Today is your last chance to enter our Twilight New Moon Cullen Family Crest USB Drive Giveaway. We are giving away four of them and by 12AM midnight when the Vampires and Werewolves come out, the contest will be over. You are not only getting a Twilight branded USB drive but also the New Moon Sountrack as well. Check out the contest on ChipChicklets for more details.

The world of netbooks is getting crazy crowded, but Hercules new eCafe EC-1000W aims to stand out by sporting a unique floral cover design, a solid feature, set along with a complete custom software suite, and an affordable $399 price tag. Want to win one for yourself? E-mail us a note about what you like best about the eCafe EC-1000W. Or you can enter by Tweeting "@chip_chick Win the Hercules eCafe EC-1000W netbook http://bit.ly/1F0qXw"

Congratulations to Kasey K. of Marshall, Virginia. He won the HP MediaSmart Server EX490! Check out his winning entry.

The new MediaSmart Server EX490 acts as a digital safe, offering up to 17TB of storage and protection for all your photos, files, music and videos. It automatically backs up, stores and accesses content from all Macs and PCs on your home network, organizing all files, photos, music and videos in one location. In addition, you can remotely stream music and photos to your computer, keeping you connected to your digital media no matter where you may be. This system is a perfect solution for families and small businesses a like. The MediaSmart EX490 retails for $549.99 at HPDirect.com. Want to win one for yourself? Send us a brief explanation about how you would use the MediaSmart Server. We're accepting entries 2 ways: 1) E-mail us 2) Tweet your message @chip_chick. A winner will be drawn at random from these entries.

MAGHOUND, has put together an awesome sweepstakes where you can win a roundtrip to NYC, a $1,500 shopping spree and get your hair an makeup done at a People StyleWatch Recommended Salon. Read on for more details about the MAGnificent Makeover Sweepstakes sponsored by MAGHOUND and People StyleWatch.

This weekend in New York City, Chip Chick and a group of fellow tech bloggers took to the streets of New York City to spread some Windows 7 launch cheer. Well actually, we didn't spend all that much time in the street, but we visited several Best Buys, Office Depot and Staples. At each location customers were able to enter to win prizes from HP on the spot. It was so much fun watching people win prizes! While we were there someone won a PhotoSmart Premium Web-All-in-One printer, an HP Mini, and an HP Pavilion Dm3 laptop! We also gave out Windows 7 Ultimate copies at each retail location that we visited. We'll be visiting B & H Photo tomorrow and giving away another Copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, so stop on by and say Hi and you might just snag yourself a copy. But even if you can't make it tomorrow, HP has provided all of our collective blogs with the lovely HP Envy 13 to give away to our readers.

The new MediaSmart Server EX490 acts as a digital safe, offering up to 17TB of storage and protection for all your photos, files, music and videos. It automatically backs up, stores and accesses content from all Macs and PCs on your home network, organizing all files, photos, music and videos in one location. In addition, you can remotely stream music and photos to your computer, keeping you connected to your digital media no matter where you may be. This system is a perfect solution for families and small businesses a like. The MediaSmart EX490 retails for $549.99 at HPDirect.com. Want to win one for yourself? Send us a ...

Congratulations to Elise M. of Goshen, Indianapolis and Danielle C. of Fairview Heights, Illinois. They both won a year's subscription to MAGHOUND for entering our MAGHOUND giveaway. Below is a copy of their winning entry in which they explained why MAGHOUND would be perfect for them.

The simplest way to describe MAGHOUND would be to call it the Netflix of magazines. If you're the type who doesn't like the idea of committing to the same magazine for a year, or if you just like to try out lots of different magazines, then MAGHOUND is for you. For a low monthly fee, MAGHOUND lets you "subscribe" to several magazines at once. If the next month you decide that you're sick of Food & Wine, and rather read Entertainment, you can switch your magazine selections easily by heading to MAGHOUND's web site. MAGHOUND basically turns traditional magazine subscriptions on their heads by letting users easily be able to subscribe to multiple magazines of their choice and just as easily unsubscribe whenever they want to. For a magazine-addict like myself, MAGHOUND is ideal. The selection of magazines at MAGHOUND is also pretty vast, and it's always growing. Currently you can choose from popular magazines like Newsweek, People, National Geographic, Maxim Elle, Wired, Entertainment, Popular Science, and much more.

Congratulations to Roy C. of Brooklyn, New York. He won the Vtech LS6215 in our Father's Day Giveaway. We has asked for people to submit entries about what kind of phone their father has and why he could use the LS6215. Check out Roy's daughter's entry. My father still uses an old GE corded landline phone. It doesn't even have caller ID, which he could really use. The VTech LS6215 would be like moving from an old jalopy car to a Ferrari! And once he would go cordless, I'm sure he'll wonder how he ever lived without it.

Congratulations to Cheryl F. of Fort Wayne, Indiana. She won an 8GB SanDisk MicroSDHC Card and 5 years worth of USB keys, for her entry to our 5 Year Anniversary contest. Her favorite Chip Chick post was a story about Google Profiles.

