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Curiosity at it’s finest.

I came home once and my newspaper had been shredded, pillows were pulled off the couch, and not one but TWO Netflix DVDs had been chewed and scratched beyond recognition. My wascaly terrier, Jack, however, was calmly napping in the kitchen on the safe side of the puppy gate just as he had been when I left for work. I knew he did it –duh– I just didn’t know how. Had I installed something like the Logitech Spy Video Security Master System, I would have seen that my wonder pup was leaping over the puppy gate each day and wreaking havoc to his little furry heart’s content, thus explaining the random chewed shoes and assorted other destroyed objects.

Ever wonder what your dogs are doing at home while you’re away for the day? Or maybe what your friends are doing when you leave the room? Or maybe just for security purposes, this little gadget can put those curiosities to rest, and with free live remote viewing from your WiLife account, you can have instant information.

The Logitech Spy Video Security Master System looks like a regular digital clock, but in reality, it’s a window to information. With a convenient plug-and-play system, it touts an easy 15-minute installation with no network configuration required. It’s a smart camera, in that it detects motion and then records to your PC’s hard drive for later viewing, or as we mentioned above, live viewing from your free WiLife account. This could also work well for small offices. More cameras are available as add-ons for monitoring other rooms, and, bonus, the digital clock actually works, too.

The Logitech Spy Video Security Master System is $329.99.

Use this Logitech coupon code checkout on this and other WiLife Video Security Systems at Logitech.: logiwilife_41609

The discount deal EXPIRES in 8 days (04/30/2009).

Here are the specs for the :

System Requirements

• Recommended CPU speed (GHz): 1.4 (1 camera)
• Recommended PC memory (MB): 384 (1 camera)
• PC Video card memory (MB): 32 (1-2 cameras)
• Recommended DirectX 9 compatible
• Display resolution: 1024 x 768 pixels or higher, 32-bit color
• Hard drive (MB): 100 MB for program and a minimum of 500+ MB for video storage
• Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
• Internet access required

Technical Specifications

• Processing Power: 400 MHz DSP
• Image Encoding: Windows Media Video 9
• Image Processing: Motion detection up to 16 zones, Auto brightness
• Resolution: Selectable: 640 x 480 pixels or 320 x 240 pixels
• Frame Rate: Selectable: 15, 10, or 5 frames/second

If this is something you’d like, click here to go to Logitech.

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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.

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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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