across Europe [...]

DS2, the world’s leading Powerline Chipset provider, has announced that its UPA compliant 200Mbps chip is fully compatible with Microsoft’s new Xbox 360 and Sony’s recently-launched-in-Europe PS3. It becomes the only chip to guarantee uninterrupted high performance online gaming anywhere throughout the home, and will enable online gamers worldwide to interact in real-time, with guaranteed [...]

Commodore Gaming today announces that CeBIT 2007 will see the launch of a new breed of gaming PC as the legendary Commodore brand returns to the world of computer and video games hardware with the highest specifications available for gamers.
Bala Keilman, CEO for Commodore Gaming, commented “25 years ago, Commodore launched the best selling personal [...]

There’s a reason why gamers choose the Xbox 360 Wireless Controller over other gamepads; it delivers a mean combination of precision, speed and accuracy. Windows gamers can take advantage of the Xbox 360 Wireless Controller and other Xbox 360 wireless accessories with the Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver for Windows, which is now available on store [...]

Headplay, Inc., a Los Angeles-based visual entertainment and technology company, today announced the unveiling of the HEADPLAY Personal Cinema System’s final production ready design at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show. The HEADPLAY Personal Cinema System is a portable, visual headset and media center that delivers an immersive, high resolution, cinematic, big screen viewing experience [...]

Give your Nintendo Wii a graphical overhaul with the Talismoon Component Cable!
Now you can be sure to maximize everything the Nintendo Wii has to offer with the Talismoon Wii component cable. Become in awe of tremendously enhanced visuals and super crisp textures! Immerse yourself in the digital gaming world and get closer to the game [...]

SplitFish GameWare has announced GameStop is the first to receive the EdgeFX Controller for the Sony Playstation 2. The EdgeFX controller is expected in their retail stores next week.
The EdgeFX is part of the “FX GameWare Series,” our console product line designed for competition game play.
Computer gamers know the best way to control the action [...]

Meroncourt Europe Limited is pleased to announce that as of the end of October 2006 it will be distributing throughout the UK and Ireland the new Tarantula Keyboard from Razer. Steve Walsh Sales Director of Meroncourt explained, “the Tarantula is just another extension of the tools available from Razer to enhance gamers performance, with stylish [...]

Make your voice heard around the world with enhanced clarity with the Xbox 360 Wireless Headset. Call out plays, plan assaults, or simply chat with your buddies over the Xbox Live service; experience the action without the restraint and clutter of a wired connection. Designed inside and out to work seamlessly on Xbox 360, the [...]

Bigfoot Networks, Inc., a research and development company, today announced it has begun shipping its flagship gaming product, the Killer Network Interface Card (NIC). The Killer NIC is the first network card specifically designed to improve performance for online gamers who demand less Ping (latency) and more Frames Per Second. Next week, Killer will [...]

eDimensional, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of innovative gaming accessories is pleased to announce the newest addition to the ultimate gaming product line, the G-Pad Pro Gyroscopic Gamepad. With proprietary VRMS (Virtual Reality Motion Sensing) technology, the G-Pad Pro delivers a next generation gaming experience to current model Playstation 2 consoles and PCs.

Featuring a [...]

Wow, we really need to fix our MacBook Pro battery issue before things really get bad.
We first reported our troubles with our beloved Mac notebook last week and then the new week started with a replacement program from Apple, direct, explaining our problem. Well, we’ve been just a wee-bit busy here at [...]

Alienware, the leading manufacturer of high-performance desktop, notebook, media center, and professional systems has introduced the breakthrough new Alienware P2 Full-Tower Case on select desktop systems, including the Area-51 7500, Aurora 7500, and Aurora ALX. The Area-51 7500 feature the new Intel Core 2 Extreme and Intel Core 2 Duo processors. In addition, select Alienware [...]

In response to the announcements that both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 will utilise High Definition formats for next generation game development; It has been confirmed that Xploder will launch the HDTV Game Player to allow millions of Playstation 2 owners to upgrade their PS2 consoles, so that they can experience their favourite PS2 [...]

