Gadgets Blog

This week in gadget blogs and news from around the Net:

• Toyota’s Winglet looks to overtake Segway - Engadget
• Nintendo to launch new handheld by year’s end - Gizmodo
• U.S. can now seize laptops at border without cause - Reuters
• Fresh bacon ready for you in the morning - OhGizmo!
• GPS Tracks domestic violence suspects - Ubergizmo
• Man purse deters criminals, captures cops attention - Technabob

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

• Buy Laptop: Free Timbuk2 Bag with Select Laptop Purchase
• Beverly Hills 90210 iPod Now Offered for Limited Time
• HP Deal: 20% off Single Function Mono LaserJet Printers
• LG BD300 Blu-ray Player Can Stream Netflix Movies
  

A Blu-ray player that also doubles as a Netflix streamer?  Oh yes, it has arrived.

LG has announced that it will release the LG BD300 Blu-ray player this fall, that will not only play all your favorite Blu-ray DVDs, but will also allow you to stream up to 12,000 titles from Netflix. And I’m sure you’re thinking a baby like this is gonna kill your checking account, but according to them, it’s going to be “well under $500.”

I’m sure those who have already picked up the Roku box probably wish they could have held out a bit longer, but no one said you couldn’t put that bad boy in the bedroom.

“Well under” probably means $490 to them, but who cares! Now I have another excuse to not leave the couch. Or house. Just as long as Vons keeps delivering and the plumbing stays under control, I now have my very own lair. Muaha….muahahaha…muahahahahaha!

And I’m done.

Source.