Month: December 2012

Working conditions at the Chinese factories operated by Foxconn, where vast amounts of the gadgets used around the world are made, including Apple’s iPhone and iPad, are improving. Granted, that’s going from truly terrible to slightly less bad, but it’s movement and momentum in a direction decidedly better for the […] Read the original post…

New York City mayer Michael Bloomberg, during his Friday morning radio address, seems to have laid the blame for a slight elevation in the crime rate on Apple’s doorstep. More precisely, on the pilfering of iPhones and iPads. Michael M. Grynbaum of the New York Times quotes Marc La Vorgna, […] Read the original post…

British publisher Pearson PLC said it is investing in the book seller’s NOOK unit, paying $89.5 million for a 5 percent stake. Read the original post by NewsOK.com

As silly as it seems to use 20,000 pounds of potatoes to test wireless signals , there’s absolutely a good reason behind it and the FCC announced today new rules that will help get more potatoes into the seats of decommissioned planes. Read the original post by Ubergizmo

newegg offers the Rosewill Cherry MX Red Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, model no. RK-9000RE, bundled with the refurbished Intel Celeron D 310 Prescott 2.13GHz Socket 478 Single-Core Desktop Processor, model no. SL8S2, for $24.98 plus $1.99 for shipping. That’s the lowest total price we’ve ever seen for any Cherry MX mechanical […] Read the original post…

Steam offers downloads of Sid Meier’s Civilzation V for Windows or Mac (pictured) for $7.49. That’s $8 under the lowest price we could find elsewhere, although we saw it for $1 less in October. Deal ends today at 11 pm ET. Steam also offers downloads of Sid Meier’s Civilization V: […] Read the original post…

As one of its daily deals, Moofi (Woot’s secret site) offers the Sylvania MusicLites Speaker LED Light 2-Pack, model no. ML-1, for $179.99 plus $5 for shipping. At $92.50 per light, that’s tied with our October mention and the lowest total in-stock price we could find in this quantity by […] Read the original post…

The iTunes App Store offers downloads of several apps for Apple iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad for free, as listed below. At up to $5 off, each is the best deal we’ve seen. The deals: KOTOMON for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad: Monster game Demolition Master: Project Implode All […] Read the original post by…

The iTunes App Store offers downloads of several apps for Apple iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad for free, as listed below. At up to $5 off, each is the best deal we’ve seen. The deals: KOTOMON for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad (pictured): Monster game Demolition Master: Project Implode […] Read the original post by…

As one of its daily deals, DealGenius offers the K3 Solar / Wind Charger for iPhone and LG phones in Green (pictured) or Black for $24.99. Coupon code “LOYAL5″ cuts it to $23.74. With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find by $31. This environmentally-friendly charger features […] Read the original post…

Kashoo is an impressive online accounting solution, considering its iPad-optimized app, a very solid double-entry accounting framework and an excellent, intelligent design. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

The Apricorn Velocity Solo X2 PCIe X2 card can add a solid-state drive to your Mac Pro, even if all your drive bays are full. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

This travel router works as advertised, in that it lets you setup a wireless network from a single Ethernet connection, but a lack of modern-level wireless encryption and no support for 802.11N are major oversights. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

Far from the best backup app, but worth considering if you want continuous and conventional backups in a single package. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

For a reasonable price, the Lightning connection-friendly JBL OnBeat Micro speaker dock delivers more audio power than you might expect from its diminutive frame. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com