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Amazon deal: $100 Flip Ultra HD

If you're looking for a budget camcorders for the holidays, you might consider grabbing the Flip Ultra HD (third generation--4GB) today at Amazon for $99.99.

This isn't the latest Ultra HD, but it normally retails for $149.99, so $99.99 is a good price--it's the lowest price we've seen, though some other online stores are offering it up for a few bucks more. The newest version offers some very modest improvements, but its video quality is very similar.

Read our full review of the Ultra HD (4GB) here.

Black Friday monitor deals at Newegg

It's not every day you're able to purchase a 25-inch monitor for $170. Most monitor manufacturers are able to stay in business because of this fact, but for a couple days a year, some are willing to throw you a bone.

Newegg has started its Black Friday deals early by discounting several electronics products from the computer vendor's stock, including (so far) four computer monitors:

Monitor Was Now Hanns-G HZ251HPB 25-inch $240 $170 eMachines E233Hbd 23-inch $210 $120 Acer S211HLbd 21.5-inch $190 $130 Asus VE198T 19-inch $160 $90 Asus VW246H 24-inch $240 $170

Unfortunately, I've … Read more

Black Friday shopping: iPhone apps of the week

This week's post is a special edition of the iPhone apps of the week. Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year, and though I can't help you beat the lines or navigate through the crowds, I've rounded up a couple of apps that might make your holiday shopping a bit easier. These apps are made for price-checking on the go, so you can make sure you're getting the lowest price for the item in front of you.

Amazon Mobile needs little in the way of introduction as the mobile companion to the popular shopping site, with a huge database of products so you can compare prices on the go. But I would also like to introduce you to TheFind, a new iPhone app with a unique set of shopping tools that help you get the most bang for your buck by working in tandem with TheFind.com. With these apps in your arsenal and a little luck, you might get exactly what you're looking for at prices that won't break the bank.

This week's apps are both tools for holiday shopping. Get quick access to a huge database of products and prices along with some helpful shopping tools to make your shopping experience easier.… Read more

Amazon Black Friday deal: $89 Kindle 2

Alert. Amazon just slipped a little Black Friday deal onto its Facebook page: $89 for its second-generation Kindle.

Here's the full text of the message:

Black Friday Deal: This Friday, 11/26, you can get our previous generation Kindle for $89! Our previous generation Kindle uses the old E Ink technology (the same E Ink as in the current Nook). Our all-new Kindle uses the latest generation E Ink (Pearl) for 50% percent better contrast, and is available at the everyday low price of ...$139.

We don't know how long the deal will last (it starts at 9 … Read more

Top 10 Black Friday tech deals

Every year, the Black Friday online circulars hit the Web, and lots of sites round up every Black Friday tech deal under the sun. If you want to see massively long lists with loads of models names that make no sense to you, go over to our friends at ZDNet or Gizmodo. They've done an excellent job compiling everything.

However, if you're trying to sort the real deals from all the crap that's being advertised to lure you into the stores, I've done my best to surface some of the more attractive options out there. The … Read more

Yipit responds to new Yahoo competition

One of the new products that Yahoo introduced at this week's Web 2.0 Summit conference as part of its ongoing attempt to turn its brand around was Yahoo Local Deals, an aggregator of discount-distribution sites like Groupon and LivingSocial that have fast become one of the hottest new ways for local businesses to advertise.

It's not quite clear how Yahoo's product will be structured. But they're certainly veering into the territory of start-ups like Yipit, which already offer similar services and say they can do it better. "I was surprised they are only working … Read more

The 404 710: Where you can buy me love (podcast)

Apple teased the media earlier this week about an important announcement about iTunes, and after several hours of tech pundits forecasting the news, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple has finally come to an agreement to offer the works of The Beatles for sale in iTunes. Yes, that's it. No cloud-based content, no 90-second previews, and definitely no new hardware.

The iconic band's entire catalog is available for purchase, however, for $149 and it comes with exclusive video of the band's first U.S. concert, "live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964."  You can also purchase single albums for $12.99, double albums for $19.99, and individual songs for $1.29 each, ending the long litigation between Apple Inc. and Apple Corps, The Beatles' record company

Did you know that Apple will also refund your money if you're unhappy with the purchase of an app in the iTunes Store? We didn't know either, but Apple lets you do just that in a few simple steps: just log into your iTunes account, click on "purchase history," "report a problem" with the lackluster app, and Apple will refund your purchase price. You do need to fill out a form detailing the reason for the refund, and "this app blows" won't fly, so get creative!

If you're as much of an Apple fanboy as Wilson is, then you should probably buy a ticket for London ASAP, because an original Apple-1 computer hand-built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak will be auctioned off at Christie's in London on November 23. It's one of 200 original computers sold out of Steve's garage in 1976, and even includes an invoice from the salesman and a typed letter from Jobs to the original owner.

The bill for the sale reads $666.66, although the Apple-1 motherboard, 8KB of RAM, and a series of interfaces is expected to grab anywhere from $160,000 to $250,000 and beyond.

Thanksgiving is a week and a half away, which means some bargain hunters are already packing their sleeping bags to camp out for Black Friday, the infamous day after Thanksgiving when retailers advertise heavily discounted prices on a variety of products. Wal-Mart has already posted its list of Black Friday items on sale, but you can also get free shipping through December 20, if waking up at 3 a.m. and standing next to Wilson for four hours doesn't sound like fun to you.

Join us after the break for Kenley's rant on the Wiimedia Foundation's plea for public donations, and don't forget to leave us a call-back at 1-866-404-CNET. Jeff's back on the show tomorrow, so we can't guarantee yours will sift through his filter of hate, but your chances will definitely increase if you send a video voice mail instead! Use this one as an example, and send yours to the404(at)cnet(dot)com when you're finished!

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Yahoo sees itself as daily-deals power broker

SAN FRANCISCO--The company hasn't said much about it yet, but Yahoo today announced that it will be diving into the hyped daily-deals market with a "Local Offers" program that aggregates content from the likes of Groupon and LivingSocial.

The announcement--made in conjunction with the Web 2.0 Summit conference where CEO Carol Bartz is slated to speak later in the day--explained that the former search giant, still trying to figure out a sense of direction, plans to build "one of the largest and most comprehensive repositories of local offers on the Internet." It's launching … Read more

Get a sneak peek at Black Friday ads

Black Friday. The two words that cause palpitations in the hearts of bargain-hunters everywhere. They might as well call it National Cheapskate Day and be done with it. (No? Then you probably won't like my Rally to Restore Cheapness idea, either.)

As you probably know, in recent years Black Friday has evolved in weird and unexpected ways. First came Cyber Monday, online stores' answer to what was once a strictly brick-and-mortar affair.

Then came the Black Friday preview sites, which managed to snag "leaked" ads weeks in advance so shoppers could better plan their early-morning line-storming.

This … Read more