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Downpayments still keeping homebuyers away

If you're a first-time homebuyer, there's probably one factor that's preventing you from buying a home: the downpayment. It's always been a struggle for buyers to scrape together enough money for a downpayment. After all, homes aren't cheap. Who has $10,000 or more just lyi...

Sprint Says All Smartphones Will Have Wi-Fi

In a surprising move, Sprint has said that it is requiring all of the smartphones it carries to come equipped with Wi-Fi capabilities. This will include an updated version of the much-anticipated Blackberry Tour, which was released for the Sprint network on Sunday. In effort to keep up with ...

Amazon Kindle 价格降至 299 美元

Amazon 本周宣布 将 Kindle 电子阅读器的价格下调至 299 美元，此举旨在吸引更多"书虫"，同时寄望于将 Kindle 打造成主流阅读器。 Amazon 在 2007 年推出 Kindle ，当时的定价为 399 美元，此后在 2008 年 5 月下调至 359 美元。 Amazon 发言人 Cinthia Portugal 称，这一降价并非只是短期内的促销活动。她表示："我们一直都有能力在提高 Kindle 生产量的同时降低成本。" Amazon 一直没有披露 Kindle 的销售数据。出版业人士曾指出，目前电子书在书籍销售...

The new carbon bubble

Despite global recession, reports show the carbon market is booming, up 124% in volume terms and 22% in terms of value. And unfortunately, we might be looking at another bubble. A Friends of the Earth report , cap and trade is just another derivatives market. "Currently, most carbon is ...

Create Zoho Creator Web Apps from Microsoft Access Database

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Amazon.com Launche Wireless Superstore

If you were to look at the cellular phone market as a graph, there would be some periods of rabid growth, followed by periods of leveling off but the overall pattern would be continued expansion. Sensing the opportunity such a business model presents, Amazon.com, one of the world's largest...

Freecom Hard Drive Secure: Added layer of security to your data

From now on stealing data will not be a piece of cake for the thieves from your external hard drives with the availability of RFID backed Freecom external HDD . The Freecom external HDD is secured by RFID access card which is used to lock and unlock the HDD. Within a matter of seconds you get ...

1954 Buick Skylark. More Beautiful Than a 48 Roadmaster?

A few days ago I posted a blog about the styling of the post-war Buick Roadmaster (although a convertible was shown, it's the fastback that really turns my crank). It was, and still is, one of my favorites. However my good friend and former test drive buddy Colin Hefferon checked me up on t...

The Mercedes Folding Bike

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MagicJack Goes Mobile: Anticipating the FemtoJack

I recently published an article at Enterprise VoIP Planet reporting on magicJack 's plans to release a femtocell-enabled version of its VoIP device, presumably to be called the femtoJack. The concept is simple: add the ability to communicate over cellular frequencies to the magicJack ...

Why it matters if your neighbor's struggling to pay the mortgage

You might not want the federal government to bail out your neighbors who took out bad mortgage loans and now can't pay their monthly bills on time. Most of them were greedy, you might say. They took out odd mortgage loans with artificially low initial interest rates all so they could move...

Want to Save Even More Money on Your Car Insurance?

© jurvetson Believe it or not, there are even more ways to save money on car insurance. As you have heard already, when you look around, you can find ways to save money on just about everything. It is also important to know that you probably have not heard them all, either. As you know, rate...

T-Mobile To Begin Pre-Selling New Android Phone

In effort to reaise up some well needed capital, struggling wireless carrier T-Mobile today began pre-selling the myTouch 3G, its second Google-powered smartphone. T-Mobile, which currently sits in fourth-place in terms of sheer size among US carriers, is feeling the pressure amid a busy summ...

Amazon's Kindle Gets a $60 Price Drop

Amazon today dropped the price of its Kindle 2 by $60 to $299. "I suspect that it marks a strategic decision: Amazon knows that it must push its price down fast in order to establish itself as a leader in the category going forward and to remain competitive as competing models emerge,...

