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TiVo Series 3 High Definition 250GB THX Certified DVR - $169.99

Woot — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:02 -0600

I’m Never Going Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming

At last, I can watch my favorite commercials without sitting through all those annoying shows.

Concise storytelling. Striking visuals. Hapless, overfed man-children in comical situations. These are the things I love about television – or rather, used to love about television, before it turned into a cheapo cesspool of “reality” freakshows. Nowadays, the real artistry comes in thirty-second chunks. Turns out that soda companies, breweries, car-insurance firms, and fast-food chains are the only entities left with enough money to make anything worth watching.

And I’ll be watching, believe me, with this TiVo Series 3 HD THX Certified DVR. How satisfying it is to fast-forward past Bret Michaels and Simon Cowell to get to the latest humorous vignette about that scamp Jack in the Box. This TiVo’s 250GB hard drive can store approximately a hella-ton of commercials for savoring over and over. I’ve practically worn out the pause button examining the mise-en-scene of that Dr. Pepper commercial with the midget KISS impersonators. Eat your heart out, Fellini.

Even better, this TiVo Series 3 HD DVR doubles as a YouTube player (with a home network with Internet access). Have you ever seen how many commercials are on that site? I could literally watch them until the sun expands and engulfs the Earth in flames, without ever repeating one. It also streams Netflix, Blockbuster, and Amazon video, but until they offer more commercials, I’m not interested.

First, though, I had to have 2 CableCARDs installed so my TiVo Series 3 DVR could handle digital and HD cable. You’ll want to check with your cable provider first, because many of them require that the cards be installed by their technicians. If you’re lucky, while you’re on hold, you’ll get to listen to commercials for the cable company. I love radio commercials even more than TV commercials because they have to be twice as aggravating to make up for the lack of video.

I really only have one complaint: TiVo, can you exert your influence to require broadcasters to devote more time to commercials? Even on the most ad-heavy cable channels (I love you, TV Land), there’s still 40 or more minutes of programming every hour. This shocking imbalance means important voices are not being heard. Somewhere out there, some scrappy young filmmaker is coming up with the next “smunchy” or “wazzzup”, and I want to see it. Over and over and over.

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Warranty:

90 Day TiVo Labor
1 Year TiVo Parts

Features:

Control Live TV - Record, Play, Pause, Rewind, Skip Ahead, & Slow-Motion with razor-sharp HD clarity
Season Pass Recordings – Record every new episode of your favorite show
BLOCKBUSTER On Demand – Browse and rent the movies you want to see from the comfort and convenience of home
Amazon Video on Demand – Download movies and TV shows directly to your TiVo box
Netflix – Stream a library of 17,000 movie titles and TV shows through Netflix’s Watch Instantly Service (with a Netflix unlimited membership)
YouTube Videos – Watch millions of YouTube videos directly on your TV
Rhapsody – Access 4 million songs in your living room with a subscription to the Rhapsody service
Online Scheduling and TiVo Mobile – Schedule last minute recordings from a PC or a cell phone
Home Media Features – Access internet radio, podcasts, movie times & tickets, and digital photos & mp3 music files on your TV
TiVo Search (an exclusive TiVo feature) – Use this powerful internet based tool for search and discovery of broadcast and broadband programming content
Multi-Room Viewing – Start watching your favorite show in the living room and finish it in the bedroom
TiVoToGo – Fill your iPod mobile digital device or other portable media device with movies and TV shows for free!
Internet Video Downloads – News, sports, weather, technology, music, education, and more sent directly to your broadband-connected TiVo DVR–free of charge
250GB of disc capacity for 300 hours of standard recording time or up to 32 in HD
Expandable Storage – Increase storage capacity with TiVo Verified external eSATA storage available from Western Digital
Dimensions: 12.6" (D) X 3.3" (H) X 16.5" (W)
Weight: 13 lbs.

