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Amazon offers 80% off with Kindle Textbook RentalsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:57PM  Vacation will be ending in a few weeks for many students, and it’ll be time to hit the bookstores. You’ll rack up an $800 bill on books that you’ll get $200 back on at the end of the semester (if you are lucky). Yes, college textbooks are extremely expensive, but Amazon is offering a [...]

Borders in liquidation, check for great dealsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:35PMThe Borders chain is liquidating and folks are telling me that some Borders stores are already in heavy liquidation mode and great deals can be found. Might be a way to get a Kobo Reader on the cheap.

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Six useless technologies that refuse to dieWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:45AMWhen Microsoft sent out an alert yesterday that there was a security hole in the Bluetooth stack, my reaction was simple: “Not worried, don’t use it.” Twitter follower Paula Thornton (who I now also follow) responded with a different insight: “I’m always amazed and dismayed by all the perfectly great but useless technology we pay for.”

Hi-res e-reader first to offer direct Google eBooks accessMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:39PMGoogle announced that iRiver's Story HD e-reader will be available July 17 at Target, and will be the first device to offer Google eBooks support via Wi-Fi.

The Race to Beat the MacBook Air Is OnMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:20PMLaptop heavyweight HP may soon try to take on Apple's MacBook Air with an ultra-thin notebook of its own. The laptop would be part of a new category of PCs that Intel is calling "Ultrabooks," measuring less than an inch thick and selling for under $1,000. According to DigiTimes' unnamed sources, HP's early entrant would [...]

Are Android Smartphones 'Designed for the Dump?'Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:41AMIn The Story of Electronics, Annie Leonard introduced viewers to the concept of electronics that are "designed for the dump." These devices aren't meant to be kept and cherished, but bought and replaced as quickly as possible. And while pretty much everything's like that these days, electronic gadgets are special offenders, as advances in technology quickly render your old gear outdated.

Top 4 Cheapest True Android TabletsThursday, July 7, 2011 @ 1:45PMReally, now, the cheapest tablets out there are the $150 things at K-Mart that come with a stylus. But hey, they've got a 7-inch screen and they run Google's open-source Android operating system, so they're tablets, right?

Why that $150 Android 'Tablet' Isn't Such a Good DealThursday, July 7, 2011 @ 1:45PMCOMMENTARY | "EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL OFFER!" the ad says. And it's for a no-name tablet you've never heard of, but hey! It looks like the iPad, and it says here it's got a 7-inch touchscreen. That's pretty big, right? Plus it says it has apps and the Internet, and look! It's only $150. That's less than half of the iPad's cost! You'd better pick one up the next time you're at the big-box store, right?