Sony Alpha NEX-3 14.2MP DSLR-Like Camera w/ 18-55mm Zoom Lens for $379.95

Amazon has the Sony Alpha NEX-3 14.2-Megapixel Digital SLR-Like Camera bundled with a Sony 18-55mm Zoom Lens for $379.95 (499.99 – 120.04 instant savings) with Free Shipping for a limited time.

It delivers the quality of a DSLR in a camera that’s ready to go wherever you go. In fact, this is the world’s smallest, lightest interchangeable lens digital camera (as of April 2010). It’s roughly half the size and weight of Sony’s smallest, lightest DSLR, the a230. Equipped with an image sensor that’s 13 times the size of the typical compact camera’s sensor, a NEX cameras turn snapshots into photographs. The bigger sensor means images with softer background that make your subject stand out and stunning low-light shots. It also features a 3″ tilt-able LCD, anti-dust function, background defocus control, 720p movie mode, HDMI, USB, Memory Stick Pro Duo and SDHC card slots, and much more.

Market Upside Down eBook for Kindle for FREE

Amazon is offering Vinh Q. Tran’s Market Upside Down: How to Invest Profitably in a Shrinking Economy for Kindle for FREE ($23.99 value) for a limited time.

Product Description:

The U.S. economic crisis of 2008 isn’t over! The next bubble, explosive government debt, is brewing. At the same time, the economy can’t generate growth, the treasury is exhausted, the Fed’s balance sheet is over-stressed, consumers remain deep in debt, and short-term interest rates are at near-zero. Intelligent investors can’t just mourn the death of easy profits: they want and need new strategies for success through history’s potentially worst equity market. In Market Upside Down, Dr. Vinh Q. Tran presents those strategies. Tran begins by explaining why the U.S. financial crisis will only get worse. He then provides professional and active investors a comprehensive framework for profiting in an upside down market that could last for decades. Drawing on his market expertise, as well as experience as money manager to institutional and wealthy investors, Tran shows how to build wealth and generate return in times of crisis with a focus on what will matter most in the coming years: liquidity and risk management. Tran helps investors explore global investments and opportunities that won’t depend on the troubled U.S. economy or a reinvigorated market soaring, and shows how to profit from the coming age of scarcity. Along the way, he demonstrates how to use fixed income, hedge funds, and non-traditional investments, with minimal equity risks to create a portfolio that is positioned to provide liquidity, profits and importantly to weather future crises.

Pogoplug Mobile WiFi Streaming Drive w/ 30GB Cloud 1-Year Membership for $49.95

Pogoplug has the Pogoplug Mobile Wireless Multimedia Streaming Device, model no. POGO-V4-A1-01, bundled with a Pogoplug 30GB Cloud 1-Year Membership for $49.95 (139.35 – 89.40 instant savings) with Free Shipping for a limited time.

The Pogoplug Mobile stream your entire media library to your smartphone and tablet. Watch movies, listen to music and view photos on your mobile device. Automatically back up your device to your Pogoplug at home while on the road. It connects directly to your wireless network or router and includes free apps for Android and iOS. The 30GB cloud services is free for only the first year and costs $4.95 per month there after. You don’t need the cloud membership to used the Pogoplug Mobile, but it allows you to store your files on Pogo’s server rather then your own hard drive.

Updated: Fantom Drives Diamond 1.5TB 64MB Cache USB 2.0 External Hard Drive for $89.99

Buy.com has the Fantom Diamond 1.5TB USB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, model no. FDD1500U64, for $99.99 (124.95 – 24.96 instant savings) with Free Shipping for a limited time.

Update: Office Depot has the same drive for $10 cheaper, $89.99 with Free Shipping for a limited time.

The Fantom Diamond offers affordable storage capacity expansion from your built-in hard drive. Transfer files from your computer to improve performance, or simply backup your digital memories and valuable data. The drive features a 64 MB buffer.

High Performance Operations eBook for Kindle for FREE

Amazon is offering Hillel Glazer’s High Performance Operations: Leverage Compliance to Lower Costs, Increase Profits, and Gain Competitive Advantage for Kindle for FREE ($59.99 value) for a limited time.

Product Description:

Companies in highly regulated industries face unique challenges in optimizing business performance and profitability while maintaining strong governance and regulatory adherence. In this start-to-finish guidebook, leading business performance consultant Hillel Glazer shows how to achieve these goals through the successful integration of lean and systems thinking. Written for operations managers, process professionals, and lean systems managers, Glazer shows how to systematically incorporate compliance into planning for overall performance, value, and profitability, rather than viewing compliance as an end in itself.

