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Technology and Gadgets

from a girl's perspective
October 2011
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AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and HTC Vivid are LTE Ready

AT&T has just announced their first LTE smartphones, the HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, and these are both impressive smartphones to be the first devices to pack in 4G LTE….

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Happy Halloween! Skull MP3 Player II Arrives

We couldn’t let fright night go by without a genuinely creepy gadget sure to send chills up many a spine. This wicked Skull MP3 Player II is available now, and ready to leave…

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Daylight Saving Time 2011 Ends This Weekend

A gentle reminder – the time change is coming up. Don’t worry, though. This one is the cool time change that gives you an extra hour of sleep, unlike its evil, sleep sucking…

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Pioneer AirPlay Music Station Streams Your Music in Style

Looks like your iPhone is about to become a bigger part of your home entertainment system. The Pioneer AirPlay Music Station is a large set of speakers that turns an iPhone into a…

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Hot Deal: HP Pavilion dv6z Quad Edition Laptop for $549

The HP Pavilion dv6z Quad Edition laptop with the AMD A6 2.3GHz Quad-core processor is on sale today for just $549.99 after a $50 off coupon code. This includes a free upgrade to…

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Sennheiser HD 800 Gets Pricey Paint Job from ColorWare

To colorize popular items like Beats by Dr. Dre headphones or iPhones must be so so boring already that ColorWare has decided to aim its coloring sights on the Sennheiser HD 800. These…

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London Comic Con 2011 Goes All Hocus Pocus (Photos)

We know about San Diego Comic Con and even New York Comic Con but did you know there is a Comic Con that takes place in London every year too? The concept is…

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PowerBIKE Vibrates Away Your Calories

It isn’t all that difficult to figure out how to make an exercise bike more entertaining. After all, all you have to do is throw on a display for videos, and it’s all…

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Android App of the Week: Turn Your Phone Into a Haunted House – In HD!

Just in time for Halloween, DualBoot Games has released an interactive 3-D wallpaper for Android phones. Using either manual swipes or the automatic pan mode, you can check out the front of a…

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iPhone App of the Week: NameScreamer is the Must Have App This Halloween

Here’s a real terror for Halloween this year. NameScreamer is a prank app that comes preloaded with 200 of the most popular American names (looks like I don’t need to worry), nine phrases,…

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BlackBerry App of the Week: Conjure Up Some Scares With the Halloween Photo Editor

Halloween Photo Editor for BlackBerry phones is the ultimate family-friendly Halloween app. You can make all kinds of family greeting card material, using four different Halloween-inspired filters (basically, a black-and-white filter, a green…

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Windows Phone 7 App of the Week: Fix Up Your Photos With Photo Editor

It’s the elephant in the room – the Windows Phone 7 marketplace’s selection of apps is a little threadbare compared to its counterparts. So, for other phone users, a basic photo editor might…

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iPad App of the Week: Horror Movie Geek? Prove it with Scene It? Horror Movies 2 iPad HD App

If you can name the order of victims (and method of murder) for just about every scary movie out there, you can show off your horror film prowess with the Scene It? Horror…

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Technology in Prisons: High Tech Ways to Keep the Bad Guys In

Shows like CSI and Prison Break let us discover the innovative and interesting ways that bad guys come up with in order to break out of jail, though none (for me) will ever…

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Sony Says Buh Bye To Ericsson

The joint venture between Sony and Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson appears to have come to a close. Sony is buying out Ericsson’s share of the mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson for $1.46 billion….

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Adobe Carousel Will Take Your Photos On a Ride

It’ll be a ride up into the clouds, too. Or, just one cloud. Adobe Carousel is now ready for download from the iTunes App Store and the Mac App Store, and eliminates the…

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Gummylamps Will Give You Candy Land Dreams

Don’t you hate having those nightmares where all the Gummy Bears you’ve horribly mauled over the years come back from their gastronomical graves to repay you in kind? Wait, you don’t have those?…

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Hot Deal: 55-inch LG 55LV3700 LED TV for $999

The 55″ LG 55LV3700 1080p LED LCD HDTV (2011 Model) is on sale today for just $99 after a $400 instant discount. This is the best price you can find for this massive…

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Porsche Design P’9981 is the Most Luxurious BlackBerry Ever

We’re already quite fond of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 series, and think that it’s quite a handsome phone. But if you’re looking to take your BlackBerry experience to the next level, check out…

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Audio-Technica Bijoué Headphones are Jewel-Inspired

The only thing more fabulous than these headphones would be real jewels hanging out of your ears (given the luxury market, don’t count that out yet). The Audio-Technica Bijoué Headphones all sport jewel…

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Atari Arcade for iPad Review

By now you may have seen ThinkGeek’s iCade, the cabinet that transforms your iPad into a legitimate arcade. Well, Discovery Bay Games has just produced a new take on the “iPad Arcade”. The…

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