Specifications:

Surround Modes: THX
Compatible Formats: 720p, 480p, 480i, 1080i
Remote Control: Illuminated Full Function IR 36 Button
Tuner: (2) CableCard, ATSC

Inputs and Outputs:

2 CableCard Card Slots
1 Rear HDMI Output
1 Rear Optical Output
2 Rear RF Inputs
1 Rear RJ45 Ethernet In/Out
1 Rear SATA IN/Out
1 Rear RJ11 (Telephone Line) In/Out
1 Rear Analog Audio/Video Output
1 Rear Component Video Outpuut
1 Rear S-Video Output
2 Rear USB Port In/Out

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In the box:

TiVo Series 3 HD THX Certified 250GB DVR
Remote Control
Users Guide
Composite Cable
Component Cable
HDMI Cable
Phone Cable
Phone Splitter
Coax Cable
Power Cable
4 AAA Batteries

TiVo® service is required for the TiVo DVR to function and is sold separately. TiVo service and payment are subject to the terms and conditions available at www.tivo.com.

TiVo service is accessed through a standard telephone line or broadband connection. In some areas, local and long-distance toll charges may apply.

Considerations:

Certain features require a wired or wireless home network with Internet access (wireless home network connection requires the purchase of a separate TiVo Wireless Adapter)
A TiVo Series3 DVR requires CableCARD™s (provided by cable operator) to work with Digital and HD Cable
To receive two digital cable channels at the same time and record up to two channels simultaneously, the TiVo HD DVR requires the installation and activation of either two (2) Multi-Stream CableCARDs (M-Card) or two (2) Single-Stream CableCARDs (S-Card)
Many cable companies require the CableCARDs to be installed by their technicians
Supports virtually all cable operators, Verizon FiOS, and ATSC antenna
Does not support satellite service, AT&T U-verse, or cable Video On Demand

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Price: $169.99

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Spice Up Your Recipes With These Surprising Flavor Pairings!

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:20:00 -0600

Cinnamon and marinara sauce
French fries and chocolate milkshakes
Hamburgers and velvet
Sun-dried tomatoes and the tears of orphans
Bread pudding and the music of Joanna Newsom
Zima and that clown from your birthday party
Lamb shanks and my father's disappointment
Melted gouda and Han Solo action figures (original or Hoth)
The oral history of the Underground Railroad and the color teal
Those old aluminum swimming pools and socialism
LASIK surgery and your first crush
Sandy Nelson's "Live! In Las Vegas" and a single grain of sand
International test cricket and sneezing
A savage wildcat and the aroma of melted butter
Ambergris and the complete works of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
B flat above High C and "Punchy" from Hawaiian Punch
Jai-alai and 1-1/4" galvanized roofing nails
Deal-a-day web commerce and a recording of Carol Burnett saying the word "moist"
Mango and chili peppers

Woot Watches Wideos: Logorama

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:30:00 -0600

The below video is a tad NSFW due to language and slightly adult content, but if you haven't seen this year's Oscar-winning animated short Logorama yet, give this a click. Watch as a Los Angeles made up entirely of corporate logos and mascots EXPLODES before your very eyes. You know, when you get home and maybe after you've put the kids to bed.

We here at Woot feel only slightly snubbed by the exclusion of our iconic Exclamation Point, but we'll let it slide. Hopefully, their people can do lunch with our people and get us a spot in the sequel. Don't forget to show the directors a little monetary love by buying it on iTunes.

As seen on Filmdrunk.

Stanley 3-in-1 Tripod Flashlight with Mini-Tripod Keychain 2-Pack

Woot — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:02 -0600

Oooh, Father-in-Law’s birthday?

I’ve got the perfect gift.

I’m serious; hear me out. A Stanley 3-in-1 Tripod Flashlight with Mini-Tripod Keychain is the perfect gift for an older male in your life who you don’t really know all that well yet but with whom you are forced to awkwardly converse and spend extended periods of time with around the holidays. It’s not like you don’t like the guy; you just don’t know the guy. Hence, an awesome flashlight setup with a tripod.

