Alien smackdown brings Christmas Joy to Box Office

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By Gregg Kilday

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Those darn aliens and predators upset the box office hierarchy established during the weekend before Christmas. Read more

Posted on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:36:11 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Walmart after Christmas Clearance Deals

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The Holiday Shopping Season is Over! Now the clearance deals are coming in. Walmart.com has a wide range of products on Clearance.

The Casio 6MP Exilim EX-Z600 sells for $198, the I Can Play Guitar Learning System sells for $35 and the Black & Decker ProBlend 5-Speed Blender sells for $29. Read more

Posted on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:51:10 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

The Top 10 most likely Gadgets you will find under your Christmas Tree

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Today is the 24th of December 2007 and depending on how you celebrate you will find your gifts tonight or tomorrow morning. We have compiled from our sources and statistics the top 10 most likely gadgets you might be getting. Of course you just could end up with socks and a tie, but if you are lucky enough that get gifted with electronics then it is probably one of the 10 items below. Read more

Posted on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

NewEgg Christmas Sale Coupon Codes on Top Sellers

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NewEgg sent us several last minute promo code discounts on the top selling items. The coupon codes are good until December 28th, enough time to spend the cash you get from Santa.

It still makes sense to compare prices of course. The first item for instance in the sales list below is the Samsung LNT4061FX 40 inch 1080p LCD HDTV. This one is actually selling for less on Amazon.com than on NewEgg after the coupon code. Read more

Posted on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

NewEgg Christmas Coupon Codes and Special Deals

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NewEgg sent us a list of special Christmas sale items and special Coupon Codes that give you the special price on cool digital cameras and notebooks.

The Canon PowerShot SD870 IS (photo) sells for only $294.99 with Promo Code dc10. Compare Prices. Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:45:15 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Josh Groban ends Christmas drought atop U.S. Chart

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By Geoff Mayfield

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Garth Brooks, Harry Connick Jr., Whitney Houston and Sarah McLachlan. They are just a few of the multiplatinum artists whose Christmas albums failed to reach No. 1 on The Billboard 200 between 1994, when Kenny G's "Miracles -- The Holiday Album" rang the bell, and last week, when Josh Groban's "Noel" became the first since then to do so. Read more

Posted on Sat, 8 Dec 2007 00:05:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Billy Joel, Newcomer go to War with Christmas Song

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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Billy Joel has broken his self-imposed retirement from pop for the second time in a year, but he'd almost rather you didn't know that. Read more

Posted on Tue, 4 Dec 2007 03:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

AT&T Gives Away Free Christmas Ringtones

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AT&T announced today that it is offering free holiday ringtones to it's subscribers along with free Answer Tones and a new mobile game.

The free ringtones for the holiday season include Jingle Bells, The Dreidel Song, and Noche de Paz. Free answer tones include Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree by Cyndi Lauper, wizards in Winter by Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano. The game is called Santa’s Tower Bloxx by Digital Chocolate. Read more

Posted on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:58:01 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Good Christmas Sales ahead for Cellphones: Gartner

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By Tarmo Virki

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Fast growth in the cellphone industry, the largest consumer electronics sector in the world, is set to continue in the holiday-sales-fuelled fourth quarter, research firm Gartner said on Tuesday. Read more

Posted on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Fred Claus a Nightmare before Christmas

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By Kirk Honeycutt

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)- With Santa Claus movies like "Fred Claus," who needs Ebenezer Scrooge? Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 Nov 2007 07:29:13 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia slashes Hit Phone Price ahead of Christmas

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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia slashed this week around 15 percent off from the price of its 3G phone model E65, one of the top sales and profit generators for the world's largest cellphone maker, market data showed on Friday. Read more

Posted on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:48:03 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Control This Geeks Christmas Lights Over the Web

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Why just do normal Christmas lights when you can really geek them out like this guy did. He placed your standard fare Christmas lights on his home and then connected them to some custom built devices that allow anyone anywhere in the world to control his Christmas lights over the web.

All you have to do is go to the website that the guy set up and enter the line to wait for control. Then a flash apples pops up with a schematic of his home allowing you to turn Christmas lights on the entire home on or off as well as control the lights in each window individually. Read more

Posted on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

103'' Panasonic Plasma Going To Be On Sale this Christmas

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I believe it when it the World's Largest Plasma TV is really in Shops this Christmas, but Panasonic just announced this in a press-release.

