Dell’s marketing is busy cranking out deals for the upcoming Black Friday and Cyber Monday, perhaps inspired by the maker’s strong laptop reliability showing. So expect a constant stream of discounts and promos, starting today until November 30, 2009. American shoppers, take note of the following below, and their corresponding end dates! Discounts available during this period of the year are notoriously short-lived.

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Electronics Sales Event – Save up to $690 on select TVs and Electronics
Ongoing
11/26/09 11:59 PM CST

Sony BRAVIA 55″ KDL55V5100 120Hz 1080p LCD HDTV $1769.10 after $529.90 instant off
Nokia N86 Unlocked Smartphone $369.99 after $130 off

Ultimate Value of the …read more

From the main site, Jeanne reports on the 2009 Spike TV Video Game awards, specifically the nominees. With easily over twenty awards up for grabs however, let’s concentrate on the most “important” ones:

Game of the Year

Assassin’s Creed 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Left 4 Dead 2
UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves

Studio of the Year

Infinity Ward
Naughty Dog
Rocksteady Studios
Valve

Best Music Game

DJ Hero
Guitar Hero 5
LEGO Rock Band
The Beatles: Rock Band

What are your picks for this year? Given my passion for Valve’s recent work, I’ll let my bias speak for the first two categories: Left 4 Dead 2 and Valve for the win! Oh, …read more

Tom’s Guide was apparently on the scene at Nokia World (or at least willing to listen through the Nokia executives’ thick Finnish accents). Here’s what they reported:

Nokia World now on http://events.nokia.com/nok…about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
Nokia CEO now talking about N900, Nokia’s ups and downs & “solid plans… create most widespread platform to deliver services for mobile”about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
Nokia CEO: 27 operators, 8 countries, 5 different languages provide full support for Ovi Storeabout 2 hours ago from TweetDeck
N97 and Nokia 5800 sales: 10 million in last 10 months, N97 selling at faster rateabout 2 hours ago from …read more

If I was attending the upcoming WWDC and Apple does reveal new iPhone functionality or a model (as rumored by so many websites online), I’d sarcastically scream the following phrases at the top of my lungs.
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“Oh my God!!! It can now capture video??!?!? Fantastic!!!!!”
“People can now copy and paste text from one app to another??!?! Amazing!!!!!”
“Wow, people can now get an iPhone for less than $100?!?!??! Why, how generous of Apple!!!!!”
“What, I can now send pictures, music and videos as text messages?!?!? Unbelievable!!!!!!”

So what new features will Apple introduce with the latest iPhone, presenting them as revolutionary to the Jobsian …read more

The man closes a historic career:

All we know is that, even if he paid a million for each celebrity appearance, Bill Gates would still be worth a quadrillion dollars.
So what does Bill Gates’ departure mean for gadgets, especially Windows Mobile, the Tablet PC, and other stuff running on a Microsoft OS?

Nothing much really. Just pictures of the beautiful women manning the LG Electronics booth (or more like “area”) during Communicasia 2008 (click on the pics to see larger versions):

Is it just me, or are the Asian women hotter than the Caucasian chicks?