Early Amazon Black Friday Deal Is Sony PS3 With Free EA Game

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In today's Amazon Black Friday Countdown deal you can buy a Sony PS3 Slim and get a select EA Sports Game Free with your purchase.
Amazon offers as EA Game choices FIFA Soccer 10, Madden NFL 10 and NHL 10. These are all new games and you save over $50 with this early Black Friday PS3 deal.
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Posted on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:37:54 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Amazon Black Friday Countdown Deal Is Acer Laptop With 5 Free Game Downloads

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The Amazon Black Friday Countdown deal for today is featuring the new Acer AS5738Z-4111 Windows 7 Laptop bundled with five free game downloads.
The Acer AS5738Z-4111 features an 15.6 inch screen, 2.1GHz Intel Pentium T4300 Processor, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 320GB HDD and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

The price of the Acer AS5738Z is $499.99. The 5 download games are priced at $6.99 each. You save $34.95. This Acer laptop is ok, but this is not really a sexy deal, especially since I have a feeling the digital content is not valued as high as getting a package with a disc.
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Posted on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Kindle for PC Now Available As Free Download

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Today Amazon announced the availability of Kindle for PC, the free application that lets you read Kindle books on your PC.
The U.S. Kindle Store currently offers more than 360,000 books, including New Releases and 101 of 112 New York Times Bestsellers, which are typically $9.99 or less.
Kindle ebooks can now be read on the Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch and PC.

Kindle for PC features Amazon’s Whispersync technology that automatically saves and synchronizes bookmarks and last page read across devices. Whether you read Kindle books on a Kindle, Kindle DX, or one of the free Kindle applications, you can always have your reading with you and never lose your place. With Kindle for PC, you can read some on your PC, read some on your Kindle, and always pick up right where you left off.
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Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Free WiFi For the Holidays

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You know what readers? You've all been really, really good this year. So good, that I think you've earned an early treat. Just this once, I'm going to let you all open a Christmas gift early. No, you can't open the one from Aunt Shirley yet. Here, try this one. It's from Google, and it's small but it doesn't feel like socks.

Oh man! It's free Wi-Fi in 47 separate airports from now until January 15, 2009. This'll go great with the free WiFi they're also giving out to all Virgin Airlines passengers this holiday season. This is definitely a very clever bit of image marketing on Google's part, but that doesn't mean I'll be any less grateful for it. I just got back from a two week trip to Europe, and I spent a good sixty hours of it in airports. Free WiFi at any of them would have been a very welcome blessing.

Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:08:55 CST | by Robert Evans

Hot Flip Ultra And UltraHD Sale With Two Free Accessories On Amazon

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The first weekend of great early Black Friday deals is behind us, but that does not mean there are no deals to be had today. Amazon has a great offer today for instance. The Flip camcorders are still extremely hot gadgets despite similar offers from other camcorder makers that are now available.
If you want the original, Amazon now has a very hot sale on the Flip Ultra and the Flip UltraHD until November 18th.
Besides really low prices for the Flip Ultra (price in shopping cart: $122.99, MSRP: $149.99) and the Flip UltraHD (price in shopping card: $159.99, MSRP: $199.99) you get two free accessories.
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Posted on Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:20:37 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nintendo's Next DS Will Have Free 3G?

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They may not want to admit it, but Nintendo is losing ground in the handheld gaming market to the iPhone. While iPhone users have access to 3G Internet wherever they go, the DS only has WiFi access. This greatly limits its usefulness as an online gaming platform, and also makes downloading games and other apps online a much less attractive proposition. Mobile gaming should be just that; mobile. Being confined to your home or a WiFi hotspot in order to game online is a serious hindrance.

While Nintendo has yet to admit that the iPhone is their #1 handheld gaming competitor, they seem to be taking action to defend against it anyway. According to Financial Times (via Electronista) the gaming giant is considering adding free 3G access to their next handheld. Satoru Iwata, the company president, stated on Friday that Nintendo is considering adding an extra up front charge to their next handheld, in exchange for free lifetime 3G access.

Posted on Sun, 1 Nov 2009 02:16:18 CST | by Robert Evans

Nintendo Wii Is On Sale For $179.99 On Dell With Free Shipping

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Dell has put the Nintendo Wii console on Sale and offers it for $20 less. That's right, things have changed compared to a year ago when Wii discounts were seldom or came in a bundle deal in the United States.

The Wii price cut to $199.99 is apparently not enough to move the Wii out the door. You can buy the Nintendo Wii console now on Dell for $179.99 and Dell also ships it free (Via GottaDeal).
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Posted on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:55:31 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Kindle For PC: A Free Windows 7 App

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Just when I'd started to lose faith in Amazon's ability to innovate, they send out a press release like this (via Giz). Today, as part of the Windows 7 roll-out, Amazon announced the launch of "Kindle for PC", a free application for reading Kindle books. On a normal PC, it'll allow you to save and bookmark your place across devices. If you read ten pages on your desktop and switch over to your Kindle, you'll find your book has advanced to the spot you left off at just a few moments ago. Also; color photos.

Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:09:14 CDT | by Robert Evans

Sidekick Owners: Get A Free Peek Pronto

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Are you one of the legions of Sidekick owners who lost all of your data in the Great Sidekick Crash of 2009? If so Peek, manufacturers of the email and social media handheld device the Pronto, have a deal for you. If you lost all of your Sidekick info in the crash, they will provide you with a brand new Pronto handheld, absolutely free.

Their blog entry (via Engadget) says it all. Send in a picture of you, your Sidekick, and a bill or some other form of hard proof, along with your address. If everything checks out, Peek will mail you a Pronto. All you have to pay is $20/mo for unlimited email and texting.

