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If you had always problems with opening wine bottles because of either bad corks or simply wrong turning, Oster 4207 Electric Wine Opener is the tool to rescue you. This gadget easily opens up to 30 bottles fully charged with the touch of a button and includes a foil cutter to remove seals.

A top rated and best selling Wine accessory at Amazon shop.

Available at $18

Apple MacBooks are known for their superb confluence of affordability, innovation, and powerful computing. Now, this latest iteration of the MacBook line (model Apple MacBook MB403LL/A) gets a boost of speed from Intel’s latest 45-nanometer Penryn series processors, which also helps to reduce power requirements and save on battery life. You’ll enjoy quick and nimble multitasking thanks to the 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, and this MacBook also features a 160 GB hard drive and 2 GB of installed RAM (which can be upgraded to 4 GB).

Quiet, fast, no system hangups, pretty stylish, lightweight choice for Apple fans.

Here is a detailed experienced customer view on Apple MacBook MB403LL/A 13.3-inch Laptop (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive) White

What is there to say? The last Mac I owned was in 1989, it was an Apple II+ (I kid you not). Since then, it’s been PC after PC for me, until now. In March 2008, I needed a new laptop, and I purchased the Black MacBook. So far, I am a seriously happy camper. A few tweaks to make sure I could use my favorite Windows programs (ie also installing Windows XP via VMware Fusion) and I’m very content.

PROS:
* Mac OS X is intuitive, user friendly, and easy to understand. I am a big fan, and I’ve only had this laptop for 3 months. The more I use it, the more I like it.
* The screen is stunningly beautiful. It is the clearest, brightest, easiest screen to read I’ve ever had. Set it next to any PC laptop, and there is no comparison.
* The “MagSafe” magnetic power connector is perfect. I’ve never knocked the MacBook off of a table, even though I’ve pulled the cord out many times.
* I didn’t have to leave behind my killer Windows XP programs! I installed VMware Fusion, and now boot Windows XP right from within Mac OS X. Very VERY nice and handy. My only suggestion is to bump the RAM to 4GB before installing VMware Fusion. Works stunningly well.
* Battery life (and power management) are stunningly good. I get a legit 3-4 hours of battery life out of this laptop, compared to 1-2 hours out of all of my old PC laptops.
* User friendly software built in such as iMovie. My wife needed a DVD created for work. An hour later, I had a DVD with menu system, her photos, music, etc. Everybody loved it.
* User friendly System Preferences and settings in the Apple menu. Much better than Start –> Settings –> Control Panel in Windows. Just a better design and more user friendly access to settings.
* GEEKY: The fan does not vent on the bottom! So your legs aren’t blocking it and feeling warm fan air. Instead the fan vents up the front of the screen. Very VERY smart, and I rarely hear it running.
* GEEKY: Programs install as one .app file. Sure there are settings hiding in various places, but Mac programs usually involve one BIG .app file.
* GEEKY: Better flash drive integration. This is similar to Linux (and obviously UNIX), drives are mounted and dismounted. No two or three clicks to “safely remove hardware” like in Windows. You just “eject” a flash drive (or CD or other drive) and remove it… as it should be.
* GEEKY: Encrypted disk images. You can use built in software to create password protected “Disk Images”. These can easily be mounted and unmounted, protecting sensitive files.
* GEEKY: Terminal, Automation, the Dock, and Finder. Well made robust tools that allow my “inner geek” to customize and do whatever they want.

CONS:
* No card reader built in? This is a VERY stupid idea on Apple’s part. Almost every PC laptop now comes with a built in card reader. MacBooks should also.
* Only two USB slots. Would be nice to have 3 or 4. Not the end of the world, but could be improved.
* Cost. Mac people always tell me about TCO “Total Cost Of Ownership” and the like when justifying the higher cost. Fact is, the MacBook DOES cost more. Don’t let anybody tell you it doesn’t. But the more I use it, the more I think the extra cost is worth it and the less the cost bothers me. “You get what you pay for” is what obviously comes to mind. For lack of a better term, it’s an elegant machine.
* That’s about it. Seriously, there aren’t really any other major problems with this laptop.

Apple MacBook MB403LL/A 13.3-inch Laptop (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive) White

Nowadays, everyone talks about InvisibleShield for the new iPhone 3G. It is an impressive product, an exceptionally clear and indestructible film produced with nano-memory technology. It will protect iPhone 3G from any scratches. ZAGG’s invisibleSHIELD™. This advanced technology is also used in military to protect high speed helicopter blades from dust, dirt and debris.

