In conjunction with two other sites, John Obeto is giving away an HP dx9000 TouchSmart PC over at AbsolutelyWindows. What do you have to do to get your mitts on this ~$1400 piece of kit?

Design a new business application utilizing the multi-touch functionality in the HP dx9000 TouchSmart Business PC.

Period.

In the following few days, [he] will reveal the extent of what exactly you need to do to win this unit.

More importantly, the winner will get an immense amount of free publicity around the new application.

All right you developer types! Get busy … and keep your eye on Absolutely Windows for more details.

The AT&T Navigator app is a great way to bring voice navigation to your iPhone (or other supported devices). The app is fast, accurate and, thanks to a recent update, you can listen to music while using the app and have the music fade when new directions are being given.

Telenav, the developers of the app, offered three one year subscriptions to the service. We are grateful to them for the opportunity to share these three subscriptions with some of our readers. And the three winners are…

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We recently reviewed a number of the cases in Speck’s current case line-up. We were pretty impressed as all offer nice style and protection.

Speck has been kind enough to supply us with a number of their cases. Their one request … “Find them each a good home.”

So that’s what we are going to do. Which cases need a good home, and how can you enter to win one? Read on to find out.

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The AT&T Navigator GPS app on my iPhone, that I have been using thanks to the good folks at Telenav, saved me yet again today when I had to make a last minute stop at someone’s home in a part of town with which I am not familiar. I’m loving the service… and you can too.

Our huge AT&T Navigator giveaway ends tomorrow night, and three lucky readers will get a full year of service compliments of Telenav.

To enter just leave a comment over ON THE ORIGINAL POST.

I actually hesitated to post about this sweepstakes, because it’s a bit more girly than any we’ve done. But heck; if we can offer a trip to the NBA All-Star game (which one of our readers actually won!!), then we can certainly offer something which will appeal to our female readers – or to our male readers who want to really surprise a special woman.

Here’s the deal: Maghound, the magazine subscription service that I wrote about trying and am currently thoroughly enjoying, is sponsoring a sweepstakes. The Grand Prize is round trip airfare for two to NYC, hotel accommodations for three days and two nights, a makeover for the winner, and a $1500 shopping spree with a People StyleWatch Editor.

You’ve probably got better than usual odds for wining, because the sweeps will be exclusively promoted by the bloggers who participated in the recently concluded Maghound subscription giveaway.

Can you think of a woman that would enjoy a gift like this for Christmas? Yeah…I thought so.

Read on to see how YOU can either treat yourself to an amazing time, or be a total hero to someone special this year.

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I’m still trying to figure out how I’ll best be served by Google Wave; right now it seems like a huge disorganized chatroom. If you haven’t yet had a chance to get in on the action, and you want to know what all the web-hoopla is about, I have 18 invites to share. Want in? Leave a comment and I’ll give invites to the first 18 who reply. If you have some extra invites that you’d like to share, you are welcome to do so as well.

Update: Dan has 15 spare invites; once mine are gone, we can keep on giving!

Update: We are out of invites at the moment, but if we score some more, we will share!

After some initial issues with one iPhone GPS app I have been using AT&T Navigator and finding it quite useful. It is fast, accurate and the redirecting process works well to help avoid traffic issues. The one downside of the app is that it requires an active data connection. Living where I do, however, it has not been much of an issue. Yes, the service requires an ongoing monthly fee of $9.99 but it also means that I always have the most current maps. Not a bad trade-off.

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Just when I thought they’d outdone themselves Case-Mate has done it again.

Case-Mate has just announced their iPhone Recession Case Photo Contest.

At just $0.99 our Recession Case for iPhone has been a hot seller. Following on its huge success we are holding the Recession Case Photo Contest. All you have to do is add your own artistic twist to the case, take a picture and upload it. The picture with the most votes receives the Grand Prize: a super sweet 1982 Suzuki FA50 moped and runner’s up get a shopping spree in the Case-mate store. We’re not sure you’re gonna want to ride it, but it’s sure to impress your friends or a date sitting in your living room.

And remember, if you don’t have, or can’t afford your own Recession Case you can download the template I posted about ealier and make your own.

What a sweet prize!  So head to the contest web site to submit your picture and get in on the action.

