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Continue reading →: High Def Camcorders
!>http://images.tomshardware.com/2006/08/02/hv10_threequarter_screen_open.jpg! Canon launches compact “full HD” camcorder | TG Daily. It is literally raining HD camcorders now. Both Sony and Canon have come out with new small camcorders that record in 1040i. How cool is that. The big debate is whether or not the Canon is 1080i or 1080p. I’m…
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Continue reading →: Current Canon Rebates
“Canon”:http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=PromotionsAct has a list of all its rebates, since it looks like I actually got all three rebates I applied for, it gives me some confidence. Right now, they’ve ended their spring rebates for cameras (whcih were quite good nominal really at $50 for $1,600 lenses), but were amazing for…
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Continue reading →: Web Rebates
Wow, I found this site by looking at a Canon Rebate form and seeing the “web-rebates.com”:http://web-rebates.com URL, it turns out that if you put your last name and address in, it will find lots and lots of different rebates. At least Canon, PriceGrabber, Vonage and Samsung all use the same…
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Continue reading →: Calling US from China
Figuring out the cheapest way to call the US when you are living in China is incredibly complicated. The main issue is that you don’t really want to spend $2/minute with your cell phone while you are there, but you do want a US phone number so someone can call…
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Continue reading →: Scudder Global Fund is now DWS Global Thematic Stock (SCOBX)
“Scudder Global Fund”:http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=SCOBX&t=my This was one of the first investments that I ever owned. Got it in 1998 and then later sold it, it is just great the way that Yahoo keeps track of all this kind of stuff. As far as I can tell the fund was essentailly flat…
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Continue reading →: Kid Games
“Gamesrankings.com”:http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/default_PC/5 is a great site that averages reviews across the web. Here are some games I found that I think the kids might like: * “Sports Games”:http://www.download.com/Sports/2001-2117_4-0.html?tag=dir. Free downloads are key so they can try the games. Cnet has a great collection of sports games. * “Kids Games”:http://www.download.com/3150-2102_4-0-1-0.html?qt=&author=&titlename=&desc=&dlcount=&daysback=&swlink=&gfiletype=&os=128&li=&dlsize=&ca= These are…
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Continue reading →: Chaintech VNF3-250 Doesn’t POST and beeps once…
I guess I asked for it, upgraded from a 75GB drive to a 750GB (!!) drive and things were working fine until I actually put the drive into the computer and now nothing happens. I get one beep and then the system just hangs! “OC Forum”:http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=266936 has a very useful…
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Continue reading →: US University Endowments
“Wikipedia”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_colleges_and_universities_by_endowment actually has a list. These are for the fiscal year end 2005, but so pretty recent figures. | Rank | Institution | Endowment | | 1 | Harvard University | $25.474B | | 2 | Yale University | $15.225B | | 3 | Stanford University | $12.205B | |…
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Continue reading →: Intel Core 2 Duo Desktops Arrive
Intel’s Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme processors were announced two weeks ago with much fanfare from the hardware editors and the enthusiast community. Intel had brought a great-performing chip to the market that was faster than every processor currently available and was much cooler than its Pentium-D predecessor.…
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