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Live Cashback is back up to 30%, and that means great deals all around! One I’ve got my eye on is a Nikon D700 for $2218 shipped after cashback, a huge discount from the $3000 MSRP. If you’re new to Live Cashback, click here to see how it works: How to get 30% off eBay purchases using Live Cashback Click the picture to go the eBay auction and get one before everyone else does (and make sure there are none left for me to buy!) Read Full Story

If you’re the type who considers a trip to the BIOS standard fare for a reboot, and carefully considers the potential vdroop when choosing a motherboard; chances are that you may have heard of Noctua. Designed in Austria, Noctua has carved out an interesting niche - cooling products that strike the elusive balance between cooling power and silence. If you are the type who buys retail box CPU’s because the heatsink is included, perhaps you haven’t. Today we will be looking at their latest NH... Read Full Story

I’ve been sold on Shure earphones since I got the Shure E2c many years ago. In the time since then, I’ve owned several other brands (Sennheiser, Bose) but when it comes to in-ear monitors, Shure has it figured out. I bought the SE210’s in July 2007, before heading onto a plane bound for South Africa. The included cord did not fit into the headphone jack of the first generation Apple iPhone, which I had intended to use them with, so I used a small knife to shave the plug down so it would fit... Read Full Story

The current eBay Live Cashback percentage is: 25% Bookmark this page to check back in the future - it is automatically updated. If the percentage reads 0, then cashback is temporarily disabled. Read Full Story

When it comes to protecting phones and other gadgets, I’m a big fan of skins. They’re thin enough to be completely unobtrusive but still provide protection from scratches and minor dings. With my original iPhone, I used an InCase slider - a hard plastic “shell” case that fit snugly and did an excellent job protecting my phone. I liked the hard plastic because it didn’t have the “grab” that rubbers cases do when removing it from your pocket. Now that the iPhone 3G is out, I need to find... Read Full Story

Since getting the iPhone 3G, I’ve had a chance to try quite a few skins. If you want protection for your shiny new phone without the bulk of a case, a full body skin is just about the only way to go. Even though Apple eschewed the super-scratchable aluminum back for a less silver plastic back, it still scratches awfully easily. With the relative cost of a skin vs. the total phone cost, its almost a must. So, I tried quite a few, and here are my observations. The contenders: BestSkinsEver... Read Full Story

Its too early to tell now, but it looks like the wonderful eBay/Microsoft Live Cashback is done for. As of July 31st, 2008, Live.com is no longer offering eBay cashback in any amount. Its a sad day, but nobody can say that it wasn’t long in the making. This must have been costing them a fortune. I’ll update this if it comes back up, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Read Full Story

{ July 9th, 2008 } Microsoft and eBay have partnered together to give some pretty huge discounts on eBay purchases. To take advantage of this, its pretty simple: Find an item you want to buy. Make sure that it is using the “Buy It Now” option, not bids. Once you’ve found it, its very easy. Just go to Live.com and type in a simplified version if what you’re looking for. If you want Nike Air Max shoes, type “nike trainer” into live. You’ll see an image like this at the top of your results... Read Full Story

{ June 30th, 2008 } The release of Nikon’s new full frame (FX Format) D700 will probably come as no surprise to folks who have been keeping tabs on the latest rumors, but if you’ve been living in a cave or something; here’s the skinny. It is packing a 12.1 megapixel full-frame sensor, with the same sensor cleaning that the D300 employs. It supports ISO 100 to ISO 25600 in boost modes, with 200 to 6400 naively. Features a DX mode like the D3 that automatically crops to 5.1mp images when... Read Full Story

{ June 24th, 2008 } This will be replaced with a review when it arrives, but I figured I’d share my little bit of joy after searching out a good deal for quite a while. I used a combination of eBay’s 10% off (up to $100) coupon and Microsoft Live’s Cashback (I got 20%, up to $250) on a brand new in box Nikon D300, listed at $1500. With the 10% coupon, I was down to $1400, which was the price I paid out the door. However, I also got the max cashback ($250) bringing my price paid down... Read Full Story