If the 120 GB drive that comes with the MacBook Pro option isn’t enough storage for you, then you need to upgrade to MCE’s MobileStor. With 8MB cache, a seek time of 12 ms, rotation rate of 5400 rpm, and a transfer rate (sustained) is 44 MB/s, with bursts up to 100 MB/s, this [...]

Kingston Technology, the world’s leading independent memory manufacturer, today announced the release of its NVIDIA SLI-Ready 800MHz low-latency modules. With a simple one step process the HyperX DDR2 PC2-6400 modules increase overall system performance when paired with select NVIDIA nForce 500 series-based motherboards. Kingston Technology’s NVIDIA SLI-Ready modules are designated with an “N” in the [...]

Alienware, the leading manufacturer of high-performance notebook, desktop, media center, and professional systems has enhanced its notebook line and addressed the diverse needs of on-the-go gamers, students, professionals, and other mobile users with two versatile new systems: Area-51 m5550, and Sentia™ m3450. Ranging in screen size from 14.1″ to 15.4″, Alienware’s newest notebooks pack powerful [...]

Steve Jobs has said often that his vision for Apple products is to tie them all into a “digital hub”. Releasing Front Row late last year was one more step closer to that dream. While many speculated a media center-like Mac was next on the list, it never appeared. Sure, the Mac [...]

Forgotten failures, how fun to find them. The other day, I was browsing the web — I don’t even know how I tripped over this — and I stumble upon an Apple gaming console. “What! Apple had a gaming console?” I thought to myself in complete disbelief. “When?” I continued in [...]

Ever since the Treo 700w was released just a few months ago, the ‘Net has been a buzz with rumors of a Palm version. While PalmSource has left its operating system to age and wither, Palm, Inc. made its commitment to the OS of its beginnings clear early this year when CEO Ed Colligan [...]

Mom once told me when I was a kid that the small Christmas present didn’t mean it was something crappy. Nope, on the contrary, it may just be the best gift of them all.
Well the folks at Sirius would bark right along with my mother in agreement as it’s just plopped in front of [...]

I have a close friend that use to work at Microsoft. He told me once about its testing lab and how it was filled floor to ceiling with PCs that were used for testing. I can’t remember the exact number of boxes he said they had, but it was well over a couple [...]

Hey, if you’re too scared to download Boot Camp and install it yourself to get Windows XP up and running on your beautiful Apple hardware, then worry not, ExperCom well sell you one with it already on! For only $30 more than what Apple charges for the 15.4″, 1.83GHz, 512M RAM, and 80GB [...]

Cell phones are going to get a little more room when Intel’s latest advancement is soldered into them. Announcing it’s latest advancement Tuesday, Intel has developed a process that allows what it once did in 90nm to do in 65nm. Nearly slicing a third of fat off the chip, Intel’s NOR Flash memory [...]

With less then a month of shipping the first Intel Mac that is a notebook, I by the grace of God got mine only two weeks after Apple started sending them out to Mac-heads everywhere. Sparring you the details on how I got it, I won’t skimp on what I’ve learned in my first [...]

Call them crazy or brilliant, but either way, a bunch of IT students at Carrol College have successfully created possibly the first 13 floppy drive striped RAID drive.
They first tried using a Windows XP machine, but that old technology must have been just too advanced for Microsoft’s easy operating system to handle so the IT [...]

It seems that there is a little cloud on the bright and shining Mac Intel horizon.
It is reported that there are some troubles with the video card. The problem occurs when playing videos with the frontrow media browser. On some computers you see horizontal lines, ghosting, and some video tearing.
The thing that interests me is [...]

The MacBook Pros are shipping this week.  What a sweet Valentines present indeed.  To make the already amazing little laptop wonder sweeter, Apple is boosting the CPU speed for free!  Instead of the originally announced 1.83 GHz $2,499 model, high-end buyers will instead enjoy a 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo in their hot new book of [...]

