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by Joshua Topolsky, posted Jul 13th 2008 at 1:45PM We’re not sure if you check most mobile provider’s sites every ten minutes or so (like we do), but if you did, you would have noticed that the latest Palm Windows mobile device — the Treo 800w — is available for purchase at Sprint’s online store. The phone, which features a 320 x 320 screen, EV-DO Rev. A, WiFi, and GPS, is currently listing for $249.99 after a $250 instant savings, $100 mail-in rebate, and two-year contract. (Read the full post about ‘Palm’s Treo 800w now available online from Sprint’…)

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If you’re worried about family slipping on the steps to your deck at night, these little lights can light the edges of each one.  Then again they may end up stepping on the light itself and slipping anyway if they’re overly clumsy.  These small lights attach to the step and are solar powered.  Each disk shines light in four different directions.  However, hopefully you aren’t one that likes to have parties on your deck at all hours of the night. (Read the full post about ‘Solar Deck Lights keep you from tripping down the steps’…)

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Fans of Hellboy and his latest Hollywood outing, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, will be able to pick up one cool piece of merchandise from Sideshow Collectibles. This is a faithful recreation of the “Big Baby” shotgun used by Hellboy in the movie, and it comes fully equipped with removable toy shells. Another bonus would be having it play some music whenever you wind it up, comprising of Lullaby and Goodnight before you put demons to sleep - permanently. Don’t let the Big Baby scare you by its realism - that’s the job of its price tag which currently stands at $700. (Read the full post about ‘Big Baby shotgun’…)

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by Paul Miller, posted Jul 13th 2008 at 11:20AM Heavily featured in the news leading up to the iphone 3G launch, the Who Farm campers — who hunkered down a full week early at the Fifth Avenue Apple store in Manhattan to promote organic farming or something silly like that — seem to have fallen off the face of the earth after the Cube’s doors were opened. None of the five hippies were seen emerging from the store with iPhones, and their leader’s little apple-dropping “accident” (video is after the break) might have something to do with it. He was later seen being taken into the store with a police escort, according to David Jr., but wasn’t seen from again. (Read the full post about ‘5th Ave. iPhone Who Farm campers leave store lacking iPhones, dignity’…)

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AOC has released the 2230Fm HD multi-functional display, boasting a viewing area of 22″ across diagonally and carries the promise of enhancing the viewing experience of all of those high-definition enthusiasts by a considerable amount. You will not only able to use this as a true High Definition monitor, it can also double up as a HDTV or a digital picture frame. For folks who prefer an all-in-one device, the 2230Fm even functions as a multimedia player, enabling you to enjoy High Definition content without having to purchase an external DVD player or a PC, since all you need to do is load a film onto a memory card and watch it through the 4-in-1 memory card reader. (Read the full post about ‘AOC 2230Fm HD multi-functional display’…)

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I can remember when I used to live at home with my parents in high school. I was blessed to be one of those people who could fall asleep easily. Unfortunately, I was cursed when it came to waking up. My mother would hear the alarm clock going off, but a lot of the time, it either took me several minutes to be awoken from the noise, or I wouldn’t wake up at all and she would have to come in there and jostle me around. The Screaming Meanie 220 is for people like me, the geeks who just can’t wake up! This cool looking alarm clock has three different volume settings on it. The lowest is 70 decibels which is like an average alarm clock. The medium level is bumped up to 95 decibels. (Read the full post about ‘Screaming Meanie 220 Alarm Clock’…)

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After long hours of gaming or browsing the net, it can make your arm a bit uncomfortable.  With carpul tunnel being such a major fear for those that make their living on the computer, a rest like this might help.  I know after finishing my daily dose of blogging I like to mess with a little computer gaming.  Which puts me in front of the computer even longer.  This rest would keep your arm at a comfortable angle the whole time and prevent you from holding your arm at any bad angles. (Read the full post about ‘The Mouse Arm Rest keeps your wrist from aching’…)

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by Paul Miller, posted Jul 13th 2008 at 3:45AM var Word on the street was that the $299 price slash we’ve been hearing about wasn’t about carving out a new pricepoint but instead making room for a new 60GB Xbox 360 in its place. Turns out the Mr. Word on the Street nailed this one, with Microsoft finally fessing up to the price drop, and announcing a new fancy 60GB Xbox 360 to fill in at that $349 pricepoint, which will be available in “early August.” You can pick up a 20GB “while supplies last,” but the $279 Arcade and $449 Elite aren’t budging price wise. Oh, and can we just say that this couldn’t come at any better a time? We just had to delete August Rush to make room for National Treasure 2, which we’ll pro (Read the full post about ‘Xbox 360 goes 60GB, 20 gigger going for $299 while supplies last’…)

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by Chris Ziegler, posted Jul 13th 2008 at 1:29AM Yeah, we know pixel count doesn’t equal picture quality — but like it or not, it looks like 8 megapixels are poised to become the new 5 megapixels in the upper echelon of the cameraphone world this year. Samsung’s never a company to shy away from a challenge like that, and sure enough, details are emerging on a so-called i8510 smartphone that features S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, FM radio, GPS, WiFi, and a whopping 16GB of internal storage — not to mention a microSD slot that can take you up to 24GB. Oh, and there’s the little matter of that camera, which features an dual LED flash and 120fps video capture at QVGA resolution. (Read the full post about ‘Samsung’s i8510 inspires 8 megapixels of awe’…)

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by Chris Ziegler, posted Jul 13th 2008 at 1:29AM Yeah, we know pixel count doesn’t equal picture quality — but like it or not, it looks like 8 megapixels are poised to become the new 5 megapixels in the upper echelon of the cameraphone world this year. Samsung’s never a company to shy away from a challenge like that, and sure enough, details are emerging on a so-called i8510 smartphone that features S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, FM radio, GPS, WiFi, and a whopping 16GB of internal storage — not to mention a microSD slot that can take you up to 24GB. Oh, and there’s the little matter of that camera, which features an dual LED flash and 120fps video capture at QVGA resolution. (Read the full post about ‘Samsung’s i8510 inspires 8 megapixels of awe’…)

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