Boxwood Storage Tubes – Store your smalls in wooden tubes

I have a storage fetish. I like little metal tins, boxes, pouches, etc. When I saw these Boxwood Storage Tubes in a Lee Valley catalog that came in the mail the other day, I knew I'd be placing a order. These screw top wooden tubes are made in France by a family known for their wood turning skills. They are light weight and come in 2 sizes which are priced at $3.95 – $4.95 each.

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Microsoft Surface Expanding To Major Retailers Soon [Rumor]

Microsoft's Surface RT tablet proved to be a success in terms of hardware and design, but one major setback is its availability. As you know, Microsoft is only the sole seller of the tablet via its own retail stores, which is probably around 20 in the U.S. Detwiler Fenton, a Boston-based brokerage firm says that the lack of distribution is killing the product. “Mixed reviews and a [$499] starting price tag certainly don't help, but lack of retail exposure at Best Buy and others is severely depressing sales,” the firm said.

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Bugatti by Venet is the world's fastest art

Some consider the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport to be a piece of rolling art, while others consider the real masterpiece to be the engineering feats to be what lies underneath. Impressively, French artist Bernar Venet has managed to combine these two notions in one dramatic special edition model: the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Venet. Venet, whose works can be found everywhere from New Zealand to Versailles, confessed that he initially thought it unnecessary to alter what he already considered a work of art. The French painter and sculptor drew inspiration from Bugatti's engineering equations that led to the development of the Veyron.



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ZTE Nubia Z5 Leaked With Full Frontal Shots

There is nothing quite like a leak to get the Internet abuzz with activity, especially when it comes to the world of new hardware. Well, here is the Nubia Z5 from ZTE that has just leaked, no thanks to the ZTE Nubia's PR manager. The shot that is made available is what you see on the right, sporting a full frontal image, where it has been touted to be a high end device to go up against the likes of the HTC Droid DNA (also known as the HTC J Butterfly in Japan), the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 that has done incredibly well despite its size, and the iPhone 5 in the China market.

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Japanese Website For Women Offers Boyfriend Services

All the single ladies, now put your hands up. A new Japanese website offers a different kind of service for women. No, it's not the spa or the salon, it's actually a website where in women can hire a handsome young man to keep her company at night. The website is called Soine-ya Prime, and before you think about prostitution, the website appears to have some strict set of rules that excludes kissing or touching private parts.

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Microsoft Research's CO-GPS Delivers Better GPS With Improved Battery Life

We all know that using a device that has GPS navigational capabilities would drain the battery life of said device at an incredible rate, but sometimes, that is a necessary evil, especially when you are constantly on the road and need to get around in an unfamiliar territory. The reason behind it is this – GPS eats up your battery fast because of the sheer amount of information that it has to receive before computing and processing it, resulting in your location.

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Deal of the Day – 15.6″ HP ENVY 6t-1100 Core i5 Ultrabook with 32GB mSSD and Windows 8

Friday's LogicBUY Deal is the customizable 15.6″ HP ENVY 6t-1100 Ultrabook, starting at $699.99.  Features:. Core i5-3317u 1.7GHz Dual-core4GB RAM500GB Hard Drive and a32GB mSSD15.6″ BrightView 1366 X 768 LED-backlit LCDIntel HD 4000 graphicsHDMI port and USB 3.0 ports802.11n WiFi and BluetoothHD WebcamBeats audio with dual speakers and subwooferFull-size keyboard.
$799.99 – $100 coupon code = $699.99 with free shipping.

This deal expires December 8, 2012 or sooner.

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Dynamic D*Haus Changes Shape Accordingly

Unless you are living in an actual Transformer, chances are the abode where you find shelter and respite from after each grueling day at the office would be largely static, other than the times when you have saved enough to perform a renovation of the entire place. For folks who live in countries with seasonal temperature changes, the way your home stands up to the weather will definitely play a role in the kind of comfort level you experience throughout the year.