Your father-in-law’s an accountant? So what? Mine’s got a Doctorate in Organic Chemistry and he captains his own fishing boat. You think I’m ever going to come up with something to impress HIM? No way. But I can get him something useful that he’ll appreciate.

Yeah. Fishing boat. Like “Deadliest Catch.” Back on track, James.

It’s got three independent flashlights, but you can Voltron it up good and nice and make one super duper flashlight with a brightness of 60 lumens. I don’t care what he does or who he is, at some point his power’s going to go out or he’s going to go camping or he’ll need a source of light in an otherwise dark place.

Then he’ll just flick that baby on, smile to himself, and say, “Y’know what. That guy shackin’ up with my little princess might not be such a colossal screw-up after all.”

Warranty: Lifetime Stanley

Features:

Stanley 3-in-1 Tripod Flashlight:

Patented hands free tripod design
Separates into 3 independent flashlights
Combines into one powerful flashlight
Each independent flashlight generates 20 lumens of light
Three 120 degree multi-directional rotating heads
Shatter resistant lens
ON/OFF switch turns all flashlights on or off when placed inside the tripod base
One-touch tripod release button
Bulbs: Three 0.5W LEDs last 100,000 hrs
Brightness: 60 Lumens (20×3 (combined))
Run time: 5 hrs
Beam distance: 375 feet / 115 meters
Requires 6 AA batteries (not included)
Dimensions: 10 1/2” (L) X 3” (W) X 3” (D)

Stanley Mini-Tripod Flashlight:

Petented tripod design offers hands-free convenience
Multi-position head focuses light precisely where it’s needed
On/Off Switch
Swivel key ring for convenience
Bulbs: One 5mm LEDs last 100,000 hrs
Brightness: 2 Lumens
Run time: 6 hours
Includes 3 replaceable lithium button cell batteries (LR41)
Dimensions: 3 1/2" (L) X 1" (W) X 1" (D)

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In the box:

(2) Stanley 3-in-1 Tripod LED Flashlight 95-155
(2) Stanley MiniTripod Flashlight 95-113

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Flash In The Brainpan: Virtual Hamster

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:45:00 -0600

That's right, it's just that simple. Ripped from the pages of the always-cutting-edge deviantART.com, Virtual Hamster is a 21st Century hamster raising scenario.

And the combinations are limitless! Will you choose to withhold love and offer food instead? Will you choose constant sleep and no washing? Well, it doesn't really matter, because there are no long term consequences or repercussions or anything. Your hamster will just keep on sitting there and smiling adorably no matter what path you choose.

It's just too bad that the Virtual Hamster people didn't include a "punch his smug little face in" button because after a few minutes of his stupid needy staring, you'll be ready to slap the cute right off his face.

STOP STARING AT ME VIRTUAL HAMSTER! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? WHAT?

Miami Vice: The Complete Series Box Set

Woot — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:29 -0600

Vice

Sonny Justice was calm in his Ferrari, parked across the street from the hottest video store in town. It was almost time to move in.

Bathed in the blue light from the neon sign, Sonny gave his partner, Tubbs Purebottom, the nod. Tubbs didn’t answer right away. Sonny understood. He’d been in a flashback once or twice himself. He knew how it went.

In the office, months ago, Tubbs was talking to the new rookie, Carlotta, who was only twenty three. “Why is some stupid show that’s older than me so important to you guys?” Carlotta asked as Sonny chuckled to himself. “Who cares about owning the Complete Series of Miami Vice on DVD?”

Tubbs was so shocked at what she said, shocked that there was a whole generation that did not yet understand the importance of all five seasons of Miami Vice, that at first, he didn’t know just what to say. But he knew one thing about this feisty rookie: he was completely in love.