Los Angeles leads nation in mortgage fraud

If you own a home in Los Angeles, watch out for the scammers. Your city leads the nation in mortgage fraud , according to the FBI's annual mortgage fraud review. The FBI's Los Angeles field office took 9,971 reports of suspicious mortgage activity in 2008. That's far ahead of the secon...

Renata Studio Jewelry

Designer Fashion Jewelry Renata Studio Jewelry is created using Technibond - a trademarked plating process for jewelry sold exclusively by HSN and hsn.com. Technibond jewelry is crafted from .925 sterling silver with a 40-mils-thick outside layer of 14K yellow gold . Technibond was created f...

Magellan Maestro 4700 is the Navigator You are Searching For

I have just returned from a road trip, and I thought I was smart because I didn't need a GPS device for my car because I have a iPhone 3GS. Needless to say, I was lost for half of my trip, not because the iPhone didn't work, but because AT&T simply does not exist in Wyoming or South...

Animoto Releases Updated iPhone App

Animoto has released an update to their popular music video creation app for the iPhone and iPod touch, Videos 2.0 . The Animoto Videos application allows users to easily create and view professional-quality music videos on the go. With nearly 500,000 videos created through the application ...

Pebble Beach Swamped, Calendar Needs to be Split

The extravaganza known as Pebble Beach just keeps getting bigger, which would be okay with humble auto writers like me if it didn't continue to push room rates beyond reach. (Yes, the rich are different than you and me.) The latest announcement comes from La Dolce Vita Automobili at Black Hor...

Find your Golf Stuff at the Right Price

It's that time of year... You gather up your golf equipment and throw it all in your trunk. Then you head for the links. Golf is about sun and fresh air, about relaxing with friends. But half golf is the stuff - the golf bags and golf balls , the shoes and golf shirt and sunglasses an...

Satellite Hopes To Make Deadzones a Thing of the Past

The world's largest commercial satellite has been launched into earth orbit with the goal of providing mobile phone service to "dead zones" all across North America. Owned by Reston, Va.-based TerreStar, the satellite is designed to pick up and relay signals from mobile phones. ...

Finding What You Need at the Right Price...

Soccer season is in full swing and the kids are out on the field practicing and playing. Where do you find the soccer equipment you need? The kids have to have soccer cleats and the team needs new soccer jerseys . How do you find it? How do you pay for it all? Fortunately for you, there'...

Twenga: A New-Generation Shopping Search Engine

Wonder where they get those lingerie celebrities wear in the latest flicks? Try Twenga , a new-generation shopping search engine that uses proprietary technology to fetch data about all available online shops and products, delivering you hundreds of thousands of offers available on the net to hel...

Verizon and Sprint to Launch Blackberry World Phone

You could say that with the help of Verizon, RIM's latest Blackberry is going on world tour. In fact, that's exactly what's going on in the latest word that Verizon Wireless will launch the BlackBerry Tour on July 12 for $200 with a new two-year contract. The Tour is loaded with m...

Install OS X On SD Card

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Blackberry Tour 9630 coming soon to Verizon Wireless

The much anticipated new Blackberry device known Tour is coming to Verizon Wireless on July 12. It is now available for pre-ordering at a discounted price of $199.99 on a two year contract. Two versions of the device will be shipped, one with a 3.2 Megapixel camera and the other one without it b...

Twenga: The New-Generation Shopping Search Engine

Shopping for the latest fashion trends ? Twenga , a new-generation shopping search engine uses proprietary technology to fetch data about all available online shops and products, delivering you hundreds of thousands of offers available on the net to help you find the right product, the best price ...

Rive Gauche by Jean-Louis Jewelry

Fashion Jewelry Made with Technibond Gold Rive Gauche Jewelry is made with Technibond , a patented gold plating process for jewelry sold exclusively by HSN and hsn.com. It consists of 40 mm of 18 karat Gold bonded to Sterling Silver . Each piece has a lifetime manufacturer's warranty agai...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

© chrisdlugosz A new domain you've discovered is offering a name-your-own-price travel reservation service and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether it's reputable. Where do you go to find out? With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has become a major ...

