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    DEAD! Nokia Lumia 520 $39.99 Amazon free shipping

    Yeah, the Amazon daily deals go until midnight Pacific.
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    DEAD! Nokia Lumia 520 $39.99 Amazon free shipping

    The deal is almost over, but one thing to note is that AT&T has actually been pretty fast with the WP 8.1 updates for their phones, so the Lumia 520 had its OTA update pushed out a week or two ago, meaning that you get all the cool new features like Cortana. What's also really nice in the update...
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    Nokia Lumia 635 + Fitbit Flex bundle starting at $148.95

    Yeah, the resolution is the weak spot, but Windows Phone does a pretty darn good job of scaling the fonts at that resolution. It looks a little better than you think just looking at the numbers. Still it is a trade off that they had to make to get the price down around $100 while still including...
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    Nokia Lumia 635 + Fitbit Flex bundle starting at $148.95

    Great deal from the Microsoft Store for anyone looking for a good deal on an inexpensive no-contract phone. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Nokia-Lumia-635-%2B-FitBit-Flex-Bundle/productID.305841200 The price depends on the version of the phone. With AT&T, the phone is...
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    OfficeJet Pro 8600 - $99 or less at Staples

    I just got a smoking hot deal on the OfficeJet 8600 Pro multifunction printer at my local Staples in Redmond, WA yesterday. The price on the website is currently $99.99, but they had it marked down in-store to $79.99, plus they had a 20% off in store coupon they were letting me use on it so it...
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    PSA: Amazon Prime going up to $99, lock in lower rate now

    There is a hack for gifting a subscription to yourself: http://lifehacker.com/get-another-year-of-amazon-prime-for-79-even-as-a-cur-1543360940
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    Refurb Google Nexus 7 32GB Android Tablet $100 after 50.00 MIR at Newegg

    I thought the TRIM support in the newer versions Android helped a lot with the lag? My 2013 model has been doing great, so I assumed the older one was helped by the new updates.
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    Turbotax: 10% extra on Federal return for Amazon Gift Card

    This doesn't help me much since I wound up owing $2 this year, which is pretty much winning at taxes because I got it so close to zero on almost $100k of household income.
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    Bioshock Infinite [PC] $9.99

    If anyone has a Playstation 3, Bioshock Infinite is also a free download this month for Playstation Plus. Borderlands 2 is also available now as well, which just about pays for the $50 per year subscription fee.
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    Nokia lumia 521 $80, potentially $70 + tax free shipping

    If you want one that works with AT&T, I'd wait until you see a deal on the Lumia 520 AT&T Go Phone, since it is pretty much the same phone (aside from the 521 being a tad bit taller) and it is already set up for AT&T. The best speed you'll get it 21 Mpbs HSPA+ in either case, though. The 520 on...
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    2012 Nexus 7 $139.90 at Staples

    I thought the issue with the Nexus 7 was lack of TRIM, and once you upgrade to 4.3 and let it do a few overnight TRIM runs while it is charging, the performance gets back to where it should be.
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    Nokia Lumia 521 for $100 on HSN.

    Yes, the map info has to reside on the phone memory, but you can add a microSD card for storing music, photos, and videos, so it's not that big of an issue unless you have a lot of app downloads that need space on the phone storage. The entire US comes out at a little over 2 GB and most other...
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    Nokia Lumia 521 for $100 on HSN.

    Nokia has also just updated HERE Drive to the non-Beta version so for $20 you can upgrade Drive from regional navigation to a global license (since you can download the full country maps to the phone, this gives you free offline turn-by-turn navigation in 95 countries).
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    27" IPS LED 2560x1440 $365 at MonoPrice

    Is there any lag on DisplayPort? A quick search doesn't show anything conclusive. I'm little annoyed because I'm trying to find a cheap, 27" to 30" high-res monitor for my work PC with DP, and I'm not seeing too many options. I'd rather not deal with big, clunky adapters if I can avoid it...
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    30" IPS 2560x1600 Monoprice monitor $597+shipping

    Would it kill them to start putting at least one Display Port on cheap monitors? Seriously. My work laptop has DP out, and I don't want to mess around with a clunky adapter. How much could it add to the price?