From a Brazilian TV show, singing Antonio Carlos Jobim’s ‘The Girl from Ipanema’ … just watch … Yes … THIS Mike Tyson: At this point … I really have no idea what to say anymore. Source: Digital Music News Continue reading on Gear Diary …

I was thrilled when I heard Daniel Craig would be playing Mikael Blomkvist in the upcoming David Fincher version of the Stieg Larsson novel – he seemed better suited to the role than Michael Nyqvist from the original. Whether or not the rest of the cast, the screenplay and the reworked version from Fincher live up to the book and Swedish film remains to be seen. But Fincher returned to a familiar ‘Social Network’ well for the music, having Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross provide the soundtrack – and once again we are getting a teaser release of a few tracks. You can grab them here for the price of your Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Kobo may be small, but they’re scrappy, and clearly not afraid of the Author’s Guild. They don’t have the infrastructure to combat Amazon’s free Prime ebooks, but they are offering a modified program, sort of like the Kobo “Book of the Month” club. You get your choice of 3 books in January, and it sounds like you’ll get a similar choice each month. Kobo provides the promo code, you pick the book, and then it’s happy reading time! Unlike Amazon’s program, Kobo’s is obviously much smaller. If they offer 3 per month, that’s only a 36-book program. However, this is free with a Kobo Touch, instead of a $79 yearly subscription. Plus if this is successful, it very… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Today’s deal brings us the current generation Apple TV for less than we have previously seen it. This generation is 80% smaller than the previous models and comes with a built-in power supply and bundled remote. It has built-in HDMI, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Ethernet connectivity, a built-in IR receiver, Optical Audio and a Micro-USB connector. Yes, it doesn’t have offer any built-in storage so it relies entirely upon streaming but it works great. And with HD movies starting at $3.99 and commercial-free TV shows at just 99¢ per episode you’ll love yours! Oh, and the new Apple TV also streams content from Netflix, YouTube, and Flickr, as well as music, photos and videos. Remember, this is BYOHDMI, bring… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Are you feeling a bit spooked by all the recent stories about how our mobile phones are transmitting our GPS data, who we are talking to, and other possibly sensitive information? Here is one solution that might help: buy a bag that has a wireless security shield.  What that means is that when your phone is placed in the pocket — even if it is turned on and otherwise fully functioning, no data, calls or GPS will be able to come or go. Wireless Security Shield™ In an effort to help provide ultimate security for your Bluetooth enabled Cell Continue reading on Gear Diary …

I have a new favorite jacket, and it’s not only warm, it’s a stunner; say hello to the SCOTTEVEST Lola Puffer jacket. Composed of a quilted 100% nylon shell and stuffed with 100% fluffy polyester, the Lola is soft, extremely warm (without being too heavy), and it cuts the wind on those mind-numbingly chilly days without making you feel sweaty if you are still wearing it after the afternoon warms things up. The Lola comes in three colors – Sparkle (which is a light grey), Rhapsody (a deep blue), and Fluff (a lovely white).All three jackets have a contrasting bright yellow fabric tape with a flashy silver metal zipper and zipper pull running up the middle; bright yellow fabric tape is also at the cuffs.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Today only – there are 69 listings of new release rentals for $0.99 each for the 48 hour rental. The best part of this deal is the terms – although the rentals are 48 hours, you have 30 days to start the movie! Once started it expires in 48 hours. So I grabbed the latest Harry Potter and a few others and figured that somewhere between now and December 31st we could watch them – or lose all of $5. It is a great deal! Head to Amazon.com and check out all of the great movie deals! Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Last week the latest Humble Bundle was launched, and now it has been made MUCH better with the inclusion of the awesome dungeon crawler Dungeons of Dredmor (you can see I have a strong opinion on this one!. Here is the description for Dungeons of Dredmor: Dungeons of Dredmor is a fresh yet faithful take on the “roguelike” genre, featuring deep character customization, turn-based gameplay, and unrelenting difficulty that makes each victory sweeter than the last. Dredmor’s randomly generated levels and huge roster of items, skills, and abilities make for a vastly replayable dungeon-crawling experience. But that isn’t all – you can now also get the source code for some of… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

When it comes to USB drives I tend to be fairly utilitarian – I want something fast, portable, durable, and reliable. The top brand drives all offer that stuff, so what makes you choose one $20 8GB drive over another? Kingston is hoping that their urDrive software embedded in the DataTraveler 109 will offer users a differentiating factor that will be a deciding factor for a purchase. Let’s take a quick look! The Hype: Kingston’s DataTraveler® 109 is a fashionable USB Flash drive available in seven colors that make it fun to connect and share photos, music, videos and more with friends and family. Its small, capless design easily attaches to a… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

  Quirky, the ”socially developed product” manufacturer that allows people with great ideas to submit them and watch their products get made, is trying to garner support for its Facebook page. What better way to do so than to reward all of those who like their page with a $5 gift certificate off Quirky products and a chance to win a $500 gift card? In case you are wondering what types of goodies you can find at Quirky, wonder no more; here are a few… Head over to Quirky’s Facebook page and get… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Last week I wrote about how Indie Royale was launching a pre-order for their next bundle and acknowledging how they had major issues with the last release and were trying to avoid that this time. It worked! Everything went very smoothly when the bundle went live on Tuesday. Now you can grab it for yourself if you wanted to see what was included before ordering! Here are the games: Really Big Sky – available on: windows, desura, steam Runespell: Overture – available on: windows, mac, desura, steam Cthulhu Saves the World – available on: windows, desura, steam Eufloria – available on: windows, desura, steam BONUS: Breath of Death VII – available on Continue reading on Gear Diary …

It has been nearly six months since we heard anything about the upcoming game Neverwinter. Back at E3 we got word that although Cryptic games had been sold off, they had maintained the rights to the game and it was being retooled with a planned Q4-2011 release. Well, while we can safely say it isn’t going to hit that release window, but we do know that rather than the originally planned co-op online RPG, we will be getting a ‘free to play’ MMORPG sometime in late 2012. The game will still be story-centric, and Cryptic has released a new trailer to show off the new direction … but it is just really cool… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Early this year I wrote a snarky article about the Android port of ‘Spectral Souls’, reflecting on my experience with the PSP release to pre-judge the outcome. The folks at Hyperdevbox offered me a copy of the game to review, which I accepted and we had just worked things out and I got my copy of the game and played a short bit before I got my Droid Pro. Sadly the game was a closed copy, so it wouldn’t update and was several versions behind the current release – and worse yet it wouldn’t work on any phone but my original Droid. So I never got to do a full review -… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

One concern I had when the Mac App Store went live was that it meant the end of Mac application bundles. Those bundles, something I had never seen when I used a Windows computer, helped me get some of my favorite OS X apps. Thankfully steals and deals on Mac apps are still happening. Deals like this one day sale. You can grab any or all of these steals in the Mac App store today only. Check them all out here Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Today’s Gear Deal brings us the HP ENVY 17 3D 1080p Quad Core i7 “Sandy Bridge” Laptop. The HP ENVY 17 3D is HP’s first 3D-enabled laptop and comes bundled with 3D Active Shutter Glasses. The price starts at $1,849.99 but our Gear Sponsor found deals that let you take $250 off and an additional $400 off via a coupon code. That brings the price down to just $1,199.99. It ships for free and even comes with a 2-year warranty. Details and ordering can be found here. Gear Deal: $400 Coupon HP ENVY 17 3D 1080p Core i7 Laptop w/3D Glasses via LogicBUY Continue reading on Gear Diary …