It is currently the most durable and toughest protection you can find. 0.2 milimeter thickness is also another great feature which clearly explains why it is so popular. InvisibleShield is sold with lifetime quality guarantee including free replacements.

Protect your iPhone 3G from Scratches – Get the invisibleSHIELD.

Have you ever wanted to read your favorite book freely at night without disturbing the person near you with the light source? I have found the greatest reading gadgets to solve this problem. LightWedge Paperback and LightWedge Mini.

A lighted, distortion-free acrylic lens extends across the book page and emits all the brightness directly onto the book page, reducing shadows and glare. Since the light is emitted directly onto the page, there’s no excess reflection to disturb others nearby.

The LightWedge Paperback is thin and lightweight and easily slips into a backpack, tote bag, or briefcase. Also, when not in use, it is useful as a convenient bookmark stored between a book’s pages. The bright LEDs that illuminate the LightWedge Paperback have two brightness levels and a lifetime warranty. The light can run for 40 hours on four AAA batteries.

The other one is a Mini Booklight version in a smaller and more convenient size for more mobile purposes and reading maps, menus, manuals and other materials in the dark.

Simply do not leave your well-money invested notebook to overheating. After some time, you will see instabilities and at the worst situations your gadget will not have long lifespan. Antec Notebook Cooler is currently one of the best USB-powered coolers not needing batteries or power adapter.

It has two modes, so you can have it low when just surfing the net and then high when playing high level graphic games or movies.
No more heat, no more shut downs, and no more lost data. It is currently sold with nice discount at Amazon.com

Acer makes great monitors, this is a simple fact and Acer 22″ LCD Monitor is not an exception. Excellent product, great image quality, no problem at all with its 1680×1050 native resolution, Windows XP will pick it automatically without a problem.

These monitor is also famous for its “No dead pixels” rates and excellent choice for gamers with its blazing fast 5ms (millisecond) response time. It would be very desirable that the monitor base had tilting capability but anyway I still give it 5 stars.

Great value for the money. Don’t miss 30% discount at Amazon.

Perfect for students, teachers and any other professionals who want to keep their notes digitally and reach later easily.

If you have trouble keeping all your paper notes in order or lose them, you will love this product.

SolidTek DM-L2 DigiMemo Digital Notepad can digitally capture what you write and draw on the surface with no special paper or computer. The Digital Notepad remembers the strokes that you draw and when you are done, you simply plug the Notepad into your computer via USB and upload your
notes. Then you will have both a digital and a paper copy. The included DigiMemo Manager software lets you easily view, edit, and organize your digital pages in Windows. The digital pages can be saved as BMP, JPG,
GIF, or PNG formats. You can then easily share your digital pages with others, or highlight, annotate, and edit them.

Are you tired of dealing with lots of computer programs for different but similar media operations including music and video editing, converting, recording and surely playing, adding effects etc? Blaze Media Pro is a powerhouse all-in-one media management solution working as a player, editor, converter, recorder, and much more for both videos and music files. Other advanced features include audio and data CD/DVD recording, video capture, video creation/combining/extraction, video editing, batch video processing, media management, audio merge, audio recognition, lyrics search, and more.

I will review the features in several categories.

Video converter abilities : You can play, edit, convert, add effects for the most popular video formats including AVI, MPG, WMV, MOV, and the other ones. There are lots of cool filters and effects. Video cutting, merging, capturing is so easy. I can easily call this software as a full video management studio.

Audio converter abilities: Audio editing, conversions (CD, MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, MPEG-4, AIFF, M4A, AAC, AC3, FLAC), CD ripper whatever you work with, this program can perform almost any type of conversion.

Blaze Media Pro also offers an easy-to-use feature for extracting (ripping) video and/or audio content from DVDs. You can easily rip DVD to AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2 etc. It works smoothly as a dvd ripper.

You can download the trial version software from the website of the company and use freely for 15 days to determine if it suits your needs. I can clearly say that it is one of the best programs in this market. The interface is really easy and well designed. Highly recommended tool for those interested in converting all media files, recording or burning. It has lots of features, the selling price is cheap and achieves the same level quality of expensive programs.

This mind streching and stimulating strategy board game introduced in 2005 and won over 11 awards including the very prestigious ones. DaVinci Challenge Game is an ancient game of secret symbols which only takes minutes to learn but it can take a lifetime to master.

• The pattern of circles on the game board forms the ancient Flower of Life
• The same symbol was inscribed on the Pyramid walls by the Egyptians and studied by Leonardo Da Vinci
• Players place shapes on the board to reveal mysterious patterns
• 2-player strategy game or 4-player team challenge