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Sheesh. Looks like David "Mr. LA Galaxy" Beckham got a little gift from his England teammates for reaching his 100th cap as an English football (excuse me, soccer) player. He was gifted with a one of kind gilded 32Gb iPod Touch. It even has a ceremonial engraving on it. It is reported that the gold iPod Touch set the England team back £600 ($1,188).


Why can't us normal folk get hooked up with one of those, huh?

> Story courtesy of Engadget <

Circuitcity has the Samsung SC-DC173U MiniDVD Camcorder for $230 after $70 instant savings and is also shipped free. I recommend reading the reviews of this one. There are some big pros and cons after I briefly scanned through them.

• MiniDVD format
• 34x optical zoom
• 2.7" wide LCD
• SD/MMC memory slot
• Image stabilization
• 16:9 widescreen recording

Here's a neat little deal from Tigerdirect. It's a 4Gb PNY flash disk for only $14.99 plus $7.49 in shipping. I can't really vouch for PNY but their products I've come across have performed quite well. On the plus side, this is 4Gb of storage. That's huge!

These things are getting so darn cheap nowadays. My mouth is watering for a 250 Gb WD portable hard drive. My friend Emi got one over the weekend and Best Buy had it in White! Ok, that has nothing to do with this deal! :)

PNY 4GB Attache USB Flash Drive
Tigerdirect Price $14.99, $7.49 shipping

The Apple Outlet store on it's website got a serious restocking today. Some of the refurbished on sale are steals!

MacBook 13.3 Core 2.2Ghz Duo 2Ghz 1GB/120GB Superdrive $999 shipped free
MacBook Pro 15in Core 2 Duo 2.20Ghz 2GB/120GB Superdrive $1449 free shipping
MacBook Pro 17in Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 2GB/160GB Superdrive Nvidia 8600M $2149 free shipping

iMac (current Generation) 20in Core 2 Duo 2Ghz 1GB/250GB Superdrive $999 shipped free
iMac (current Generation) 24in Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 1GB/320GB Superdrive $1499 shipped free

Mac Mini 1.5Ghz Core Duo 1.66GHz $649 free shipping

Mac Pro 2 x Quad 2.66GHz Intel Xeon 1GB/250GB Superdrive $1999.99 free shipping

All Units bought include Apple's 1 year warranty. Items are removed from the page, when they sell out! If you're looking for a new Mac then there are some really good deals on there. You better get there quick because it's going to run out! There are also big "Limited Time Offer" signs and that doesn't come easy for Apple.

Hey folks! I hope none of you have been seriously had today! I feel for a joke one of my professors pulled on the whole class, but besides that I've been left alone. Here's an April Fool's joke that stirred things up a little bit. Haha.

There have been quite a few April fools jokes. The biggest one today was when the iPhone Dev Team sold out and ceased working on the long awaited Pwnage tool that is going to set iPhones free all around the world. PSYCH! A lot of people definitely held their breath on that one! Phew.

Well here's to April Fools Day!

Michael Dell could be a genius if he developed this. Haha.

Evisu online is having a 50% off sale on select men's, women's and kid's clothes and accessories. Evisu is Japan's premier high end clothing chain that has become famous in the United States after being adopted by several rappers. Some of the jeans go for $350. If you snag a pair you like for half price, then heck yea!

AT&T recently started selling refurbished iPhones at select stores for $250 for an 8Gb model. That's a jaw dropping price considering it sells for $400. Some of you may have heard the horror stories of how AT&T are making consumers jump through hoops in order to buy an refurbished iPhone. Background checks are often CIA grade, leaving consumer frustrated enough to forget about buying the iPhone.

Now, AT&T have extended selling refurbished iPhones on their website. I'm guessing it won't get any easier buying these things. There is also a rule that individuals buying the refurbished iPhone will need to activate their contract then and there (online), instead of the usual iTunes activation. AT&T and Apple are reeling after the number of unlocked iPhones have spiked since it was released last summer. They are not helping themselves by making consumers jump through hoops like this. Well done Steve, you really like shooting yourself in the foot.

If you are lucky enough to get your hands on a refurbished iPhone, what can I tell you? It's one hell of a deal. Stick to Steve and go unlock your iPhone :). Maybe then he'll realize that an unlocked iPhone is really a smarter way to go.

Apple iPhone 8Gb (refurbished)

AT&T Price $249.99, free shipping

Here's a little article I ran across that I thought I'd share. Amazon, for a while now, has had this neat little promotion where a shopper gets basic shipping ("super saver shipping") free if an order is $25 or over. Sometimes, you want to an item and to your dismay it only added up to $24.99. If you could add a penny, you could save from having to pay $5-$15 in shipping.


Now, there are three ways to fill that gap. Sites are cropping up to help Amazon shoppers get the best "fillers". Fillers are cheap, inexpensive items, which are relatively useful. Some have included stationary, empty recordable media and so forth.

1. Add the secret code
After you search on Amazon for what you want, add &emi=ATVPDKIKX0DER to the end to find an item that gets you Super Saver Shipping.

2. FillerItem
Put the amount you need to spend to reach SSS in the box and select the categories to search within.

3. FreebieVille
A list of fillers from $1-$5.

Who knows, the filler item could be way cooler than the item were you originally planning to buy on Amazon!

> Story courtesy of Consumerist <

This is a pretty tasteless marketing gimmick by Microsoft Japan to amp up Vista SP1 which is being rolled out around the world. Someone needs to body check the PR Dept at Microsoft Japan for coming out with toilet paper outlining Vista's SP1 features.

The puns from this marketing gimmick is endless with many users shunning Microsoft latest operating system. It looks like Microsoft is cutting it's losses and have set a 2010 release date for it's newest operating system, currently dubbed "Windows 7".

Personally, I downgraded from Vista to XP and I was running it on boot camp! Vista often sent my MacBook screeching to a halt. I'm guessing OS X Leopard enthusiasts are going to be the ones buying the most "Vista Toiletpapers" so they can laugh at Microsoft while "rubbing" it in at the same time.

> Original Story courtesy of Engadget <