Sometimes when you’re looking for a deal on eBay, the best find is one with a typo in the product or manufacturer name.
For example, if the lister of the auction item misspells Toshiba as “toshia”, most people searching eBay for “Toshiba” won’t find it. Less people finding it means a better deal for you.
Instead of [...]
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Initially, this struck me as a silly question: Is sushi healthy? Yes of course, right?
Not necessarily. It all depends on what type of sushi you choose and how many of them you choose to eat.
Here are a few examples and the number of calories they contain per roll:
California roll: 266 calories
Spider roll: 317 calories
Eel and [...]
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This isn’t really such a surprise, but Intel has officially left the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) group behind the XO laptop.
Having joined the group in July, 2007, Intel has been asked to leave the group because of their refusal to abandon work on projects that would server as direct competition to the XO.
Intel claims [...]
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This could potentially develop into something pretty big…the HD DVD group WAS scheduled to have a press conference at CES this Sunday, January 6, at 8:30pm.
Today, after the Warner Bros. announcement that they will be going exclusively with Blu-ray, the HD DVD group sent out an email containing the following:
Notice of CES Press [...]
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Not exactly on the high end of the performance curve, the new DXG-566V is a high-definition camcorder capable of recording 720p at 30fps on its highest resolution setting.
The 566V has a 3-inch LCD and supports both SD (Secure Digital) and SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) cards, and can also shoot still images at 8 [...]
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Although initially this rumor took off as full game downloads coming to the Nintendo DS via the Wii, Nintendo has clarified things: you will will able to download demo versions of DS games to your Wii and transfer them to your DS.
If you want full games, go to the store and buy them.
Nintendo also stated [...]
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Although we’re just barely into the new year, two of the more popular shows of the year are just about upon us.
CES 2008 runs from January 7 - January 10 with the pre-show media event taking place tomorrow, January 5.
The CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is an annual show that takes place in Las Vegas to [...]
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This had been a rumor for a while now, but Warner Bros. Entertainment has made it official: they will be releasing their high-definition titles on Blu-ray disc only after May, 2008, and will be dropping HD-DVD.
Until then they will continue to support the HD-DVD format, but after that they will only release standard DVD and [...]
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Mad Catz, makers of accessories for just about every video game console around, has announced that they have signed a multi-year licensing agreement with MTV Networks to “produce and distribute game peripherals and other products” for Rock Band.
The accessories are expected to include at least wired and wireless bass guitars, a drum set with quality [...]
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Today Goodyear announced that they have licensed out their name to appear on eight GPS units that will be shown off at this years CES.
The units are not manufactured by Goodyear, but rather by a company called The NCC.
What is “The NCC”?
Yeah, its a bit of an odd sounding name. The NCC stands for “The [...]
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