Recent content by NiNe

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    [LONG DEAD] Diablo III Pre-order $49.99 & FS @ Newegg

    I just used the code and ordered D3 about 30 minutes ago.
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    Western Digital 3TB My Book Essential USB 3.0 External Hard Drive $129.99 Shipped

    Link? BTW, the product under discussion is the Essentials. Maybe you meant one of the other cryptic WD product lines (which appear to still be waiting for the 3TB models to be released). --edit-- Oh, wait. Maybe you meant the "Elements" drive. Again, cryptic names that are hard to keep...
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    $10 Dragon Naturally Speaking version 10 YMMV

    My experience with DNS 10 & 11 is mixed on Windows 7. Seems to work great on XP but on Windows 7, I had better luck using Windows' built-in accessibility features for speech recognition. One area DNS consistently had problems was with flash-based websites or places like facebook. I don't...
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    DEAD: $500 off any laptop $1399 and up at HP--

    Tried it with a 17" Envy but it wouldn't work. I guess it's not "any" laptop?
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    Wu-Brand Wii Remote and Nunchuk BOTH $22 SHIPPED

    From what I can tell, the motion plus just makes all your motions register more accurately. IOW, it benefits everything. The difference seems obvious to me even just navigating around the main menu. Honestly, I'd like a Wiimote with motion plus built-in so I don't need to adapter because none...
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    WD 1.5TB external HD $99

    Seagate 1.5TB drives were horrible when they came out. To my knowledge, everything has been fixed with firmware updates. I bought one on that basis and found that my drive was one of the newer (fixed) ones that didn't need an update at all. It's been heavily used in a Media PC for a few...
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    Microsoft\AMD tour

    Thanks for the info and links. I enjoyed the last AMD /MS tour. Regardless of the value of any bundles or kitsch, I always find I learn a thing or two.
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    Sennheiser Street MX55V & HD 205*refurb

    I love asymmetrical cords. Can't understand why people don't like them (unless they try to wear the cord under their chin instead of behind their neck). Asymmetrical cords: 1) soak up cord vibration by resting on your neck 2) lessen the pull on the plugs by resting the weight of the cord...
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    CREE Q5 5-MODE FLASHLITE $22 <free ship>

    FYI, it uses a lithium ion 18650 battery, so you'll need to buy that as well. Ultrafire's a decent. For this price, it looks like a good deal (if you want to use the exotic battery type). You can compare Ultrafires on dealextreme. Candlepowerforums is a great place to get info on specific...
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    Pioneer VSX-919AH-K

    I ordered 3 days too early. :-(
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    Buy any backpack get 100% on Staples rewards

    Yes, except this reward won't go out until October according to the "sneak peek" on their website.
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    Dell M109S Pocket LED Projector $299 + tax shipped

    Perception of brightness is logarithmic, so 10x more lumens would make an image appear about 2x as bright. You can check out a video here: M109S Review on Gearlog In real-world terms, you can expect to get about a 15" image in a brightly lit room with sunlight and about a 40" image in a...
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    Newegg: 10% off select video cards (no longer ALL video cards)

    Um, looking at that link, it looks like the reason you're seeing a drop in performance at 512MB is because the 512MB card is a 4830 vs. the 1GB 4870. I know it's a CF vs. single card, but still not apples-to-apples.
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    Comp-U-Plus Email Specials - believe it is true

    Joined today, created a spammer-like id, made one post with a referrer id. Hmmmm.... moderators?
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    Unbrick your PSPwith a Pandora Battery.

    A pandora battery (and a jigstick-configured memory stick pro duo) will boot a PSP into service mode, even if it's "bricked." Most bricked PSPs can thus be restored. However, a PSP unbricked in this fashion will be missing some custom IPL info or something so it won't play UMDs anymore and a...