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Iconoculture: From frozen meats to breakfast cereal, cost-conscious shoppers are bidding on heavily discounted items at grocery auctions, with average savings of between 50-90%.

Sprouting up at auction halls across the country, the gatherings put leftover and slightly damaged groceries on the auction block. Arriving from supermarkets, distribution centers and restaurant suppliers, the goods might otherwise have found their way into salvage stores or food banks.

While the items may be dinged up or close to expiration, everything is hawked as perfectly edible, and guaranteed with a full refund.

The combination of the recession and rising food costs has consumers opening up to new and often creative ways of saving on basic staples like food.

Groceries are going once, going twice — sold! [Iconoculture]

We’ll be perfectly honest with you — the Atom-powered RipNAS definitely caught our interest when it launched with practically no major competitors back in February. Now, the RipNAS family has grown by two with the introduction of the Statement SSD and Statement HDD. We’re told that the former is the world’s first SSD-based CD ripping NAS device, and we’ve absolutely no reason to believe otherwise. The totally silent, all-silver box is based on the Windows Home Server OS and handles a cornucopia of tasks: CD ripping, media streaming and networked file storage. Internal specifications include a dual-core Atom CPU, 2GB of RAM and four USB 2.0 ports. The Statement SSD arrives in a 500GB configuration (2 x 250GB SSDs), while the Statement HDD holds 3TB by way of two 1.5TB drives; mum’s the word on pricing, but don’t bank on ’em being cheap.

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Storage

RipNAS Statement: world’s first SSD-based CD ripping NAS device originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 May 2009 16:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After an unbearably long wait, Tonium’s 60GB Pacemaker is finally on sale here in the US of A. Hailed as the planet’s first “pocket-sized DJ system,” this 60GB portable media player boasts two “turntables” and a “mixer” — all within a unit that easily fits within most medium- to large-sized palms. As expected, users have access to two independent audio channels and can beatmatch with the press of a button. If you’re interested in living out your dreams of being a mix master in the late 80s, you can have one shipped out right away from Amazon in exchange for $499.99. And no, we won’t tell your kids. The full release is just past the break.

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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Handhelds

Tonium’s 60GB Pacemaker pocket DJ now on sale in US originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 May 2009 14:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re beginning to wonder if we’ll ever see RIM’s BlackBerry Curve 8900 hit the AT&T airwaves, but considering just how long it takes for a phone to navigate through the carrier’s absurdly long certification process, we’ll chalk this one up to technical delays. After spotting the so-called Javelin in AT&T attire way back in November of last year, Boy Genius Report now has it on authority that the handset will finally debut next month. Unfortunately for those hoping for a little bonus in exchange for their patience, it’s said to be “a mirror” of the T-Mobile version outside of the bundled Bold themes. Pricing details are still under wraps, but if you’ve waited this long, do the dollars really matter?

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RIM’s BlackBerry Curve 8900 hitting AT&T next month? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 May 2009 10:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on February 09, 2009 by CyberNet.

It’s definitely about time that we post a new poll. For our last poll, we asked you to tell us about your monitor(s). A monitor is one of those essential things that we as computer users couldn’t live without. We’ll get into the results of what kinds of monitors you guys are using, but first we’ll introduce our new poll.

With the Windows 7 Beta currently available for download, we thought we’d ask you whether or not you’ve downloaded it. Windows 7 is essentially Microsoft’s second shot at getting Vista right with performance improvements and new features. The beta has been available, unofficially since late December (08′) and officially since January (09′).

Before you vote, if you want to get your hands on the beta, remember to do it before February 10th. That’s when Microsoft will no longer make it available to the public.

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New Poll: Have you downloaded the Windows 7 Beta?

Options:

• Yes, I’ve downloaded it but haven’t installed it
• Yes, I’ve downloaded and installed it
• No, I haven’t downloaded it yet, but need to
• No I don’t intend to download it

You may vote below if you have Flash enabled, or vote in the side-bar to your right.

Previous Poll Wrap-Up

In our previous poll where we asked you to tell us about your monitor, we found that:

• The majority of you use an LCD Monitor
• Most of you use only 1 monitor (compared to a dual monitor set-up)
• The majority of you are using a monitor that’s 19 or 20 inches in size

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