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First you get to customize your own personal Toshiba satellite laptop and now you get to buy it at a discount.

Today is your last day to take advantage of this Toshiba deal, where you can take $150 off any customized Satellite notebook you buy online at Toshiba. Not a bad deal, especially when you’re tacking on all the extra software, you need to save a penny anywhere you can.

Check out this Toshiba Satellite A200 notebook, priced at $633.20. It comes already packed with:

• Windows Vista Home Basic
• Intel Pentium Dual-Core processor (1.73GHz)
• 1 GB of RAM and an 80 GB hard drive
• 15.4″ display
• And much more!

Just enter in the Toshiba coupon code LINK150 during checkout and the discount will be applied automatically.

Remember, this deal EXPIRES TODAY!

To go to Toshiba, click here.

To see more Toshiba deals on Smarter.com, click here.

A quick recap of gadget blogs and news around the Net:

• Lightsabers coming to a bus stop near you. Use in case of Sith sighting - Gearfuse
• Cuba can now receive overpriced cell phone service - Reuters
• High Tech US Army Suit is coming back to life. Universal Soldier up next - Wired
• Hovering Drone might hover over to Miami Dade police station - Engadget
• Xcor hopes to launch space tourism in 2010 - New Scientist
• Spreading ashes out to sea is so yesterday. Be different. Spread them on the moon - New Launches
• Sleep tight in an anti-terrorist bed. Toilet included. - BoingBoing
• Limited edition, Full Moon Sideboard makes furniture glow in the dark. Ooooo.. - Gizmodo
  

And this week in the Smarter Gadgets Blog we talked about:

• Fujitsu Deal: Save $50 off $250 Purchase or More
• ABC3D Pop-Up Book Makes the Alphabet Fun
• HP Deal: Save $500 off an HP Pavilion Notebook
• Netflix to Credit 5% to Customers’ Account for Outage

Those of you who couldn’t place your orders to Netflix Monday morning were given a credit of 5 percent to your Netflix account for the site being down.

The online movie rental giant said that this credit is only given to those customers who tried to place your orders on Monday, in hopes to receive their online movie rental by Tuesday. Netflix wouldn’t say how many customers accounts would receive the credit, but would say it was “not a majority” of the company’s 7.5 million customers.

So if I were you and I had a Netflix account, I’d go to the site right now to see if you were givent he 5 percent credit.

To check out what deals and coupons Smarter has for Netflix, click here. 

To go to Netflix, click here. 

Source: MSNBC

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This isn’t just a savings, this is a steal!

Right now at the HP Store, you can save $500 off any HP Pavilion Notebook priced at $1399 or more. Considering the savings you’ll get and the quality of the laptop, this is an HP deal you can’t overlook.

Of course, an HP coupon this good comes with some restrictions. This HP offer is limited to the first 4,500 coupons redeemed and is limited to up to four per person just in case you’re on a spending spree. And since there is a limit to this coupon, you better hurry since the offer expires TOMORROW.

The coupon code for this offer is NB1567, so just enter it in during checkout and save.

To go to the HP Store, click here.

To see more HP notebooks on Smarter.com, click here.

It’s the little things that can help to make learning more enjoyable.

Like for instance, the ABC3D pop-up book.

What better way to learn the alphabet than by having the words pop right at you? It make seem remedial at first, but by the looks of it, you just want to keep flipping the pages to see what unique way the letter will pop-up at you.

The ABC3D book is due out October 14th and for only $19.95, would make a great coffee table book, or diversion for five-year-olds.

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Source: Gizmodo via Amazon

There are so many options to choose from in the Fujitsu store to apply this deal. From notebooks to desktops and scanners, Fujitsu has nearly an endless selection.

Right now online, you can save $50 off any purchase at Fujitsu that is at least $250 and over.

Now, you’re probably thinking, what is it that you could possibly need from Fujitsu right now. Laptops and desktops are out of your price range, so lets look at things that are a bit more modest. How about accessories? A new monitor?

Check out this 20″ Viewsonic widescreen LCD display. Its starting price is $392.00 before the discount and in addition to the 20″ widescreen, it also has a 1680×1050 resolution and built in speakers.

To get the discount, use the Fujitsu coupon code FCSAFFILIATE and save during checkout.

This coupon expires March 31st.

To go to Fujitsu, click here.

A quick recap of gadget news and blogs around the Net:

• All-in-one washing machine and toilet. Do all your cleaning in one….sitting - Gizmodo
• Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro Get Upgrades - The Gadget Blog
• The ultimate Xbox 360 arcade controller - Technabob
• PS3 gets a steel color with Metal Gear Solid 4 launch - Kotaku
• Rockit coaster at Universal Studios, Orlando to tape your ride - Engadget
  

And in Smarter Gadgets we talked about:

• Facebook to Launch an Instant Messaging Service
  
• Sony Deal: Save $400 off a 52″ Sony Bravia HDTV
• Refurbished Apple iPhones on Sale at AT&T for Cheap
• Wii Games Deal: Buy 1Wii Game, Get 1 $20 off at Toys R Us
• What Happens When the Alarm Goes Off at the Gas Station

I’ve always seen the big red button at gas stations that said “push, in case of emergency.” And as a young kid, I had thought of actually pushing that button. I figured maybe it just shut the pumps off. No harm done.

After watching this, I’m glad I never pushed that red button. Something tells me my mom would have never bought me that king size packet of M&Ms.

What if after they pushed the button, and that song came over the PA that sang “it’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas.” Wouldn’t that be funny?

Source: Gizmodo via Glumbert

The only issue I have with video games these days is the price. I understand that if you want great entertainment and fun, you have to splurge a little, but for the little guys out there, $60 goes a long ways. But I guess sometimes you just have to suck it up and not let the kids eat for week.

Right now at Toys R Us, they are having a great deal where when you buy one Nintendo Wii game at full price, you get another for $20 off. And they aren’t just on the crappy games either.

For instance you can get:

Super Smash Brothers Brawl - click here

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - click here

To take advantage of this Wii video games deal at Toys R Us, click here.

I know one of the reasons I didn’t go run out and buy the Apple iPhone was because of the price. But it looks like Apple is offering refurbished iPhones online for a cheap and affordable $259 for the 8 GB version.

No word has come out yet on whether or not they’ll be selling the 16 GB or other refurbished versions down the road, but more than likely, judging by Apple’s track record, they probably will. And what’s even better about purchasing the refurbished iPhone, rumor is that you don’t have to pay for activation fees or sign a contract.

To check out the refurbished iPhone on Apple, click here.

To get new iPhones on Smarter.com, click here.

Source: Engadget