Deal Alert – Loaded Compaq Dual-Core Laptop For $379.99 (After Rebates)
** UPDATE Price just went up… deal is still OK… but not as great… sorry!** I know… I know… you have to fill out some rebates… but come on… $379.99 for pimpin laptop… not an under powered POS. Office Depot (which usually has crappy deals) has a good deal… a fully loaded dual-core Compaq Presario […]
Hawaii Unveils Better Place Battery Swap Stations
Hawaii’s Governor Linda Lingle announced a partnership with Better Place to install electric car battery swapping stations across Hawaii. Better Place stations, similar in concept to gas stations, offer drivers with electric vehicles an automated system that swaps out exhausted lithium ion car batteries for fully-charged ones. The swapping system is intended to be convenient […]
Atomic Floyd AirJax Titanium2 Headphones
Atomic Floyd has released a pair of in-ear headphones – the AirJax Titanium2. the headphones look cool if nothing else and include some tech they are calling AcousticSteel and SoundProof. Expect to see them early next year… price tbd.
New Lotus Evora – Finally A Lotus For Normal Sized People
Lotus apparently realized that they might gain more customers if you didn’t have to be under 5-foot tall to get into their car… I mean honestly have you ever tried to get into a Lotus Exige or Elise? I am 6′ 3" tall and even if I wanted to buy a Elise or Exige… I […]
Spam A$$hole Shut Down In San Jose, California
San Jose California was the home to McColo, a ISP/hosting company that apparently was a major source of the world’s spam email. The company was shut down after investigations by the Washington Post’s Security Fix Blog fingered McColo as a major spammer. The good news… spam volumes dropped immediately by 75%! I would love some […]
Less Than 9 Pennies Per Gigabyte – 1TB Hard Drive For Only $89.99
This has to be the cheapest storage I have seen to date. Less than $0.09 per gigabyte… gotta love it. For only $89.99 you can have a full 1TB (terabyte) hard drive… not to mention a Western Digital WD10EACS new drive with a full 3-year warranty. Get yours while they last.
Piaggio Plug-In Hybrid Scooter – 141MPG
Expect to see the new Piaggio MP3 Hybrid Plug-In Scooter on the road as soon as next year. The new MP3 hybrid scooter will be able to get 141MPG using a combination of electric power and a 125CC motor. The scooter will fully charge in three hours off of normal 110V power and can run […]
Circuit City Part II… Don’t Call It A Comeback…
For Circuit City, the closing of 155 of their stores was just the beginning. Welcome to Round Two, the much anticipated Chapter 11 protected bankruptcy, in which Circuit City’s former suppliers and employees will be taking it in the *bleep*. According to the Chapter 11 filings, Circuit City owes Hewlett-Packard Co. more than $118 million, […]
Amazing Flashlight Charges In Just 90 Seconds
Flashlights spend most of their lives sitting idle… while the batteries lose their charge. So, that one time when you go looking for the flashlight in an emergency it is dead. You could charge the batteries, but that takes hours. That was then… the 5.11 Tactical UC3.400 Light For Life (that really is the name) […]
Wireless USB
Cables Unlimited announced that their wireless USB adapters are for sale and are "easy" to use. They aren’t exactly cheap at just over $80… but I love the idea. Only negative I see is that they don’t handle wireless power… so no webcams, etc… No special software is necessary, it’s as simple as plugging one […]