Three great iPhone accessories that have been reviewed here on Gear Diary in recent weeks are the Agent 18 SlimCase, the MovieWedge iPhone/PMP stand and the Tenqa SP-99 Wireless Bluetooth Speaker.

Using our super-high-tech-random-number-icking system (”Hey Larry, can you pick a number 1-15?”… “Why?”… “Just pick the number for cryin’outloud!”) we have picked our winner.

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Skooba Design is looking for the ultimate digital gear-head. Could it be you? Their new “Master of the Digital Universe” contest gives techies from all over a chance to “put up or shut up” as they duke it out for the title. The prizes look amazing!

Among other goodies, the grand prize includes something truly unique the opportunity to work directly with a Skooba designer to create a custom-made, one-of-a-kind laptop/gadget bag, to be handmade by a Skooba craftsperson, only for the winner. As the company says, “as is fitting for the Master, it will be the only bag of its kind in the universe, made to the winner’s wants, needs and specifications. Once it is made, there will never be another.” The grand prize winner will get other merchandise and gadget gift card prizes as well, and may be featured in Skooba advertising and promotional activities. 2 runners-up will receive prize packages as well, and all entries will be included in a “second-chance” prize drawing. The total value of prizes is more than $6,000.

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Talk about a powerhouse… the HP Envy 15 is sporting a 2.8GHz Intel Core i7 quad-core processor, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830 graphics and 15″ HD display at 1920×1080 pixels. It can take up to 16GB of RAM and has a glass trackpad that supports gestures. The magnesium alloy case is 1 inch thick and weighs in at just over 5 lbs. I mean… this thing looks AWESOME!

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As the poet wrote- “Accessories make the iPhone”. (Okay, a poet didn’t write that, but I needed SOME lead in into this awesome iPhone accessory contest) Let’s get right to it…

We reviewed the Agent 18 SlimCase. ($34.95 from Agent 18.) Loved it!

We reviewed the MovieWedge stand. ($9.95 from MovieWedge.) Awesome!

We reviewed the Tenqa SP-99 Wireless Stereo Bluetooth Speaker. ($79.99 from Amazon.) Very useful!

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Best Buy is having a contest that’s just in time for Halloween.

The goal is to rid your house of any frightening technology you have laying around.  And when they say frightening, they mean frighteningly old.

Do you have freakishly old gadgets and gizmos at home?  If you do, head over to the contest web site where you can submit your photos along with a 140 word caption.  The grand prize winner, which will be announced on Halloween, gets a $3,500 Insignia Home Theater makeover including Geek Squad Installation.  Additionally, the first runner-up will receive a $1,500 Best Buy Gift Card, while the second runner-up will receive a $1,000 Best Buy Gift Card.

If you old technology isn’t enough to scare you watch this video featuring Zelda Rubinstein (the insanely scary medium from the Movie Poltergeist) where she explains the contest in detail.

TatSkinz are protective decals that are sized to fit the iPhone and iPod.

Starting today the folks at TatSkinz are holding a new design contest and the prize isn’t chump change.

You could win a $1,000 scholarship or a 13″ Mac Book.

All you have to do is design your very own TatSkinz and submit it.  TatSkiz customers will then choose the top five best entrants which will then be judged by a panel of special guest judges.

The contest will run the entire month of October and here are more details:

-Submit artwork to tatskinz@nluinc.com
-Original artwork only
-Design no smaller than 5″x5″ (300 dpi)
-Submission can be no larger than 10 MB
-Adobe Illustrator (.ai) or a Photoshop (.psd) file
-Submitted in CMYK
-No knock outs or white areas for device screens
-No more than 10 submissions per entrant

Head to the TatSkinz web site to learn more.

We have winners for the Neogreen products!

MikeKarr has won the water bottle sleeve and Melvynadam has won the laptop sleeve. Please email questionfear (at) gmail (dot) com with your addresses and your prizes will in the mail!

I had asked everyone who posted in the comments to share some green tips, so here are the highlights:

-Walk to work, around town, etc.

-Use solar powered flashlights.

-Bamboo flash drives

-Winning a neogreene sleeve.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions and ideas, and congrats to the winners.