Sonny Justice understood what was going on in his partner’s head. All good cops had a flashback once in a while. It was part of the drama. Rookies, they just went after the case. They didn’t understand the style, the cars, the loafers with no socks. Rookies just didn’t understand how a 27 DVD set could be so vital to American popular culture. But Tubbs knew. And Sonny knew that he knew. That night the Columbians had left a bomb on Sonny’s boat and killed his pet crocodile, Tubbs had stopped in with a pizza and that really great first season episode with the ATF agent named Evan. Or the night Sonny’s wife had left him because she couldn’t handle the life of being the wife of a cop, Tubbs came right over, and the two men had a few beers and watched that really cool fourth season episode with Brian Dennehy as a post-modern televangelist, and it was all okay for a little while. Maybe Tubbs was even thinking about that night right now. Or maybe he was just thinking about-

”-Carlotta!” Tubbs exclaimed. “I know you’re young, but listen. Listen to me. Did you know that Dick Wolf from Law and Order cut his teeth working on Miami Vice? And did you know that the guy in charge of Battlestar Galactica, Edward James Olmos himself, played Lieutenant Castillo, head of the Miami Vice team? And did you know that there’d be no Grand Theft Auto: Vice City without this show? Think of how different the world would be without the ground-breaking phenomenon that was the Complete Series of Miami Vice!”

At the time, Tubbs Purebottom didn’t know if he’d gotten through to her, but now, he was sure that he had. Because while he was flashbacking, Sonny Justice had made the collar. And his suspect was… Carlotta. Her hair was loose, her dress pastel. She wore leg warmers, and her eyes were wild and desperate. She was clutching the Miami Vice Complete Collection DVD set to her chest. And, just like the anonymous tip had promised… they were three weeks overdue.

“Can’t… can’t I just watch them again? Officer? Can’t I… just watch one season again?” Carlotta stared blankly at Tubbs Purebottom. Tubbs stared back. She didn’t even recognize him. She was too far gone.

“You can’t blame yourself, pal,” said Sonny, pushing the tearful Carlotta down on the hood. “All you did was recommend a TV show. She made her own decision. It’s not your fault. You hear me, buddy? It’s not your fault.” Tubbs nodded back to his partner, but didn’t say a word. He was lost in his thoughts once more.

“Oh, Officer Purebottom,” Carlotta was saying. I didn’t become a cop to watch television. And besides, I probably won’t even watch the pilot.” Tubbs leaned across to Carlotta’s side of the bed and placed the remote in her hand.

“Go on, baby,” Tubbs whispered. “Just watch one episode and you’ll be hooked for life. You’ll see. It’s like a guilty pleasure. Miami Vice is such an addictive show.”

Carlotta sighed. “Okay, Tubbs Purebottom. I’ll try it. For you. Okay? Just because I love you.”

“I love you too, Carlotta,” Tubbs whispered back as the squad car drove away in slow motion. “I love you too.”

Features:

All 5 seasons of the Primetime Emmy Award-winning series on 27 DVD discs
All 111 episodes, approximately 89 hours and 57 minutes of Miami Vice
Go undercover with James ‘Sonny’ Crockett (Don Johnson) and Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas), two of the Vice Department’s coolest cops, as they take on the bad guys in Miami’s steamy underworld
Original songs are presented in 5.1 surround sound, featuring award-winning musical legends including Phil Collins, U2, Peter Gabriel, The Who, Aerosmith, Guns N’ Roses, The Cure, Public Enemy and more
Notable musicians appearing in the series include Sheena Easton, Willie Nelson, Gene Simmons, Ted Nugent, Glenn Frey, Frank Zappa, Phil Collins, Miles Davis, Frankie Valli, Little Richard, James Brown, Leonard Cohen, Isaac Hayes, Jan Hammer, Power Station, The Fat Boys and Eartha Kitt.
Guest appearances by Jimmy Smits, Ving Rhames, Liam Neeson, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bruce Willis, Ed O'Neill, Julia Roberts, Dean Stockwell, Pam Grier, Brian Dennehy, Dennis Farina, Stanley Tucci, Bill Paxton, Luis Guzmán, Kyra Sedgwick, Esai Morales, Wesley Snipes, John Turturro, Melanie Griffith, Michael Madsen, Nathan Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Ron Perlman, Lee Iacocca, Steve Buscemi, Don King, Vincent D'Onofrio, Annette Bening, Viggo Mortensen, John Leguizamo, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, George Takei, Tommy Chong, Benicio del Toro, Richard Belzer, Penn Jillette, Randall "Tex" Cobb to name a few.

