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Cell phone Samaritans can compete to carry Olympic torch

Go long, Herschel.

Former pro football player Herschel Walker and five yet-to-be-selected "Mobile Phone Samaritans" will serve as Olympic Torch Relay bearers, when the symbolic flame passes through its only North American stop in San Francisco in April.

Samsung Electronics, a partner in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay, is holding a "Mobile Phone Samaritan" contest to select the five participants who will carry the torch in San Francisco with the Heisman Trophy winner.

Interested parties can either nominate themselves or someone they know who used a mobile phone in an emergency to help another person. … Read more

Hot deal: Western Digital Passport 160GB external hard drive for $88

We've seen this compact portable hard drive listed at up to twice the price. Today Dell Home offers it for 88 bucks, shipping included, when you pay with PayPal. Easy setup, light weight, compact size and great speed make this a convenient solution for non-Mac users.

To quote CNET Reviews:

The good: Compact; bus-powered; quick at reading and writing; includes sync and encryption software; comes with a zippered, hard carrying case.

The bad: Sync software works with only Windows XP and 2000; phone support may eventually become expensive.

The bottom line: Western Digital's Passport Portable External Hard Drive … Read more

Deal of the day: Logitech R-10 desktop speakers, $15 shipped

Through July 17, MWave.com is offering these all-purpose, basic little speakers for only $7--about half of their usual price--plus $8 shipping. Plug-and-play means they connect easily to PCs, CD and MP3 players and shielding means you can use them near your PC or TV without interference. Here are the specs:

Total RMS power: 4 watts RMS (2W + 2W) Total peak power: 8 watts Frequency response: 70Hz - 20kHz Signal-to-noise ratio: >70dB

What: Logitech R-10 PC multimedia speakers How much: $7 Shipping: $8, varies Where: MWave.com (via Dealhack) When: Through July 17, 2007 Click here for CNET product … Read more

Deal of the day: Olympus Stylus 1000 10MP camera & 256MB card for $200

Tomorrow's Independence Day, and practically the whole country has the day off. For once, you get to have your cookout on a Wednesday. How will you document your midweek antics? You'll want photographic evidence of how cute the nieces and nephews were when they made that pyramid in the kiddie pool. You need pictures to explain that funny thing that happened with the mustard squeezer. And even if you just enjoy some epic lounging in the shade, you'll want pictures to remind yourself of ease and leisure when you're cranking through 400 e-mails back at work … Read more

Deal of the day: Slingbox Pro for $160, free shipping

Summertime means vacations. Time away from home base can also mean missing your favorite shows and/or home team slogging its way through the summer baseball schedule.

Just in time for all of this, Buy.com is having a 4th of July summer sale on the Slingbox Pro. If you've got a laptop or a smart phone, this trapezoid-shaped set-top box will allow you to catch all your own home TV channels from wherever you happen to be.

The Pro model is the most feature-packed of all the Slingbox family, and usually retails for $250. A $90 discount isn'… Read more

Deal of the day: Nerd shirts for $5

The same people who brought you the Biitles have reduced prices on some of their other inside-joke T-shirts for the technocrat.

Some of NerdyShirts.com's normally $20 shirts are on sale for $5 and $6, making it a $15 to $14 deal.

I guess you can never have enough hexadecimal code shirts, right?

Still, the Digg shirt is pretty cool.

What: Nerdy T-shirts for $5 How much: $5 Shipping: Starts at $5.75 depending on method Where: Nerdyshirts.com When: Through unknown date

Deal of the day: Dell Dimension C521 for $499

We don't usually post a computer as a Deal of the day, since packages can vary so much. But if you choose the no-frills, no-extras, no-peripherals bundle from Dell, you can have an entirely decent home system for $499--down from the everyday price of $729. A 19" LCD monitor, keyboard, mouse and 56K PCI modem are included, and for more money you can add speakers, increase memory or bump up other capabilities.

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 3600+ Operating system: Windows Vista Home Premium Monitor: 19" Samsung 920NW widescreen LCD monitor Memory: 1GB dual channel DDR2 … Read more

Deal of the day: Toshiba HD DVD player for $299

Down from its debut price of $500, this mid-high-end HD DVD player is offered at a $200 discount at several sellers right now. We did the research for you: read on for a great deal with free shipping. We like this one because Circuit City also posts a rebate for 5 free DVDs to go with your new equipment. Check CNET Reviews (link below) for plenty of details & consumer feedback.

What: Toshiba HD DVD Player (HDA2) How much: $299 Shipping: Free Where: Circuit City (via Dealhack) When: Through unknown date Click here for product review.

Deal of the day: Canon PowerShot SD750 7.1 MP camera for $260

Sandwiched between similar 7-megapixel siblings--the PowerShot SD800 IS on one side and the PowerShot SD1000 on the other--the Canon PowerShot SD750 nevertheless manages to distinguish itself as a well-designed, practical option for snapshooters who favor big LCDs over optical viewfinders.

If you're the rebating kind, there are some impressive rebates associated with this offer, including two on printers and one on poster-sized prints from Shutterfly. Check out the seller's site for details.

What: Canon PowerShot SD750 How much: $259.95 Shipping: Free, varies Where: Amazon.com (via FatWallet.com) When: Through unknown date Click here for product review.… Read more