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T-Mobile reportedly ending carrier subsidies in 2013

Folks, if you love how you could pick up a relatively inexpensive phone from T-Mobile thanks to the carrier offering a subsidy for the device, come 2013 it looks like that will no longer be happening. According to the folks at Fierce Wireless, they are reporting that T-Mobile will be removing device subsidies from their rate plans starting in 2013. This does not mean that you will have to pay full retail price – well actually you will, but  T-Mobile has structured it in such a way that your upfront payment would basically be the equivalent of a subsidized device, i.e.

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NASA Reveals Amazing ‘Black Marble' Night Images Of Planet Earth

Watching our wonderful planet Earth from afar never looked this good. Behold. You are looking at an unprecedented new look at our planet at night. The scientists at NASA recently published these beautiful cloud-free night images of Earth taken from the new NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite. The images, which forms a composite image, reveals the glow of natural and human-built phenomena across our planet in deeper detail.

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2014 Lexus IS prototype

No one was comparing the IS to the BMW 3 Series, and for Lexus that was a problem. In our review of that car, we wrote that the only other sporty Lexus was the IS, and that our favorite among its rank and file is the IS 250 with the six-speed manual. Specifically, we called it "a spirited little weakling of a car." Down on power but also on weight, it rewarded commitment and skill – it didn't have the gumption to compensate for missed shifts and bad lines, and because it was so easy to get wrong, the momentum carried through right to the smiles when you got it right.










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Ratocsystems outs the REX-WIFISD1, an SDXC Wireless Card Reader

The REX-WIFISD1 from Ratocsystems is a nifty little SD/SDHX and SDXC Card reader that can be use connected to a PC/MAC via USB like any other card reader but that also comes with a 3000mAh battery a wireless capability that will let you access any files stored on a memory card remotely from your PCs and/or any smartphones. Like the idea of a remotely accessible SD card. So what about having the possibility to ALSO access to any USB Flash Drive as well.


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Haggerty profiles Sandy survivors and their classic cars

One of the harsh realities encountered by some in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy is the damage done to their beloved classic cars. Such a story may not make it to CNN, so Hagerty Insurance set about chronicling the efforts by several owners to preserve their classics during the storm. One owner from Staten Island lost a 1977 Ford F-250 Custom pickup. He tried desperately to save his truck, attempting to start it as the waters rose around the vehicle. At one point, he says the water started pouring into the truck. It eventually became impossible to open the doors, and had to crawl out the window.



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Philips Announces New Lightning-compatible Speaker Docks In Time For Holidays

 . Apple's 30-pin dock connector that was made available for every mobile Apple device from the first iPod all the way up to the iPhone 4S has had quite the run. But all good things must come to an end as Apple introduced its Lightning connector with the iPhone 5, and now third-party manufacturers are scrambling to provide accessories for it, which have started to trickle out over the past few weeks.

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Instagram Stops Twitter Cards Support

Instagram, the hipster photo sharing app that is loved by many around the world, has just announced that they will no longer offer support for Twitter cards. What does this mean for the end user. Well, basically, users are now unable to preview Instagram images on Twitter itself. According to Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, he confirmed this bit of news at the Le Web'12 conference in Paris, touting that the move was made in such a manner so as to offer maximum benefit to the company's web profiles which were recently launched. Systrom said, “We think it's a better user experience, currently.

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Lenovo Yoga Review

. Windows 8 is an operating system that's a mix of the old and new: it cobbles together a very forward-facing touchscreen interface with the same old Windows we've loved (in its basic form) since before the internet was a thing. And computer manufacturers  attempting to reconcile these two computing paradigms, have taken to the new OS in one of two ways: some have installed the new operating system on ultrabooks and other established laptop form factors, while others have gone crazy–two screens. Or, screens with hinges! Or, tablets with very well-designed keyboard cases.










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Nokia Lumia 620 announced, looks to be an affordable Windows Phone 8 device

The smartphone market is currently being dominated by both iOS and Android, although we're pretty sure that customers out there might be fed up with either and are looking for an alternative. With Blackberry 10 only available in 2013, it looks like Windows Phone could be an option but adopting a new platform might be a risk not everyone is willing to take, or pay for. Well the good news is that if you were thinking about hopping on board the Windows Phone bandwagon, Nokia has announced the Lumia 620, a phone which the Finnish company is calling their most affordable WP8 handset to date.

