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Posts tagged “budget”

How Soon is Too Soon To Buy Up the Next Big Gadget?

You know the feeling of gadget envy. When you finally get the cash together to buy the flat-screened TV that your home theater has been waiting for, just in time to have the next big thing come out to...

Lifehacker's Budget Conscious Home Office

We'd love to be able to do all of our shopping at boutique stores, picking up the latest, most original (and most expensive) designs. But the reality is, our homes are more about a mish-mash of hand-m...

Use Google Docs to Manage Dorm and Apartment Life

One of the easiest ways of sharing documents is Google Docs. Google Docs allows you to share any number of documents among groups of people. We've found that it's an easy way to manage apartment life....

Best Product: Audioengine A2 Desktop Speakers

After making several appearances here on Unplggd and trying it out ourselves at our local hi-fi shop to confirm the reviews, the champion from back in 2008 comes back again to take its crown as the be...

Money Saving Apps and HD Calibration
Unplggd Slinks for 8.5.09

Today's slinks from around the internet include posts about budget planning and deal finding iPhone apps from the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times review of the Vuzix’s iWear AV310 Widescreen...

Are Your Big Gadget Purchases A Never-Ending Cycle?

You needed a new computer, but were less than equipped to shell out cash for it on-the-spot. So, naturally, you signed yourself up for one of the big-box electronics stores' credit cards and were enjo...

Tip: Put Subscriptions On Hold Before You Travel!

Going on a trip is already an expensive venture—if you're early in the planning, just wait until you get back your credit card statement with the plane tickets and hotel reservation charged up&m...

Home Office: High, Low & Even Lower

Our friends over at Metropolitan Home put together a great High Low comparison of two home offices. The savings from one to the other is well over $10,000, but we haven't met anyone lately who's wil...

How to... Haggle Down Your Cable Bill

Today, a friend of ours, who's hooked up with the works—super high-speed internet access and premium cable with DVR and HD channels—but was sick of how much he was shelling out for it all,...

Which Home Technology Service Would You Cut First?

You don't have to tell us the economy is bad. My girlfriend and I personally know the effects first hand. She was laid off recently with nearly 100 other employees and now we've gone from a comfortabl...

Roundup: Affordable Home Security Solutions

With the economy in the trash bin, crime of opportunity like burglaries are expected to increase. Although the well to do can afford elaborate home security systems, what are those with more modest in...

Nine Affordable Home Entertainment Sources and Solutions for Movie Night

With times getting tighter many of us have looked for ways to cut corners in monthly costs. We've ditched our Netflix account, cut our landline phone service and have looked for alternative low cost s...

Blogging... New York Times Looks At Living on a Student Budget

As we enter a recession (yes, we said it), the New York Times has published an article looking at inexpensive and creative solutions from students in New York City. There are so amazing ideas here, l...