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American Red Cross FR500 Digital Emergency Radio

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

If you are looking for a very versatile emergency radio with a digital display, take a close look at the American Red Cross FR500 SolarLink. This radio can be powered through a small solar array in the carrying handle, by using the hand-crank dynamo to charge the on-board nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH) batteries, by plugging it in using an optional AC adapter or by using three AA batteries.
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American Red Cross FR150 Solar & Self-Powered Emergency Radio

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

While there are several low cost emergency radios on the market, very few compare to the American Red Cross FR150. This emergency radio has everything you need when a natural disaster or emergency situation arises.
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Flip Video Mino Compact Camcorder

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

If you are looking for an inexpensive device to capture videos for a web site, you might want to consider the Flip Video Mino Series compact camcorder from Pure Digital. This is a pocket-sized camcorder with on-board memory that stored about 1 hour of video.
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Netflix Movie Player by Roku

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Roku recently introduced the Netflix Player, a compact device that will play any of the Watch Instantly streaming download movies available from Netflix. At the time of this writing, Netflix offers 12,000 movie and television titles for instant download. The best part is that you only need a basic Netflix membership in order to view all of the Watch Instantly movies that you want to watch.
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Convert Vinyl LPs into MP3s and CDs

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

It’s time to take that extensive collection of collector LPs out of the basement and convert them into MP3 sound files that an be burned to CDs or played on your home computer or iPod. Convert those old vinyl LP records into MP3s using the Ion® LP-Ripping Turntable with USB Output. The Ion Turntable connects to a PC or Macintosh. It digitizes the old analog tunes and converts them to an MP3 format.
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