Extra Details:

Starring: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Edward James Olmos
Language: English Dolby Digital 5.1
Approximate Run Time: 89 hours and 57 minutes
Subtitles: English SDH
Aspect ratio: Full frame 1.33:1
Region: 1
Number of Discs: 27
Studio: Universal Studios
Rating: Unrated

Disc 1 Bonus features:

The Vibe of Vice
Building the Perfect Vice
The Style of Vice
The Music of Vice
Miami After Vice

In the box:

Miami Vice Season 1 (6 Discs)
Miami Vice Season 2 (6 Discs)
Miami Vice Season 3 (5 Discs)
Miami Vice Season 4 (5 Discs)
Miami Vice Season 5 (5 Discs)
Faux Alligator skin Collectors Box

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Gateway 10.1” Netbook with 6 Cell Battery & Windows 7 Starter

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:28 -0600

I Can’t Believe They’re Making Me Work On My Birthday

No presents. No cake. There isn’t even anyone here. Sigh. Another year alone, I guess.

Well, to heck with everybody. I’ll throw my own birthday party. That’s right! In fact, I’m already throwing one with my two best friends, these refurbished red and black Gateway 10.1” Netbooks with Windows 7! They love me. They care about my special day. Isn’t that right, Mr. Black Gateway?

That’s right! We’d never leave the warehouse without your clever writeups and wonderful way with words. It’s fantastic people like you that love our 1.GHz Intel Atom Processor and 250 GB SATA hard drives, and we just wanted to show you how much we appreciate you on the day you were born! So, get ready to party, ‘cause these 6-Cell Lithium Ion provide us hours of birthday fun!

Awww. Thanks, Mr. Black Gateway. That was so sweet of you to say. What’s that, Mr. Red Gateway? Did you want to say something?

I sure did! Those other people that forgot your birthday are just jerks. It doesn’t take an Integrated Webcam to see just what an integral part you play in the inner workings of this business. Why, I want to broadcast just how awesome you are live on the Internet via my 802.11b/g Wi-Fi networking or 10/100 Ethernet LAN! We can even save all the pictures on to a memory card with my Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader so that the memories last a good long time!

Gee, you guys are the best. Who needs real friends and co-workers who forget the most important day of my year when I have you guys to keep me company just like the voices in my head!

Wait! What’s that noise? Someone’s coming into the office! Gasp! I bet it’s a surprise party! They didn’t want me to come in to do writeups! They planned a surprise party just for ME! Okay, don’t let on. Gotta remember to act surprised. Here they come.

OMG YOU GUYS REMEM-

Oh, it’s the just you, Mr. Janitor. Didn’t mean to scare you. Well, a surprise birthday urinal cake is better than no cake at all, I guess.

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Warranty: 90 Day Gateway

Features:

Intel Atom Processor N270 (1.6GHz, 533MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache)
10.1” SD WSVGA High Brightness LED-backlit Display (1024×600 resolution)
1024MB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM Single Channel Memory
250GB SATA hard drive
802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
6-Cell Lithium Ion (5200mAh)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 and Mobile Intel® 945GSE Express Chipset
3 USB 2.0 ports with a VGA Connector
Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader (Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, xD-Picture Card)
10/100 Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port)

Specifications:

