Author Archives: MegaZone

About MegaZone

MegaZone is the Editor of Gizmo Lovers and the chief contributor. He's been online since 1989 and active in several generations of 'social media' - mailing lists, USENet groups, web forums, and since 2003, blogging.    MegaZone has a presence on several social platforms: Google+ / Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / LiveJournal / Web.    You can also follow Gizmo Lovers on other sites: Blog / Google+ / Facebook / Twitter.

HP 15.6″ Laptop with AMD E-Series Processor $329.99 at Best Buy

Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2011 by MegaZone

This seems like a decent deal on a ultraportable laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium. It is using AMD’s new E-Series APU – integrated dual-CPU cores running at 1.6GHz & GPU. The GPU is equivalent to Radeon HD 6310 graphics. … Continue reading →

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Woot! 23″ 1080p LED Monitor $154.99 & HP 17.3″ Laptop with Blu-ray $494.99

Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2011 by MegaZone

There are a couple of deals through Woot! today. First up, Sellout.Woot! is clearing out an LG 23″ LED 1080p Monitor for $149.99 + $5 shipping. The monitor supports VGA/D-Sub. DVI-D, and HDMI input, so you could use it as … Continue reading →

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Android Tablets Claimed 30% of the Market Last Quarter

Posted on Friday, July 22, 2011 by MegaZone

In the second quarter of 2010 Apple’s iPad owned 94% of the global tablet market, and Android tablets had just 2.9%. The tablet market was really exclusively iPad. How things can change in a year. For the second quarter of … Continue reading →

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Liliputing Checks Out the HDMI on the Toshiba Thrive

Posted on Friday, July 22, 2011 by MegaZone

One of the major features that sets the Toshiba Thrive apart from other Android tablets is the inclusion of full size ports – such as USB and HDMI. So you can grab any standard HDMI cable to connect the Thrive … Continue reading →

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Gizmo Lovers, Now on Kindle

Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011 by MegaZone

I’m all about giving you, the reader, options when it comes to accessing the content from this site. You have the site itself, of course, as well as the RSS feed, Twitter, Facebook, RSS on LiveJournal, and TiVo-related posts in … Continue reading →

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