Gadgets

T-Mobile Launches ‘Kids Are Free’ Family Plans

As any parent can tell you, kids are actually NOT free. Unless you have at least eight of them, at which point you can get your own TV show or a cool comic book name like Octomom.

For everyone else, kids are expensive to raise. T-Mobile is hoping to appeal to that inevitability with its new Kids Are Free promotion, which allows new …

Nikon Announces Two More Point-and-Shoot Cameras

The S8100 and S80 aren’t as impressive as the P7000 but they each respectively have features worth mentioning.

A 12.1-megapixel backside illumination CMOS sensor (ISO up to 3200), 10x Zoom-NIKKOR ED glass lens, 1080p video recording and 10fps full resolution high-speed shooting make up the majority of the $300 price tag on the …

Want: Nikon Coolpix P7000

The Coolpix P7000 from Nikon is the point-and-shoot camera we’ve all been waiting for. Nikon’s latest flagship compact drops the megapixels in favor of better low light performance and an overall polished package that has us lusting over it.

A 10.1-megapixel CCD sensor (1/1.7”), 7.1x wide angle optical zoom lens (28-200mm …

Eric Schmidt on the Future of Android, Google TV, and More

Google CEO Eric Schmidt took the stage at Berlin’s IFA conference to deliver the show’s closing keynotes. The full video is available here (it’s a little over an hour), and here are some of the highlights.

Augmented Humanity

The idea of “information at your fingertips.” Schmidt gave the example of a tourist using a smartphone to …

App of the Week: Nike+ GPS

Nike’s Nike+ GPS will finally let you untie that monitoring device from your shoe and run free with your iPhone or iPod Touch, the way nature never intended.

The Nike+ App tracks your distance, speed and route with the help of the iPhone’s GPS. (If you get the app for iPod Touch, you won’t have the mapping function.) You can brag …

Samsung Fascinate For Verizon Available 9/9

Samsung’s fourth and final (this year) Android-powered Galaxy S smartphone launches this Thursday on Verizon. It will be available online starting tomorrow and in stores on Thursday for $199.99 after MIR. Look for our review a little later today.

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Paycheck Friday: Purchasing Suggestions For Your Perusal

It’s Friday! Maybe you just got paid. You could use that money for boring stuff like bills, rent, and food, or you could act like a wonderfully impulsive consumer and spend it on any number of products. Here are some ideas to get you started based on your taxable income bracket.

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