Author: Joe Warner

    I'm the senior editor of The CheckOut. I am an aficionado of shiny gadgets and classic Hollywood movies and can also tell you the names of the late '80s Swedish Davis Cup team members.


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  • Waste Not, Want Not: Best Deals to Buy in December

    December is the final stretch run for bargain hunters, when the best deals of the year are popping up all over the place before things start crashing back to earth in January. If you missed out on...

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  • Video Games Never Looked So Good

    With this week’s launches of “next-gen” consoles Xbox One and PlayStation 4, video games are poised to take another giant leap as an entertainment medium. Just what that will look like, nobody knows, but based on the...

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    Deals of the Week: Early Black Friday Edition

    If you hadn’t noticed, Black Friday is already here. Retailers are pulling out the stops and trying to grab consumers’ attention before their competition does. What this means for you, oh intrepid online shopper, is that you...

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  • Deals of the Week… Going, Going, Almost Gone! (11/15/13 Edition)

    If you’ve been visiting Ben’s Bargains recently, you’ll have noticed that retailers are no longer waiting for Black Friday/Cyber Monday and that the deals have been flying fast and furious! It’s a good idea to drop by...

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  • Deals of the Week… Going, Going, Almost Gone! (11/8/13 Edition)

    It’s just the first week of November, but online retailers are already throwing out a slew of aggressive deals, hoping to catch your attention before…duh-duh-duh…Black Friday. One thing to remember about online deals in November: Black Friday-type...

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  • Deals of the Week… Going, Going, Almost Gone! (11/1/13 Edition)

    It’s finally November, the greatest month of the entire year for bargain shoppers. As expected, online retailers have kicked off the month with a slew of aggressive deals, hoping to catch your attention before…duh-duh-duh…Black Friday. (For our...

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    Waste Not, Want Not: Best Deals to Buy in November

    Ah, Black Friday: the mother lode of deals. It’s the day that bargain hunters wait for, either in snaking lines in the freezing cold or at their computers with a mouse in one hand and a cup...

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  • Deals of the Week… Going, Going, Almost Gone! (10/25/13 Edition)

    Most great deals don’t last that long on Ben’s Bargains. That’s why signing up for Deal Alerts is your best bet (and The Driver recommends them). Here are 10 deals of the week (Oct. 19 to Oct....

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  • Deals of the Week… Going, Going, Almost Gone! (10/18/13 Edition)

    Most great deals don’t last that long on Ben’s Bargains. That’s why signing up for Deal Alerts is your best bet (and The Driver recommends them). Here are 10 deals of the week (Oct. 12 to Oct....

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  • Timbuk2 Control Messenger Bag Review

    If you travel by air either frequently or occasionally, a TSA- or checkpoint-friendly laptop bag is worth the time investment to research. These types of bags save you the hassle of having to take your precious laptop...

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  • Required Viewing: Fall 2013 Movie Trailers

    With the 3D-masterpiece Gravity lighting up theaters in October as never seen before, it’s time to see what else Hollywood has in store for us over the next few months. Typically, fall is the time where studios...

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  • Slacker Radio Review

    Launched six years ago, Slacker Radio is one of the older names in a now very crowded digital music service arena, which in recent years has seen upstarts like Spotify (review) and Rdio capture music fans’ attention...

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