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Best Buy has released the Rocketfish wireless whole home audio system. Available only at Best Buy, the system sends audio wirelessly throughout your home, and at an affordable price. The product line consists of a Wireless Amplified Audio Receiver, a Wireless Sender/Receiver, a Wireless Outdoor Speaker and a Wireless HD Audio Starter Kit, which includes both a sender and receiver.

The products use the new Rocketboost wireless technology which uses standard connections for speaker line and line level inputs, so it can work with almost any brand of equipment you already have at home. Read more

Fujifilm's FinePix REAL 3D system is now available in the United States. Unlike any other digital camera on the market today, the FinePix REAL 3D system captures realistic 3D still photographs and movies that can be viewed without 3D glasses.

The Finepix Real 3D W1 digital camera is the first camera in the company's lineup. It features 2 lenses and 2 CCD's. Two images are captured with the left and right lenses at the same time. The dual Fujinon lenses then layer the two images together to create a 3D image. Read more

Those looking for a Bluetooth wireless keyboard should check out the latest from Adesso, the WKB-4000BB. The company's first compact Bluetooth keyboard, it features a built-in touchpad, low profile scissor-switch keys, an ON/OFF switch (to help save battery life) and a Quick Connect button, which synchs to the PC with a simple click.

Great for people with limited space, this compact keyboard allows for more room on your desk, table, living room…anywhere you want to take it (up to 100 feet). And, thanks to the handy touchpad, a mouse isn't needed, saving even more space. It fits easily in a backpack or briefcase as well, so you can take it with you on the go.

The SlimTouch Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard, model WKB-4000BB, is compatible with Windows 7, Vista and XP systems with Bluetooth connectivity. It is available now for $129.99.

Visit www.adesso.com for more information.

Amazon's Kindle Store is coming soon to a computer near you. The new "Kindle For PC" application is available free of charge, with no Kindle device necessary to access the Kindle Store's books and newspapers.

This new app lets you read and purchase new e-books from your PC. It features Amazon's Whispersync technology that automatically saves and synchronizes bookmarks and the last page read across devices. So, now you can read some on your computer, some on your Kindle, and always pick up where you left off. Read more

Monster this week announced the new "Miles Davis Tribute" in-ear headphones. Named after the legendary trumpeter Miles Davis, they will be available in a numbered limited edition. Also, those purchasing the headphones will get a free official 50th Anniversary boxed set of the artist's album Kind of Blue, featuring two music CDs, a DVD and a 24-page booklet.

Monster is also offering a unique guarantee on these headphones. In addition to the standard warranty, Monster is offering a one-time Limited Lifetime Replacement Guarantee with Miles Davis Tribute headphones – even if they are accidentally broken by the owner, Monster will replace them once for no charge!Read more

The release of Windows 7 is on everyone's minds this week. Because of this, Best Buy and HP have teamed up to offer a new "PC Home Makeover" package.

Quite a deal, the package consists of a HP Slimline desktop, an LCD monitor, an HP laptop, HP mini netbook, and a Netgear Wireless-G router. In-home setup by Geek Squad is included as well…all for just $1199.

The HP Slimline s5212y features a dual-core 2.5GHz Intel Pentium E5200 CPU, GMA 3100 graphics, 3GB DDR2 800MHz RAM, 320GB 7200RPM HDD, DVD burner, six-in-one card reader, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. A keyboard and mouse, as well as an 18.5" 1366x768 display with integrated 2W speakers are also included. Read more

Philips Electronics just announced the new Wireless HDTV Link. This device replaces the cables that connect the HD cable set-top box, HD satellite receiver, Blu-ray player and gaming console to a HDTV. Using the Wireless HDTV Link, you can move your HD devices up to 75 feet away from the TV without signal loss or degradation. Up to four AV devices can be connected (two HDMI connections and two component connections).

The Philips Wireless HDTV Link is now available at amazon.com and dell.com with an MSRP of $799. It will be sold at Sam's Club, samsclub.com and Costco.com beginning November 2009. It will then hit retail stores in late fourth quarter 2009 and early 2010.

The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 will be in stores from both AT&T and T-Mobile in time for the holiday season. It will be the first 3G-powered BlackBerry smartphone available from T-Mobile, and also the first smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM) that includes built-in support for both 3G connectivity and voice calls over Wi-Fi.

The BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone includes support for 3G HSDPA networks around the world, a next-generation (624 MHz) processor, 256MB Flash memory, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g).

It also has a full-QWERTY keyboard, a touch-sensitive optical trackpad, 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash and video recording; and a music and video player. A hot-swappable microSD/SDHC memory card slot gives you additional storage for multimedia files. A 2GB memory card is included with support for 32GB cards. Read more

Windows 7 is being released today. Will you be updating your computer to the new operating system? If so, you will need to backup your data. This is especially important for XP users, as the hard drive will have to be wiped clean before installing Windows 7. Memeo has a solution to protect the sensitive data from your hard drive with Memeo Instant Backup and Memeo Backup Premium.

Memeo Instant Backup products give you a worry-free way to upgrade your system while keeping your programs, files and settings in a safe location- such as a storage device or online. Memeo also provides Windows 7 users with a way to restore any deleted files and photos that are no longer on your computer. Read more

Best Buy and Netflix announced this week two new Insignia Blu-ray players with Netflix streaming capability. The new Insignia Advanced Series Blu-ray Player (NS-WBRDVD) and the Insignia Connected Blu-ray Player (NS-BRDVD3) are now available for $249.99 and $179.99, respectively, at all Best Buy stores and online at bestbuy.com.

Both models are Internet ready, with the Insignia Advanced Series model using built-in Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet and the Insignia Connected player using an Ethernet connection. Both players feature Dolby TrueHD and they up-convert standard DVDs. Read more