Sony Next to Release an iPhone Killer

We often talk about attempts to dethrone the immensely popular iPhone and it looks like consumer electronics giant Sony is about to take a stab at it next. Sony has released word that it is considering setting up a project team as early as July to make a new device that combines the functions...

Twenga: The New Shopping Search Engine

Like getting your hands on pretty things... for pretty prices? Now, there's Twenga , an online "price search engine" that consolidates products from several online shops into just one, and helps you look for a product, the best price and the merchant of your choice. What's mor...

Beware the China bubble

Worrying signs are emerging from China with reports that we are seeing the creation of an asset price bubble in that market. There was 4.57 trillion yuan (or about $US670 billion) of new lending pouring into the market but most of that was on speculative assets, not the real economy. Fitch Ra...

Supply chain video: The result of a new survey among 900 U.S. supply chain executives on this year's trends

Here comes another interesting video from Tom Murphy, RSM McGladrey's executive vice president of manufacturing and wholesale distribution. He discusses the results of the company's fourth annual Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution (MWD) National Survey among more than 900 supply chain executiv...

Is the New Macbook Air Actually Slower Than the Last One?

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Verizon's New Global Smartphone Aims for the Ozone

Tired of worrying about whether or not your cell phone will work when traveling abroad? Verizon understands where you're coming from and, with HTC, are planning on bringing a true global handset to the market. Set to run Windows Mobile 6.1 this new smartphone will run on both CDMA and GSM...

De Beers Talisman Jewelry

Talisman Diamond Jewelry Collection De Beers is diamonds. Whether it be in the creation of the De Beers Millennium Star or your very own diamond engagement ring you have the reassurance of knowing that the same painstaking craftsmanship, love, and attention to detail is put into each and every ...

Windows 7 Pre Orders Begin Today Deep Discounts Available

Starting today, and lasting an undetermined amount of time, Windows 7 is available for pre-order; for a few of the varieties, pre-ordering will get you a pretty descent discount. I would act fast, because this deal is limited to an amount of licenses sold, not a set amount of time. Trust me, you...

Grocery theme room

With the Grocery theme finally complete, we thought we'd post our Grocery Store room for you all to check out. Feel free to post a link to your very on Grocery themed room if you have one posted online as well! We need a price check on aisle 11... price check on aisle 11

Home sales rise again. Is this a housing recovery?

The sales of existing homes rose once again this May, according to the National Association of Realtors. The May increased marked the first time that national existing-home sales rose for two months in a row since September of 2005. This is good news for home sellers, many of whom have seen...

Windows 7 Pricing announced

The exact product pricing announced by Microsoft this morning for the upcoming Windows 7 release in October may not mean much to various enterprise clients with separately negotiated volume licensing agreements, but the trend may be indicative of what you can expect next time negotiations rol...

Motorola Karma Has Texting in Mind

AT&T and Motorola are working on a device with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard aimed at consumers looking to use their phones to send text messages and access social networking sites like Facebook. Calling this new handset the Karma, Motorola says that the design will be especially pleasing t...

The future is Battery Powered Passive RFID Tags

Here comes battery powered passive RFID tag which is expected to bridge the gap between passive UHF and active RFID. Also known as semi passive tags, battery assisted passive RFID tags comprise of small sized carbon zinc batteries which are eco friendly and are known to increase RF signal strength w...

Don't believe the homeownership hype

You should buy a home because it's the best lifestyle choice for you and your family. You shouldn't buy a house becasue it's a good investment. There's a simple reason for this: Homes aren't as good of an investment as real estate agents and mortgage loan officers make them out ...

Caribbean Sees Deep Price Cuts

© Vagabond Shutterbug The recession is cutting into the Caribbean's travel industry in a profound way, according to CNN "The deals we are seeing in the Caribbean right now are unprecedented," says John Israel, Orbitz.com's Caribbean regional director. "There may have b...

Get a Handle on Expenses

Karin Price Mueller had a piece not long ago on how to get a handle on your expenses that should be required reading if you manage a business. This is not the kind of economy in which you should be spending unnecessarily. Some expenses are obvious areas to pare back, but others-those vampire expen...