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RIM to launch BBM Money in Indonesia, allows the sending of money through BBM

It looks like RIM is hoping to expand the capabilities of its BBM platform beyond mere text messaging, and over in Indonesia the Canadian company has announced that they will be launching BBM Money. In case the name itself wasn't obvious or didn't give away any clues, BBM Money is RIM's expansion of its BBM platform which will now allow BBM users to send other BBM users money, making it a pretty useful and convenient tool to conduct transactions on the go. The money sent to users can then be withdrawn via bank cash machines which sounds like a pretty straightforward solution.

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Add light wherever you need it with this battery-powered LED ceiling fixture

Just as the title says, you can add a pendant lighting fixture wherever you need one without having to pay an electrician to run wiring to that location.  The Battery Powered LED Pendant Light from Solutions installs with the included bolts.  The shade cover and the ceiling cover are both stainless steel with your choice of bronze or nickel finishes; the shade is alabaster frost.  The pendant measures 81x2" high x 7" in diameter, and the drop is adjustable from 18″ to 48″.  It's powered by 3 D-cell batteries, which give you up to 150 hours of light from the 20 LEDs.

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Deal of the Day – Lenovo IdeaCentre Q190 Dual-core small form-factor desktop

Tuesday's LogicBUY Deal is the Lenovo IdeaCentre Q190 1.5GHz Dual-core small form-factor Desktop for $359.  Features:. Intel Celeron 887 1.5GHz Dual-core CPU4GB RAMIntel HD graphics1TB Hard Drive, 8-in-1 card readerWireless-NWindows 8 64-bit OSKeyboard and mouse.
$449.99 – $90 coupon code = $359 with free shipping.

This deal expires December 5, 2012 or sooner.

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British Gas and IMImobile win the Effective Mobile Marketing Award for Best Mobile CRM/Enterprise Messaging Campaign

London, UK, 4th December, 2012 – IMImobile, a leading global specialist provider of mobile data platform and services to telecom operators and enterprises, today announced it has won the Most Effective CRM/Enterprise Messaging Campaign award at the Effective Mobile Marketing Awards. The prestigious awards celebrate the very best in mobile marketing campaigns and solutions from around the world.IMImobile won the award for its work with British Gas.

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Who is Feat. ?

One of the funniest question I've seen.

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SkyDrive.com Cloud Music Player In The Works? [Rumor]

Microsoft might introduce a music player feature into SkyDrive, Microsoft's very own cloud storage and file hosting service. This was first reported by the website LiveSide, who discovered references to the music player feature within the codes of SkyDrive.com, as seen above. “We had been digging around some of the codes in the current version of SkyDrive.com, and noticed references related to a SkyDrive music player,” LiveSide writes. They were also able to extract a resource images of the elusive feature from an internal testing version of the app.

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BMW 3 Series GT caught uncovered filming commercial

While most of the automotive world has been focused on The City of Angels for the LA Auto Show, BMW snuck in an opportunity to shoot its new 2014 3 Series Gran Turismo just a couple miles away from the LA Convention Center, and give us our first undisguised look at the upcoming hatchback. We've seen camouflaged test mules for the 3 Series GT in the past, and while we had expected the car to debut at the Paris Motor Show in September, it now sounds like the car will be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in March.

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Nokia Unveils Cheap 114 Dual-SIM Handset

For some reason, Nokia has discreetly posted a new handset on its website, and it is called the Nokia 114. Perhaps the Finnish phone maker realized that this phone needs no special introduction, as it is basically a simple handset that costs way cheaper than its the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820. But in spite of that, the Nokia 114 has managed to feature dual-SIM capabilities. The Nokia 114 sports a tiny 1.8 inch display with a 160 x 128 resolution. It comes with a Nokia browser, Nokia, Facebook , Twitter, and Windows Live Messenger.

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