Panasonic Lumix GF3C Micro Four-Thirds Camera w/ 14 mm Lens Kit for $449.99

Panasonic has the Lumix DMC-GF3 12.1-Megapixel Digital Micro Four-Thirds Camera in Black, model no. DMC-GF3CK, Red, model no. DMC-GF3CR, Brown, model no. DMC-GF3CT, or Silver, model no. DMC-GF3CW, bundled with a 14 mm Lens Kit for $449.99 (699.99 – 250 instant savings) for a limited time. Shipping adds $1.99.

The Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF3 incorporates all the advanced technology and power of a DSLR interchangeable lens camera with the style and portability of a compact point-and-shoot. Being about the size of a smartphone, the lightweight GF3 benefits from a significant reduction in its dimensions. This is thanks to its newly enhanced mirror-free technology, and the substantial DSLR sensors that are now more compatible with the camera’s compact Micro Four Thirds System lenses. This means that you have more creative control over your photos and videos, without the hassle of carrying around a bulky camera and lens kit. It features a 3″ touchscreen LCD, HD video capture (1080i), image stabilization, dust reduction system, SD/SDHC card slot, HDMI output, and much more.

Technical Analysis Trading Methods and Techniques eBook Collection for Kindle for FREE

Amazon is offering Technical Analysis Trading Methods and Techniques eBook Collection for Kindle for FREE ($85.99 value) for a limited time.

Three indispensable eBooks reveal little-known technical and psychological techniques for outperforming the market – and beating the traders you’re up against!

Three remarkable eBooks help you leverage powerful, little-known insights from technical analysis and behavioral economics to consistently outperform the market! In George Lindsay and the Art of Technical Analysis, Ed Carlson resurrects the nearly-forgotten technical analysis techniques created by the eccentric genius who called the beginning and end of history’s greatest bull market, within days! Carlson reveals why George Lindsay’s techniques are especially valuable right now, demonstrates their power visually, simply, and intuitively — and shows how to make the most of them without strong mathematical expertise. Next, Mastering Market Timing combines the powerful, long-proven technical analysis methods of Richard D. Wyckoff with the world-renowned analysis of Lowry Research — sharing deep new price/volume insights you can use to uncover emerging trends faster, even if you’re entirely new to technical analysis. Finally, in Trade the Trader, Quint Tatro focuses on the real zero-sum nature of trading, helping you understand the traders you’re up against, anticipate their moves, outwit them — and beat them!

NYC Restaurant Week – FREE $20 American Express Credit, $5 Credit via Foursquare


NYC Restaurant Week begins today, January 16 and runs till February 10, 2012. Enjoy a special three-course prix-fixe lunch for $24.07 and dinner for $35 at participating restaurants. Pay with your registered American Express Card to receive a $20 statement credit when you dine at 3 or more participating restaurants. Register your American Express Card here.

Foursqaure is also offering a $5 statement credit by checking in at participating restaurants with a synced American Express Card and spending $24 or more Monday-Friday. One stament credit per account. Make sure you sync your Amex card before chickening in.

Tables fill up fast, make your reservation quick.

Recommended restaurants to try:

  • A Voce Columbus – Mon – Fri: Lunch
  • EN Japanese Brasserie – Mon – Fri: Lunch & Dinner
  • Le Cirque – Mon – Fri: Lunch & Dinner
  • Lincoln Ristorante – Mon – Fri: Lunch
  • Maloney & Porcelli – Mon – Fri: Lunch & Dinner
  • Megu (Tribeca) – Mon – Fri: Dinner
  • Nougatine at Jean Georges – Mon – Fri: Lunch & Dinner

XenoCube HD on the iPad for FREE

Digital Embryo Studios has XenoCube HD (iTunes Link) for the iPad in the iTunes App Store for FREE (regularly 99-cents) for a limited time.

Experience amazing 3D effects that explode off your 2D screen with XenoCube, a must have remake of the classic, addictive, Match 3 style game that utilizes perspective tricks to make it seem like you are seeing the game world in 3D. Match 3 or more across multiple sides and earn power ups for explosive effects and big points as you advance through 32 levels in any of the game’s 5 unique modes including a revolutionary Augmented Reality mode. You won’t believe your eyes as you create your own backgrounds with this amazing technology that will allow you to play XenoCube anywhere your mind can imagine. Filled with amazing visuals, XenoCube is harder, smarter and more fun! You will never want to play in 2D again.