Processor: Intel Atom Processor N270 (1.6GHz, 533MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache)
Operating System: Genuine Windows 7 Starter
Display: 10.1” SD WSVGA High Brightness LED-backlit Display (1024×600 resolution)
Memory: 1024MB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM Single Channel Memory
Hard Drive: 250GB SATA hard drive
Wireless Network: 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
Power Adapter: AC Adapter
Application Software: Microsoft Works, Microsoft Money Essentials, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 (60-day complimentary trial period)
Battery: 6-Cell Lithium Ion (5200mAh)
Chassis: Chassis with Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 and Mobile Intel 945GSE Express Chipset
Dimensions (System): 1.03” (H) x 10.17” (W) x 8.04” (D) or 26.4mm (H) x 258.5mm (W) x 204mm (D)
External Ports: (3) USB 2.0, VGA Connector
Keyboard and Mouse: Keyboard with Multi-Gesture Touchpad
Media Card Reader: Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader (Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro™, MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, xD-Picture Card)
Network: 10/100 Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port)
Security Software: Norton Internet Security 2009 (60-day trial) & Gateway Recovery Management
Sound: High-Definition Audio Support, Built-In speakers, Microphone, Headphone (with Dolby Headphone Technology)/Speaker/Line-Out Jack
Web Camera: Integrated Webcam
Weight: 2.95 lbs. (1.33 kg) system unit only / 3.26 lbs. (1.48 kg.) box

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In the box:

Gateway 10.1” Netbook
Power Adapter
6 Cell Battery

Photo inset credit: myklroventine
Photo inset credit: thekbriodys

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HP Ultra Dual Core Entertainment Notebook with 17.3" LCD, Blu-Ray and HDMI

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:17 -0600

Live Bait

Sorry, HP. I’m observing a one-man Blu-Ray boycott until Hollywood wakes up and gives us an HD reissue of the greatest flying-carnivorous-fish movie ever made.

I speak, of course, of James Cameron’s finest work: his 1981 magnum opus Piranha II: The Spawning. As far as I’m concerned, you can take Avatar, Titanic, and The Terminator and sink them in an alien steamship from the future. Only Piranha II: The Spawning fully explores Cameron’s gift for sensitive, authentic portrayal of murderous mutant sea life.

Under normal circumstances, I’d be on this HP 17” Notebook like a flying piranha on an expendable African-American character in the first act. Windows 7 pre-loaded! 500GB hard drive! 17” screen (that doesn’t support 1080p for some reason)! HDMI out (so you can hook it up to a 1080p TV)! A free workout lugging this 8-pound beast around! It’s exactly the kind of thing a scuba instructor, her scientist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband might enjoy toting to a fish fry on the beach – at least, until the inevitable gory ending.

But not me. Not until I can use this HP 17” Notebook’s Blu-Ray drive to watch Cameron’s meisterwerk in brine-splattered, fin-flapping high definition. I’ll tell you what: if I was a soulless time-travelling killing machine, my first mission would be to go back to 1981 and have a word with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

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Warranty: 90 Day HP

Features:

2.40 GHz AMD Turion II Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor M600 with 2 MB L2 Cache
17.3” Diagonal HD+ High-Definition HP LED BrightView Widescreen Display (1600×900)
4096 MB of RAM installed, upgradeable to 8192 MB
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics RS780M with up to 1918 MB video memory
500 GB SATA 7200 RPM hard drive
Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Double Layer with LightScribe
Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN, 802.11b/g WLAN, and 56k modem
Altec Lansing with SRS Premium Sound
101-key compatible with full size keyboard with integrated numeric keypad
Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down pad
1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)
Dimensions: 16.2” (W) x 10.9” (D) x 1.37” (min H)/1.70” (max H)
Weight: 7.69lbs
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Operating System
8-Cell Lithium-Ion battery for up to 5 hours and 15 minutes run time
HP Webcam with integrated digital microphone

External Ports:

5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA
2 Headphone out
1 microphone-in
HDMI
1 VGA (15-pin)
eSATA + USB 2.0
1 RJ-11 (modem)
1 RJ -45 (LAN)
1 notebook expansion port 3
1 Consumer IR (Remote Receiver)

Security:

Kensington MicroSaver lock slot
Power-on password
Accepts 3rd party security lock devices

Power:

65W AC Adapter
8-Cell Lithium-Ion battery

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In the box:

HP DV7-3065DX Notebook
Battery
Power Adapter

Inset photo credit: Gregory Moine

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Flash in the Brainpan: Splatz

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0600

The spirit of Jackson Pollock in flash game form, or paintball without guns? The object of Splatz is to burst your red paint blobs where they'll take out the maximum number of blue paint blobs. I finished it in 78 retries, almost all of them on the Satanically diabolically final level. It was more fun than watching paint dry. (Sorry.)

Tom Tom 4.3” Portable GPS with LIVE Services

Woot — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:19 -0600

Join the TomTom Club

Just where do you think you’re going?

OK, you’ve probably seen TomTom’s model XL 340S out there in your travels across this great land of ours. By which we mean “on your way to the liquor store.” It’s a perfectly handy little satellite navigat-a-mo-bob, and you could do a lot worse.

But friends, this is not the XL 340S. This is the XL 340S LIVE, and if you don’t think that sounds like a very big difference, imagine two cabarets beside the highway: one that advertises “LIVE nude girls” and one that doesn’t specify.

See? It is a very big difference. The difference could scar you for life.

In the case of this TomTom GPS, the difference is its built-in receiver for LIVE Services, a stream of real-time updates including traffic reports, weather forecasts, and local gas prices, to help you get where you’re going the fastest, cheapest, safest way possible, instead of looking like a complete chump when you arrive at your in-laws’ place two hours late, broke from overpaying for fuel, and with hail damage to your windshield, so everybody’s in a foul mood, harmful words are spoken, and before you know it you’re in a court battle to see your kids again. It can happen! Do you really want to put your trust in a GPS system that would break up your family like that?

Of course, in addition to the LIVE Services, this little gizmo boasts all your standard GPS features. It’s got text-to-speech capabilities so it can tell you the names of the streets and the traffic updates you need out loud. It has an extra-wide 4.3-inch touchscreen for easy visibility. And its EasyPort mount folds up to the point where the whole navigation package fits in your pocket, or bag, or glove box, or wherever you want to keep the thing out of thieves’ sight.

Now here’s the one downside: After you become the owner of a TomTom XL 340S Live GPS, any time someone tells you—as people so often do—to “get lost,” you will be utterly incapable of compliance.

So that’s kind of too bad.

Warranty: 1 Year TomTom

Features:

Built-in receiver for LIVE Services, real-time information saves you time, money, and stress
Works right out of the box via a built-in wireless data connection
Text-to-Speech for Spoken Street Names, Street names and traffic info announced by your device, so you can focus on the road ahead
24/7 IQ Routes™ Technology, Calculates the fastest route possible using actual average speeds of travel rather than posted speed limits
Advanced Lane Guidance, Gives you extra clarity when navigating difficult junctions
XL 4.3” widescreen, Extra-wide 4.3-inch touchscreen ensures a clearer view of the road ahead and surrounding areas
TomTom Map Share™ technology, enables you to add to, update and personalize your maps instantly. It also lets you share and benefit from fellow users changes – daily, automatically and easily
EasyPort™ mount, mount folds neatly onto the back of your device, making the whole navigation package fit into your pocket, bag or glove compartment.
Help Me! menu, Find local emergency service information at your fingertips. From hospitals to roadside assistance, Useful information wherever you are
TomTom HOME software, keeps your TomTom device up to date

LIVE Services:

LIVE Traffic, Get the best real-time traffic information on highways and roads to drive the smartest route and be sure of your arrival time
Local Search with Google, Find local shops and businesses wherever you are – and let your device take you there
Fuel Prices, Get directions to the cheapest petrol station around and save money on your fuel bill
QuickGPSfix, Drive off more quickly. Speed up the time it takes to fix your GPS position
Weather, Receive the latest forecasts to help you plan your journey better and drive more safely
Includes 3 months of free service

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In the box:

TomTom XL340S-LIVE GPS
Easy Mount Port
USB Cable
Car Charger

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