Like to dance? Like rhythm games? Well then you have come to the right place, because we are giving away 50 Beta keys for those who would like to test out the newest multiplayer online rhythm game - Dance Groove Online.  Controls are easy enough for the casual user, but for the hardcore, it's all about the 8 button mode. While battling others, the better your character or crew performs, the bigger the spotlight you'll get. What sets DGO apart from other dance games is its personal character progression with avatar customization. With hundreds of different looks, you choose how your character or crew will stand out from the others.

Back in August 2004, two geeky friends had a discussion about the lack of female oriented accessories and gadgets at the time. They also talked about the lack of female perspective and influence on the technology industry as a whole. Later that day, Chip Chick was born. Five years later and Chip Chick has grown up to be a blog that both women and men enjoy reading everyday. We just want to say thank you to all of our readers for all of your support over the past 5 years - and thank you especially for the memories.

Back in August 2004, two geeky friends had a discussion about the lack of female oriented accessories and gadgets at the time. They also talked about the lack of female perspective and influence on the technology industry as a whole. Later that day, Chip Chick was born. Five years later and Chip Chick has grown up to be a blog that both women and men enjoy reading everyday. We just want to say thank you to all of our readers for all of your support over the past 5 years - and thank you especially for the memories.

Almost a month ago we reported on our exclusive trip to the iRobot headquarters and teased about the iNGENIOUS Challenge but never really said much about it. Well the day has come and I can now let the cat out of the bag, which I hope will encourage all of you to whip out your thinking caps. So what exactly do you have to do?  Send us a great idea - big or small, creative, or even inspirational.  The goal is to think of an ingenious idea that is also practical in execution. Do you have an annoying problem that you deal with every day and you have a solution for it? Send it to us.

For our Tell us your bad mobile manners contest we received some very amusing, as well as some very rude stories of people practicing bad mobile etiquette. And way too many of these incidents happened to people while on a date. If there is one lesson that can be learned here - it's don't check your email or pick up the phone on a date folks! It's just rude, and it's likely you'll never make it to a second date either. Congratulations to Dan T. of Hawthorne, New Jersey. He won a Dell Mini 12 courtesy of Intel. Check out his humorous tale of bad mobile manners below.

Congratulations to all of our winners in our Skype Unlimited World Plan contest. They each won a three month Unlimited World Plan voucher that enables them to make unlimited international calls, plus they each won a Freetalk Wireless Stereo Headset to use when making Skype calls. Below are each of their entries.

Have you ever checked your Blackberry for new emails while on a date? Have you ever answered the phone while watching a movie in a theater? Chances are that most of us have been guilty of not practicing appropriate mobile etiquette from time to time, some worse than others. Intel recently sponsored a survey that concluded that mobile etiquette is not where it should be. At a time where mobile devices are getting more wide spread - netbooks let people take their media to places they might not have previously, it seems like people's lack of mobile etiquette is getting worse and worse. Intel has provided us with a to give away - and the winner gets to choose whatever color they'd like. To enter to win the Dell Mini 12, email us your mobile etiquette horror story (or leave a comment) - whether it's something your personally ashamed of having done, or another mobile etiquette incidence that you may have observed that really stuck with you. LAST DAY TO ENTER IS JULY 21ST

If you're planning on traveling this summer - especially overseas, brace yourself. Renting a phone, using a hotel's phone, or buying prepaid sim cards, all end up being very expensive. Likewise, if you have a loved one who will be traveling, you're likely to rack up a big bill on all those long distance calls to them. That is where Skype's Unlimited World plan comes in. For $12.95 a month, you can make unlimited calls to landlines in over 40 countries worldwide. Voicemail is also included with the plan. All you'll need is an internet connection, and the easy to use Skype software to get up and running. We have Three Unlimited World Plan vouchers to give away - each with a three month plan, plus they each come with a snazzy Freetalk Wireless Stereo Headset.

Have you ever checked your Blackberry for new emails while on a date? Have you ever answered the phone while watching a movie in a theater? Chances are that most of us have been guilty of not practicing appropriate mobile etiquette from time to time, some worse than others. Intel recently sponsored a survey that concluded that mobile etiquette is not where it should be. At a time where mobile devices are getting more wide spread  - netbooks let people take their media to places they might not have previously, it seems like people's lack of mobile etiquette is getting worse and worse. Intel has provided us with ...

If you're planning on traveling this summer - especially overseas, brace yourself.  Renting a phone, using a hotel's phone, or buying prepaid sim cards, all end up being very expensive. Likewise, if you have a loved one who will be traveling, you're likely to rack up a big bill on all those long distance calls to them. That is where Skype's Unlimited World plan comes in. For $12.95 a month, you can make unlimited calls to landlines in over 40 countries worldwide. Voicemail is also included with the plan. All you'll need is an internet connection, and the easy to use Skype software to get up and running. We ...