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Friday Tech Deal: 1TB IOmega External USB Hard Drive $75 Shipped

18. September 2009

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Friday Tech Deal: 1TB IOmega External USB Hard Drive $75 Shipped

We have owned the 500GB Western Digital Passport for a while. We love it for its size (about the size of an iPhone) and portability.
But, we are quickly filling it up and have been looking around for a 1TB external hard drive which we would just keep at home for backups. Small form factor wasn’t [...]

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MagicJack Gets Laptop Friendly Setting

30. August 2009

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MagicJack Gets Laptop Friendly Setting

MagicJack is the VOIP phone service that costs $20/year for long distance phone calls. I have written a MagicJack review a while back and have been using it for almost over 18 months happily.
In a recent MagicJack software update, I noticed something that will make the road warriors very happy!
One great thing about Magicjack is [...]

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MagicJack VOIP – Recommended even by Mint.com

19. July 2009

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MagicJack VOIP – Recommended even by Mint.com

I am a huge fan of Magicjack and have used it for over 2 years now replacing my traditional AT&T landline. We have saved hundreds of dollars a year in phone bills as Magicjack costs just $40 in the first year and then $20/year from then onwards.
In fact, with the purchase of Magicjack, you even [...]

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SmartyPig – Savings Can Be Social Too

16. March 2009

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SmartyPig – Savings Can Be Social Too

SmartyPig is simply a savings account dedicated to a goal that you can simply tap into when you have reached that goal. While earning a nice 3.25% APY on your savings.

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CurdBee – Free Web-based Billing App for Freelancers

17. February 2009

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CurdBee – Free Web-based Billing App for Freelancers

If you are a freelancer and looking for a free, web based billing application, CurdBee might be right up your alley. There are plenty of paid alternatives, but if your needs are simple CurdBee is definitely worth considering.
CurdBee Features

Sign up for a FREE account
Choose your own unique address – for eg. yourname.curdbee.com for your [...]

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Calling America for Free

13. January 2009

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I have featured a few ways before to make free calls to the US and other international countries before. 
And trust me, there’s a lot of websites that offer such services. I just found a cool one named CallingAmerica.com.
CallingAmerica.com looks promising and unique as it doesn’t require you to download any software at all. It [...]

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Guide to 2008 Online & In-Store Black Friday Deals

26. November 2008

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Black Friday 2008 is here and for a lot of us today is probably last day at work this week. I love Black Friday’s and always on the lookout for good deals to get my hands on. This year is no different.

One thing that has changed is the amount of information available in advance in [...]

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