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Official Indiana Jones Fedora on Sale

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Official Indiana Jones Fedora on Sale Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Gadget shop ThinkGeek has the officially licensed Indiana Jones hat on sale. You can be Indiana Jones for $99.99.

This is a fur felt fedora that you see in the Indiana Jones movies on close-ups of Harrison Ford. It's a hand made and features a leather sweatband and satin lining both emblazoned with Indiana Jones in the inside. Read more

Posted on Wed, 14 May 2008 06:15:06 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee PC 900 pre-order on Amazon.com started

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Asus Eee PC 900 pre-order on Amazon.com started Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Yesterday we reported that some online stores including 3rd party vendors on Amazon.com started offering the new Asus Eee PC 900. Now Amazon.com itself started to take pre-orders for both new Asus Eee 900 notebooks for $549.99 each.

Amazon.com does not state a shipping date yet for the Asus Eee 900. It is expected that the Asus 900 will ship tomorrow May 12th. Because Amazon ships them its free with Super Saver Shipping. Read more

Posted on Sun, 11 May 2008 12:30:07 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee PC 900 on Sale at Buy.com and others

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Asus Eee PC 900 on Sale at Buy.com and others Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review On Thursday we reported that NewEgg listed the Asus Eee PC 900 for sale, but they removed the product pages again after a couple of hours. Now other retailers have started offering the new Asus Eee PC.

Buy.com (via TheGadgetSite) for $549.99. If you use Google Checkout you get $10 off. Buy.com states that the Asus Eee PC 900 ships in 1-2 days. Read more

Posted on Sat, 10 May 2008 02:00:55 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Wal-Mart launches Save More Online Guide

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Wal-Mart launches Save More Online Guide Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Wal-mart launches a new online service called Save More, that features tips and advice from Ellie Kay. The site is supposed to help customers hungry for ideas to stretch their dollars during tough times.

Ellie Kay is America's Family Financial Expert and best-selling author of 11 books including her most recent release, A Tip A Day With Ellie Kay.
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Posted on Fri, 9 May 2008 07:17:47 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Area-51 m17x Notebook ships

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New Area-51 m17x Notebook ships Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review At the end of April Alienware announced the new Area-51 m17x gaming notebook.

The m17x uses Intel Core 2 Extreme processors and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX graphics in SLI mode. The machine also has a 500GB HDD and can be optioned with up to 1.5TB of storage. Read more

Posted on Wed, 7 May 2008 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Satan, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton among favorite Source Code Search Terms

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Satan, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton among favorite Source Code Search Terms Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Source Code Search engine Krugle released some fun statistics one what developers search in Java source code. It is not all j2me, hadoop and swing. For some reason developers also search for celebs, like Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.

Satan is apparently way more popular than the scandal celebrities mentioned above. Read more

Posted on Sun, 4 May 2008 23:18:01 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Wii Fit with Bonus $10 Online Gift Card on Wal-mart.com

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Wii Fit with Bonus $10 Online Gift Card on Wal-mart.com Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review The Wii Fit fitness accessory and software for the Nintendo Wii is getting a lot of attention and is poised to sell extremely well. Wal-mart has a special offer for Wii Fit if you pre-order it before May 11th.

You get a $10 Wal-mart.com gift card right away if you pre-order Wii Fit now at Wal-mart online. Wii Fit ships on May 21st and the price is $89.74.
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Posted on Fri, 2 May 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

AV Receiver Buying Guide

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AV Receiver Buying Guide Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review If you are in the market for an AV Receiver than this new guide from eCoustics might be of help.

Quote from the AV Receiver Buyers' Guide: "Don't obsess over small differences in power output. It takes a doubling of power to make any significant difference in playback volume. Thus, if you had a receiver with 50 watts per channel, you'd need to go to a model with 100 watts per channel to get a 3-dB increase in loudness, a difference that is just "slightly louder." Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:34:47 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Tax Rebate Checks arrive, you are supposed to buy Gadgets

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Tax Rebate Checks arrive, you are supposed to buy Gadgets Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Bush's present to the American people is on its way. Some lucky tax payers already got their tax rebate check yesterday. The tax rebate is also called Economic Stimulus payment. What that implies is you should spend the $600 as fast as possible. One way to do that very quickly is to treat yourself to a new cool gadget.

If you are a family, say with two kids ($1,800) you actually get enough for a decent full HD HDTV. Read more

Posted on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Wii in Stock at Toys'R'Us on Sunday

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Wii in Stock at Toys'R'Us on Sunday Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Tomorrow Mario Kart for Wii goes on sale and Toys'R'Us told us that they will have more Wii consoles in stock than ever before.

If you still did not enter the Wii zone with your own Wii console than a Sunday walk down the mall could change that.
To be on the safe side Toys'R'Us is taking pre-orders for the Wii and the Mario Kart today. Read more

Posted on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:55:11 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee PC 900 available on eBay

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Asus Eee PC 900 available on eBay Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Asus officially announced the Asus Eee PC 900 with the 8.9 inch screen mid-April. The Asus Eee PC 900 is supposed to ship on May 12th in the United States. If you cannot wait that long, the Asus Eee 900 is readily available on eBay.

Mostly Asian eBay merchants based in Hong Kong or Taiwan ship the new Asus 900 world-wide. The price is between $600 and $700. The MSRP for the Asus Eee PC is set at $549. Read more

Posted on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr