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Buy Electronics Cheap--Amazon Daily Deals, Lightning Deals,

Amazon Daily Deals, Best Buy Deals and more ways to save on electronics

By: Barb Gonzalez

March 31, 2012

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Amazon daily deals include Lightning Deals. Get cameras, TVs, phones and more for less than the everyday prices.

If you're shopping for electronics, check out the Amazon Daily Deals. Find out where you can get cameras, HDTVs, cell phones, accessories, and other gadgets for cheap.

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Apple to Change How Your Kids Play

New toys combine physical objects and activity with iPad, iPhone, and, soon Android devices

By: Stewart Wolpin

February 16, 2012

A growing number of companies are pairing Apple and Android apps with physical objects including board games, guns, radio-control vehicles and trading cards to create "augmented reality" activities. Here are some of the best app-object combinations from this week's annual Toy Fair.

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It's February. Time To Start Your Xmas Shopping

No sense waiting until the fall to know what toys to consider buying your kids or grandkids

By: Stewart Wolpin

February 15, 2012

Okay, I don't mean you should go buy your kids or grandkids their Christmas gifts now. But this week is the annual Toy Fair where all the new toys are introduced. Consider this a preview of coming attractions of what the youngster on your holiday gift list will be clamoring for in 10 months.

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CES Top Gadgets: Wild & Wacky Edition

Who needs a see-thru HDTV? A camcorder speaker? A $10k embroidery machine? A waterproof tablet?

By: Stewart Wolpin

January 24, 2012

Here with are some wacky and zany gadget and technology concepts and products I found on this year's CES show floor – some you can actually buy.

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Top 10 Gadgets of the Year

Not necessarily the best or most clever tech, but the gear I found most indispensible in 2011

By: Stewart Wolpin

December 30, 2011

Most year-end top gadget lists include the most advanced products and the most ground-breaking technologies. For me, the products of the year are those that have become an indispensible part of my everyday life. And so, in alphabetical order (until my top pick) here are my Top 10 Gadgets of 2011.

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Everything You Need to Know About Sony Vita

New Sony PlayStation handheld is the most sophisticated portable game player ever

By: Stewart Wolpin

December 9, 2011

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Sony's PlayStation Vita portable game player, on sale next Feb. 22.

Here's (almost) everything you need to know about Vita, the new advanced Sony PlayStation portable, which goes on sale on Feb. 22.

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Top Gadgets: Best $100 'Buds, Kermit Clock Radio

Also new this week: waterproof smart phone cases and earbuds, Disney electronics, iPad keyboards

By: Stewart Wolpin

December 8, 2011

No more calls, we have a winner. After years of searching, I've found the best sub-$100 in-ear earphones. I've also found waterproof smart phone cases that can accommodate nearly any make/model, a new automatic espresso machine, a Kermit clock radio, and colorful cases for the Amazon Kindle Fire.

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Top New Gadgets: Fun & Functional Gift Ideas

Gift ideas to appeal to both your work ethic and your inner child

By: Stewart Wolpin

December 1, 2011

As we creep dangerously closer to Christmas, your gift decisions become more desperate. A couple of weeks ago I presented a passel of gift ideas for the geeks on your list (see Part I here, Part II here). Here are some additional suggestions, some truly fun and some immensely functional.

Trickle Star Outlet Strip/Surge Protector

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Halloween Now Start of Christmas Shopping Season?

Walmart, Amazon start Black Friday electronics sales early – but what happened to Thanksgiving?

By: Stewart Wolpin

November 3, 2011

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Avoid the Walmart Black Friday crush and shop online Dec. 16 for free shipping from 2,000 retailers.

Amazon and Walmart get a jump on pre-holiday season electronics bargains. But since when did Halloween signal the beginning of the holiday shopping season? Save Thanksgiving!

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Top New Gadgets: iPad Speaker, Outdoor HDTV

Among the cool gear unveiled this week are video recording binoculars and a USB turntable

By: Stewart Wolpin

August 19, 2011

Want to be real popular with the neighborhood kids? If they have an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, they can control a new RC helicopter, just one of this week's gear new gadgets.