Panasonic showed the 103" 1080p HDTV at the CES 2006.
The 103 inch Panasonic Plasma HDTV features a 3000:1 contrast ratio. I currently have my LCD projector throw a 103" image on my wall. It is hard to imagine to actually hanging there a Plasma TV with the same size.
Panasonic omitted the most important aspect of this amazing piece of equipment - the price. Read more

Posted on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:12:06 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Elecom PSP-CS500: Christmas Tree Ornament or Portable Speaker?

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Not sure what Japanese Elecom had in mind when designing the PSP-CS500 portable speakers. Maybe it is the nearing holidays, but those speakers remind me strongly on Christmas Tree Ornaments.

The portable stereo speakers are have a sphere shape when they are closed. 50mm diameter cones are available, which output 2 x 2W. The Elecom PSP-CS500 can play without any batteries. The size is 83x77x77mm.

The speakers are available in 3 different colors at Japanese Gadget exporter AudioCubes for $35. Read more

Posted on Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:57:33 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nintendo Possibly Releasing New Gameboy By Christmas

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Game analyst PJ McNealy has made it known that he believes that Nintendo will more than likely release an update to the Gameboy product line by the end of 2005. His reasoning is that Nintendo's trend is to release a new Gameboy about every two years, and the GBA is due for an update. While the DS was just released during the fourth quarter of 2004, Nintendo continues to maintain that the DS and Gameboy product lines are totally unrelated.

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Posted on Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:44:37 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Honda Minimoto Maxii Tops Kids Christmas Wish-List

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Yahoo's Yahooligans Web site conducted a survey amongst 185,000 US kids and the Honda Minimoto Maxii Bike is the most wanted Christmas gift.

We reported about Honda's Minimoto bike first time in February. The Honda Minimoto Maxii features 13 inch Phneumatic tires and a top speed of 18 mph (I4U reader Christine reports the Minimoto goes even faster than this). The Mini bike is powered by a included 36 volt battery. This bike is of course not street legal and for kids, in contrast to those Mini Choppers we reported about.

The Honda Minimoto Maxii sells for $239.99 on Amazon.com. The Honda MiniMoto Maxii is also available at Wal-Mart.

The 2nd most wished christmas gift is the Video Now Color Video Player - currently on sale at Walmart for $54.77.

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Posted on Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:10:45 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

UGG Boots are Top Christmas Seller

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Ok this is funny. I just got up and read Yahoo News and there is a story about Jeff Bezos (CEO of Amazon.com) talking about a record holiday season coming up. The bestselling products are MP3 players, digital cameras and Ugg brand boots by Deckers Outdoor Corp. UGG boots? Mp3 players ok, Digital cameras ok, but UGG Boots?

So what are UGG boots?
I asked my fashion addicted wife and she said "oh those are so yesterday". Last year Hollywood stars ran around with those in LA in the summer - crazy people. Now it looks like everybody wants to have the sheep skin UGG boots.

UGG boots are no gadget, but they keep feet warm. That makes them apparently the third most popular Holiday item after MP3 Players and Digital Cameras.

If you are into UGG boots, UGG also sells direct from UGGAustralia.com.

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Posted on Wed, 10 Nov 2004 02:31:18 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nintendo DS: In stores by Christmas?

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Story by: lunacy8m GadgetMadness.com

Nestled in a Reuters story about Nintendo's financials (yawn) we found this little gem:

"In order to have the DS out by Christmas, we plan to start production late summer or early fall and boost production every month," Nintendo Senior Managing Director Yoshihiro Mori told a news conference.

"The shipment forecast for the DS, due out later this year in Japan and the United States, is more optimistic than Sony Corp's target to ship three million units of its PlayStation Portable (PSP), a new handheld due out later this year in Japan."

Nintendo intends to have the Nintendo DS in stores for us by Christmas? Please say it's true!

Reuters - Nintendo Profit Halved, Sees Recovery.

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Posted on Thu, 27 May 2004 17:45:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Atari Joystick with Classic Games is ideal Christmas Stocking Stuffer

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The Atari Joystick with built-in Games is in solid supply now. We reported about it several times over the last month and it was always hard to get. With $19.99 this is a great low-cost and fun Gadget for Christmas.

Get The Atari Joystick with Classic 10 Games for $19.99 At Amazon.com.

Atari 10-In-1 TV Games, is a plug and play 8-bit gaming system that contains 10 classic and beloved Atari videogames in one Atari 2600 authentic joystick replica. Just plug the joystick into your TV and play. This is really cool, especially for 25USD. Jakks Pacific manufactures those nostalgic devices.

For more info visit the manufacturer site:
JakksTVGames.com

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Posted on Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:40:22 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr