Month: December 2010

A major update to these navigation apps brings a handful of new features, including Active Lane Assistant, Zagat guides, and more. The company is also releasing a new series of “single-feature apps,” starting with Help2park. Read the original post by David Chartier

HandHeldItems.com offers this iGg Carbon-Style Hard Case for Apple iPad in five colors (Carbon Black pictured) bundled with a $2 HHI store credit for $6.99. Add coupon code “ipadcarbon” to your cart to cut it to $2.99. With $2.85 for shipping, that’s a $3 drop from our August mention and the lowest total price we…

Canon takes 20% off select factory-refurbished Canon PowerShot digital cameras, as listed below. Apply coupon code “2DAYDEC10″ to get 2-day shipping for $7. That puts each at the lowest total price we’ve seen and at least $30 under the best deal we could find for new ones. A 90-day Canon warranty applies. The deals: Refurbished…

LG Electronics introduced the Android-running Optimus 2X, which with its Nvida Tegra 2 chip is the worlds first dual-core smartphone. For now, its Europe- and Asia-bound. – LG Electronics just one-upped its Android smartphone competition, introducing the Optimus 2X, the worlds first smartphone with a dual-core processor. Made by Nvidia, the Tegra 2 system-on-system chip…

Sony Style offers the factory-refurbished Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H55 14.1-Megapixel Digital Camera in Black for $212.49. Add it to your cart and it drops to $142.49 during checkout. With free shipping, that’s a $17 drop since our October mention and $42 less than the lowest total price we could find for a new one. Sales tax…

(AHN) – Older people have a hard time controlling their feelings, especially when watching heart wrenching movies or disturbing scenes in movies and reality shows, psychologists have found. However University of California at Berkeley researchers note that with age they become better than their younger counterparts at seeing the positive side of a stressful situation…

Walmart offers the Viore 19″ 720p LED-Backlit Widescreen LCD HD Television, model no. LED19VH50, for $137 with free shipping. That’s the lowest total price we could find by $30. Sales tax is added where applicable. Features include a 1366×768 (720p) native resolution, 5ms response time, 250 cd/m² brightness, two HDMI inputs, and other video inputs….

(AHN) – A convicted murderer in Oklahoma is set to become the first in the U.S. to be executed using a substitute for an anesthetic used in lethal injection. Due to a shortage in sodium thiopental, one of three drugs used for lethal injection, the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester will instead use pentobarbital on…

Meritline.com offers this 7-Port Clip-On USB 2.0 Hub for $9.99. Coupon code “MLC600662121630A” drops it to $6.99. With free shipping, that’s a $2 drop since our April mention and the lowest total price we’ve seen for a 7-port USB hub of this design. It features a clip-on design, five swiveling ports, and two fixed ports….

Meritline.com offers this 12-in-1 USB 2.0 Memory Card Reader in Clear Blue for $1.59. Coupon code “MLC253816121661A” chops it to 99 cents. With free shipping, it’s the lowest total price we could find by $4, although we’ve seen it for 40 cents less. It supports most conventional types of flash cards as well as Secure…

Google’s Samsung Nexus S is a speedy entrant running Android 2.3, the Gingerbread build for the OS. Great phone for T-Mobile customers who want to upgrade to Android. – Google last week sent me the Samsung Nexus S, the first Android 2.3-based smartphone and follow-up to the ambitious but ill-fated Nexus One launch at the…

Learn everything you need to know about the iPad with Macworld’s new iPad Superguide, now available online, via CD, or on Apple’s iBookstore. Manage your media, unleash your creativity, and find solutions for common troubleshooting issues. Read the original post by Macworld Staff