OS5 handhelds usually can play media files. Car audio systems usually don’t have a headphone plug. But since all car audio systems can handle FM radio, the transmission of such signals is a logical conclusion. And this is where a FM transmitter comes in.
Brando ships its stuff by regular mail. Customs left the pretty stuffed [...]

As we could expect, the iMac 17″ PowerPC has been removed from the Apple store. I personally think that this move went very fast; I expected that this would happen sometime next month - I mean, are they out of stock already?
It seems that the main source for exhausting this iMac 17″ stock was [...]

If you own a Tungsten C, you probably have the same complaint as many other TC users: WHY doesn’t it have a stereo output? As sad as it may be, Palm thought it would be a good idea to put a mono output onto a feature packed top-notch device like the Tungsten C. It is [...]

So, after picking up one of the new Core Duo iMacs, it became apparent that the amount of RAM that ships with the system is virtually unacceptable for the day to day usage of someone who works heavily with multimedia. Having attempted RAM installation on my last iMac, I knew this one would be a [...]

Apple is dropping prices on the PowerMac G5 and the PowerBooks G4.
So here is a renewed pricelist:

PowerMacs
PowerMac G5 - dual 2.3 Ghz $2000
PowerMac G5 - dual 2.5 Ghz $2050
PowerMac G5 - dual 2.7 Ghz $2150
PowerBooks 15 inch
PowerBook G4 - 1.5 Ghz $1400
PowerBook G5 - 1,67 Ghz $1600
I am going to buy some stock for my [...]

Looks like the new iMac’s with its Intel CPUs pop out just fine and readily accept a new and faster CPU. A Japanese magazine, MacFan, went out and tore its new 1.83GHz iMac apart and stuffed in an Intel Core Duo 2GHz T2500 CPU. A kind reader of xlr8yourmac.com translates the details in [...]

I’ve tried pen tablets twice before, both times left me wondering why anyone other then the most hardcore artists use it, but Wacom’s new Graphire4 got it right this time. The Graphire is the low priced product line for Wacom, but I think it’s perfect for most computer users out there. I say computer instead of Mac because it works with both the PC and Mac. Let’s look at some of the reasons I’ve switched over to the Graphire4 permanently.

One thing I missed from my Canon G5 when I went to my Nikon D70 was the live preview in the LCD screen. I was forced to look through the viewfinder, which was fine, but there are times that just couldn’t be done. If you’re holding your camera high above a crowd of [...]

Mouse BT from Chwang Yi is the answer for all you Mac mini and iMac users who long to use a two button mouse without a cord. While many RF mice exist, you’re hard pressed finding a Bluetooth version. It was our hopes to find the Mighty Mouse BT at Macworld this year; however, [...]

Is it because Mac is going the way of Intel or is it because more manufacturers are realizing that there is a market for Mac products that we are starting to see more Mac stuff? Either way, I’m glad to see that now there is a USB phone that fully supports all hardware functions [...]

Blazing wireless speeds of up to 600Mbps is almost official as the IEEE Task Group “N” has voted to confirm the next standard, 802.11n. The next step is, “IEEE ratification process, which includes letter balloting, comment resolution, sponsor balloting and final ratification,” which Geekzone is reporting could take up to a year.
With companies such [...]

When Apple showed off its new Intel based notebook at Macworld last week, many were surprised to find the lack of a Firewire 800 (1394b) port. Where was it? Since most of the Apple staff on site was seeing the MacBook Pro for the first time like everyone else, no one could be [...]

So here I am, 30,000 feet above the California Sierra and my iPod is pausing to take a look. I press play and off it goes into pause mode again within a few seconds. My iPod and continue to play this game until the captain of Southwest flight 1132 levels us off. [...]

It’s finally here, the new Intel PowerBooks. Well, they’re not PowerBooks anymore, they’re MacBook Pro’s. Whle nearly everyone else was saying the Mac mini would be the first new Intel release, I’ve been saying it for more then a month that the PowerBook would be the one updated. I guess this adds [...]