T-Mobile's New Android Phone Coming Soon

T-Mobile's got an ace up their sleeve in the ongoing struggle to dethroning the Apple iPhone coming out this August. Calling it the myTouch 3G, its new Google Android equipped phone is a more equipped version of the popular G1. It will feature a built-in 3.2-megapixel camera, music player...

Corel Releases Netbook Suite and Misses Point Of Netbooks Entirely

You remember Corel, right? They used to have drawing software called Corel Draw, then later they bought and released WordPerfect? Well, they have jumped onto the latest bandwagon and released an office productivity suite designed specifically for netbooks. The software suite, dubbed Corel Home ...

My iPhone 3G S is Here and it is Worth It

This is officially my third iPhone in as many years. I know it maybe a sickness, and I can accept that. Let me tell you, the 3G S is worth it; it really is. Granted, the upgrade fees have been expensive, but I have offset each one by jailbreaking customizing and then selling my old iPhones on...

T-Mobile Aims High with the Dash 3G

T-Mobile has apparently stood-by and watched RIM and Apple dominate the market long enough. The company has announced its plans to enter the hotly contested smartphone scene with their Dash 3G, which is set to hit streets next month (July). T-Mobile says that the Dash 3G, which was designed b...

ASUS 与 Disney 联手打造儿童用 NetBook

当前经济衰退中，许多玩具公司避免推出高价产品， Disney 却逆势而行，打算在假期销售旺季来临前推出售价 350 美元的儿童 netBook 。 这款 netBook "Disney Netpal"将于7月底起在美国和加拿大的 Toys "R" US 店铺和 Amazon 销售。 美泰和孩之宝(Hasbro)等玩具公司以及 Toys "R" US 等零售商则认为，因失业率上升、楼市低迷及信贷紧缩影响到父母的消费能力，因此价格便宜的玩具会更受欢迎。 Disney 表示，这是该公司首次在北美推出笔记本电脑，五年前该公司曾试图...

Apple Updates its Software While the Government Rethinks Law

Apple today officially released the iPhone OS 3.0 software, updating 45 software patches to address rare security vulnerabilities in its popular iPhone and iPod Touch mobile devices. The company said the new features include cut, copy and paste, MMS, and push notifications. Analysts expect ...

Documents to Go now available for iPhone

Good news for iPhone users as Documents to Go MS Office suite is now available for the iPhone on Apple App Store. The Documents To Go version with MS Word editing and desktop sync is available for an introductory price of $4.99. Whereas the Documents to Go Version with Exchange Attachments for M...

I Am Making The SSD Jump Thanks to Kingston V-Series Kit

I know that you can get some serious performance boost when you add a ssd (solid state drive) to a laptop setup. The problem is, most of the drives that I can afford are slow, stuttery, or flat out buggy. Today, I made the jump and purchased a 128GB Kingston SSD. Specifically, I grabbed a SSDNo...

RFID based Electronic Shelf Labels expected to replace paper

The recession has taught us a lesson - adopt cost saving approach from day 1 or perish. Many have already hit the dust and the ones which survived are looking at putting all the pieces together and start afresh. Retail sector has been one of the hardest hit in the process and it has been tryin...

Nokia Announces Successor to the E71 Smartphone

Nokia has answered the question on the minds of business users all around the globe today by announced its E72- an updated version of its top-selling E71 business phone. The company says that the E72 builds on the successful E71; its hot selling QWERTY- equipped smartphone, by adding performa...

Motorola Rival Coming to Verizon

Texters on the Verizon network have reason to celebrate in the form of the Rival from Motorola. Designed specifically for the challenges of texting, the Rival features a 2.2-inch screen and a backlit QWERTY keyboard that lights up either red or green depending on entry mode. The handset offer...

Data Center Overload

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In Search of a Cool Summer: Lake Baikal, Siberia

One of the least noticed natural wonderlands in the tourist world today is Lake Baikal in Siberian Russia. During the 52 days between June 20th and August 10th it usually breaks 85F degrees in Ulan-Ude (on the shores of Lake Baikal) less than a dozen times each year. The high temperature is more...

