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Looking to save some coin on your tech purchases? Of course you are! In this round-up, we’ll run down a list of the freshest frugal buys, hand-picked with the help of the folks at Slickdeals. You’ll want to act fast, though, as many of these offerings won’t stick around long.

Now that the NFL season is in full swing, a new HDTV could make weekend spectating a bit more enjoyable. In today’s round of tech deals, a 60-inch Panasonic plasma display tops the list with a handsome $200 discount in tow. If you’re not looking to invest quite that much, there are four other offers that will gladly accept your eager mouse clicks. Head on past the break to view ’em all, but be mindful of those coupon codes and rebate forms.

Continue reading Slickdeals’ best in tech for October 3rd: 60-inch Panasonic Viera Plasma HDTV and more

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Slickdeals’ best in tech for October 3rd: 60-inch Panasonic Viera Plasma HDTV and more originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Let’s face it: many free WiFi hotspots are tacked on as bullet point items to get customers into a shop or hotel, without much concern for quality high enough that it keeps visitors coming back. Wicoms is hoping that a strategy to offer free Skype WiFi in Ireland and the UK will reverse that neglect. Instead of leaving stores to go through carrier partnerships or devise their own solutions, the partnership has stores pick up a £49 Wicoms router and commit to either a £10 ($16) monthly rate or prepaid brackets of £49 ($79) for six months and £95 ($153) for a year. The aim isn’t just to provide a more consistent level of performance — the Skype deal also provides a ready-made sign-in process, whether or not visitors have Skype accounts, as well as someone to turn to for help. While temptations exist to go with earlier alternatives, Skype and Wicoms are giving away the router during October to help sweeten the pot, even for those outlets that drop the Skype WiFi solution later on. Let’s hope the hotspots work well enough on the public-facing side; we could all use a few more shelters from low data caps and oversaturated access points.

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Free Skype WiFi hits Ireland and the UK through Wicoms, steps up the quality of public hotspots originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Networking kingpin Cisco announced on Wednesday that it had acquired ThinkSmart Technologies, a company that analyzes location data by using WiFi technology. ThinkSmart’s tech reviews a network’s infrastructure by evaluating the movement of its users, traffic patterns and hours of operation. The firm then uses these analytics to help companies optimize network and staffing configurations for business operations — a long way of saying that it’s smart enough to tell a company how to better manage information flows through a network. The terms of this deal have yet to be released, but Cisco seems to think this was a smart pick up.

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Cisco acquires WiFi data firm ThinkSmart Technologies originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looking to save some coin on your tech purchases? Of course you are! In this round-up, we’ll run down a list of the freshest frugal buys, hand-picked with the help of the folks at Slickdeals. You’ll want to act fast, though, as many of these offerings won’t stick around long.

Everyone loves to save some hard-earned cash when it comes to those tech spending sprees. In today’s batch of discounted tech links, Slickdeals offers up a bit of a gadget sampler. There’s a duo of keyboards, a wireless router, a VoIP phone system and a gigabit networking switch that are ready to get cozy at your place if you’re in the market. Don’t sweat the rebates this time around, though, as all of these links come with coupon codes. Head on past the break to see the full list.

Continue reading Slickdeals’ best in tech for September 19th: an ASUS wireless router, keyboards and more

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Slickdeals’ best in tech for September 19th: an ASUS wireless router, keyboards and more originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Amped Wireless has a single-minded purpose of eliminating blackspots in your WiFi coverage with a range of routers, adapters and repeaters to pump out 600mW of internet where you need it most. Now that it’s done adding dual-band technology to its lineup of products, it’s busting out a similarly-equipped access point that promises to add a further 7,500 square feet of coverage to your home. Capable of automatically setting itself up on your home (or office) network, it’s packing the same USB port for storage that its recently revamped brothers have seen. It’ll be available at the end of September for $170, and you can find a high-powered collection of words and punctuation arranged in the form of a press release included after the break.

Continue reading Amped Wireless adds a dual-band access point to its range of super-strength networking gear

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Amped Wireless adds a dual-band access point to its range of super-strength networking gear originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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