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If you found yourself in need for an eco-friendly, widescreen, LED-backlit monitor with a ridiculously high contrast ration, why not try the new BenQ GL series? At 12 million:1 the GL monitors boast the world’s highest contrast ratio. The in-ear Beats headphones from Monster are awesome, but they cost a lot too. The new Monster Jamz are much friendlier to your pocket, and they still deliver on crystal-clear sound, deep bass and good looks thrown in for good measure. Even if you never touch online gaming, Sitecom’s gaming routers are fast, easy to use and provide a nice range of features for managing your Internet traffic. The new WL 309, called the Gaming Router II, is all that and more in a smaller size. HP is not going to let Apple hog that beautiful aluminum chassis spotlight, so it has unveiled the Pavilion DM4. It has a metal chassis with a brushed aluminum shell, a 14-inch LEDbacklit screen and serious power under the hood. Soon it will be cool enough to hit the sand and surf again. Kodak wants you to capture all of those moments on its PlaySport rugged camcorder. It’s waterproof for up to 3 metres and records 1080p video, as well as 5 megapixel photos.
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If you need a smartphone for the web, look no further than the LG GD880 Mini, the world’s first phone to feature an HTML 5 browser. It also has extensive multi-tab browsing support and social network features. Oh, and it takes calls, too.
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