Archos Makes Sexy Portable Tablet Because Apple Won't

The Archos 9 is the sexy, portable, and practical tablet that Apple refuses to make, and it runs Windows 7. I count that as a major win for Microsoft, Archos, and all of us tablet loving people out there. Archos is calling it the MiniPC the the super sexy tablet, but that is ok; it simply is a n...

Will rising mortgage interest rates stop housing recovery?

Mortgage interest rates are still pretty low. But they are rising. That has some economists worried. They're wondering whether increasing mortgage interest rates will slow or even halt the modest recovery that the housing market is now experiencing. Of course, anything that slows down hous...

Who would buy a newspaper?

Last month, I did a blog entry on Warren Buffett warning that newspapers had no future and that they would go the way of the horse and buggy. In that context, it's fascinating to read the reports of how the New York Times is now selling the Boston Globe after cutting journalists' pa...

Nokia Hopes Cell Phones will No Longer Require Chargers

Quick- what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of charging your cell phone? If you said a cord, an electrical outlet or even a docking station, you may want to read on. Nokia researchers are working on development of cellular phone charging by simply capturing ambient rad...

Rental Rates for that House at the Beach this Summer are Down

If you're thinking of renting a place this summer as part of your vacation, the NY Times says you should be very happy with the price you get in the current market - and it might pay you to shop around. And up and down the East Coast, those who rent out vacation properties are wondering about ...

Could This be the Future of Outsourcing?

© BOMBMAN I don't usually quote press releases - they tend to be speculative, at best, and over-hyped, at worst. However, the process offered here is interesting - not so much for its actual presence in the market, but because of the underlying concept of reverse project auctions. I hav...

Apple 公布 iPhone 3G S 和 iPhone OS 3.0

在刚刚结束的 WWDC 2009 开幕演讲上，Apple 全球营销高级副总裁 Phil Schiller 发布了第三代 iPhone 手机，名字就叫做iPhone 3G S。其中，字母"S"代表了 Speed 速度。顾名思义，Apple 这一次将注意力放在了提升系统性能方面。 iPhone 3G S的外观设计和上一代产品iPhone 3G完全相同，整机、屏幕尺寸没有进行任何修改，重量从133g略微增加到135g。而在内部，iPhone 3G S对硬件配置进行了全面升级。根据苹果在发布会上的说法，iPhone 3G S启动短信应用程序的速度是iPhone 3G的2.1...

Create Your Own Ring at Amazon

Now you can choose your engagement and wedding rings right at the comfort of your home with Amazon . You get to choose exactly what you want — size, shape, setting, color — without the pressure and awkwardness of having a salesman hovering over you. And because there are no overhead...

Snow Leopard makes 7 look expensive

I would rate the Apple WWDC splash this year as "about average." In other words, not a lot of the unexpected, nothing really revolutionary, and not much in it for business users. The new iPhone looks nice, but the much touted speed and MMS enhancements are inapplicable or delayed on...

Badgley Mischka Jewelry

Designer Fashion Jewelry Mark Badgley and James Mischka have been hailed by Vogue as one of the Top 10 American Designers, and as darlings of the Hollywood set. The design duo has made their mark over the past two decades with glamorous, stylish, and wearable eveningwear and accessories . Thei...

iPhone 3GS, Cheap iPhone, and Leopards - OH MY!

The good news is there is a cheap iPhone; the better news is that there is an iPhone refresh that is pretty snazzy, and the bad news is that I can have none of it. Today at the WWDC keynote address, Apple spent some time strutting their MacBook line, talking about OSX Snow Leopard, and showing ...

Apple Slashes Prices on the iPhone

Apple Inc. slashed the entry price for an iPhone in half as well as lowered some of their laptop prices today; the company's first dramatic price cuts since the recession began a year and a half ago. The 8-gigabyte iPhone 3G, which came out last year, now costs $99, instead of $199. The 1...