Posted on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:37:22 CDT | by Robert Evans

Adobe Photoshop iPhone App Avaiable For Free

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I would rather see Adobe offering a Flash player for the iPhone than a Photoshop App for the iPhone, but that is all we get for now.
Photoshop.com Mobile provides you with editing features including edit photos, apply effects and share images instantly. The App works seamlessly with a Photoshop.com account, which enables photo sharing and data back-up. Read more

Posted on Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2010 Free Registration Ends Today

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The CES 2010 is still a couple months away, but if you want to attend for free and save $100, today is your last chance.
The CES organizers extended the Free registration until today because of issues with the registration service apparently due to overwhelming demand. Read more

Posted on Wed, 7 Oct 2009 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Dozens New Amazon Frustration-Free Packaged Toys For The Holidays Available

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Amazon offers way in time for the Holiday shopping season a new line of frustration free toys.
Fisher-Price and Mattel, two of the first brands to join Amazon’s Frustration-Free Packaging program, together have added 10 top new toys, including the popular Matchbox Mega Rig Pirates Ship, Little Mommy Walk & Giggle doll and Fisher-Price GeoTrax Timbertown Railway track set. Read more

Posted on Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:04:09 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Free Microsoft Security Essentials Download Available Now

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Microsoft just launched the download for their free Microsoft Security Essentials we reported about earlier today.
Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

The new free security software, independently certified by West Coast Labs, is backed by the company’s global security response team and is built on the same award-winning core security technology found in the company’s security solutions for businesses. Read more

Posted on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:57:41 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Free Microsoft Security Essentials Is Available Today [Update]

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Microsoft announced that it will offer their new free security software today. Microsoft' new no-cost, core anti-malware service is supposed to help protect you against viruses, spyware and other malicious software.
Microsoft Security Essentials, independently certified by West Coast Labs, is backed by the company’s global security response team and is built on the same award-winning core security technology found in the company’s security solutions for businesses. Read more

Posted on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:43:16 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Wii On Sale for $199.99 And Free $25 Gift Card Now On Amazon

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The announced Wii price-cut is effective today, Sunday 27th in the United States. You can buy now the Nintendo Wii console on Amazon for the new low price of $199.99.
Amazon throws in a $25 Gift Card with a Wii Purchase, making this even a more tempting offer. The free gift card with Wii purchase is only available for a limited time.
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Posted on Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:07:12 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Freecom Releases First USB 3.0 Hard Drive For Sale

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This week at the Intel Developer's Conference (IDF) Freecom announced the first line of USB 3.0 hard drives to hit the market. The Hard Drive XS 3.0 comes out far ahead of the pack of new 3.0 devices, most of which are set to roll out in 2010. Freecom's hard drives, however, will be out in Europe starting mid-November, according to PC World.

The company did not state when or if their drives would be available for sale outside of Europe. They did announce that the product would come in three sizes; 1 TB, 1.5 TB, and 2 TB. Prices will start at around $175 for the 1 TB drive, which is a fairly low fee to pay for the honor of being an early adopter for one of the coolest new technologies.

Posted on Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

BioLogic FreeCharge: Turn Your Bike Into A Generator

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If any bike-riding hippies are reading this right now, I've got the perfect product for you. The BioLogic FreeCharge allows you to use your bicycle to keep your iPod, smartphone, GPS device, or what have you, charged up at all times. The Gizmodo picture shows an iPod being used, but anything you can power off of a USB hub will work.

The FreeCharge puts a dyno on your wheels that converts the energy of their movement into electricity. Your biking charges the battery within the FreeCharge, and that battery charges your device. When this thing hits in March, it'll cost $100, and BioLogic brags that it can recharge an iPhone up to full in roughly three hours.

Posted on Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:35:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Nintendo Offers Wii Internet Channel For Free

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One of the things that I never really liked about the Nintendo Wii was that it was Internet enabled, but if you wanted to surf the web on the console you had to buy the Internet channel. Nintendo has announced that the Internet channel is now available free of charge to all Wii owners.

The only way this isn’t good news is if you already paid for the Internet Channel. The Internet Channel can be downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel and allows users to surf the net, check email, and more. Previously the internet Channel cost 500 Wii Points to download. Read more

Posted on Wed, 2 Sep 2009 10:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Google Voice: Free Calls to Canada

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Google Voice is pretty much the darling wunderkind of the tech world these days. It's an incredibly useful, well planned and run resource that allows users an unprecedented degree of freedom in handling calls and dealing with messages. Voice gives users cheap long distance calling, free text messaging and, now, free calls to Canada.

Posted on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:30:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Belkin TuneBase FM with Hands-Free Review

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Today I am checking out the Belkin TuneBase FM with Hands-Free. The device is an FM transmitter for the iPhone and all iPods. The MSRP when the TuneBase FM ships will be $89.99.

The device holds the iPhone in any position you want thanks to an articulating arm. The device also sends call audio to your car stereo to allow you to use the iPhone hands free. The iPhone mic still pics up your voice though. Read more

Posted on Thu, 6 Aug 2009 08:34:44 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Barnes & Noble Offers Free WiFi

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As part of a bid to expand interest in their new eBook library, Barnes and Noble has signed an agreement with AT&T to offer free WiFi to their in-store customers. WiFi access also comes with free access to Barnes and Noble's eBook apps and library, which now stands at over 700,000 different titles, ranging from classic to contemporary.

Customers in-store will be able to download and preview any eBook title they wish, or read the full version of any one of the hundreds of thousands of public domain titles, courtesy of Google. B&N expects their library to expand to over 1,000,000 eBooks soon. Hopefully the rumors are true and Barnes and Noble are pushing more titles out in order to hit the one million mark before the release of Apple's iTablet.

Posted on Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans