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Deal of the day — Roku 3 hits Woot at $64.99

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roku-3Recently Roku released its Chromecast-like steaming stick. This comes on the heels of a version 3 release last year of the set-top box, an update that came with a remote that has a headphone jack built-in, allowing private watching for those times when the house needs to be quiet. The box retails for $99.99, but if you act today, you can get a deal.

Today only, Woot, the daily deal site now owned by Amazon, is offering the little set-top box for the price of $64.99 — a savings of $35 over the regular price.

“Faster and more powerful than ever. Enjoy 1,000+ channels of movies, TV shows, sports, and more. Plug headphones into the motion-control remote to play games or watch late-night flicks without disturbing the household. Fully loaded with one-stop search, 1080p, dual-band wireless, Ethernet, USB, plus a free Roku app. The Roku 3—the new streaming standard”, Woot describes it.

Roku is perhaps the prime player in an increasingly competitive market that includes Google and Apple as the other big players, though Microsoft’s new Xbox One is also a part of this, though it does more than just video. And remember, you can watch the Geek News Central podcast on it as well!

Today Only: 21″ Apple iMac Quad-Core i5 Desktop on Woot

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It may be too late to order a Christmas present, but if you’re in the market for a new desktop computer and have your eye on an Apple then today is your lucky day.  It’s not often you can get a discount on any Apple product,but today the 21.5″ iMac is on Woot, the bargain hunter’s dream web site.

The 21.5 inch iMac starts at $1199 both in-store and on the Apple web site and sales are rare at best.  Woot, today only, is offering it for $1049.  This model comes with a 2.5 GHz Intel quad-core i5 processor, 4 GB of RAM, a 500 GB hard drive, a Radeon 6850M graphics card, and 802.11n WiFi.  These are brand new iMac’s, not refurbished models.

While this deal is good news for those shopping for a new Apple computer, it may also signal that new models are on the way.  That seems to frequently be the case with electronics that show up on Woot, which has had several tablets available recently in their daily deals.  Products like this also frequently sell out quickly, so if you want to get one then you better head over to Woot now.

Woot.com Now Playing for Team Amazon

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I got a strange email from woot.com today.  I’m a long-time woot.com customer and have gotten some good deals (and some not so good deals, too).  I’ve bought electronics, home appliances, and t-shirts.  I visit the site every day to see what’s up for sale for the day, and I look forward to woot-offs, those days when they sell item after item, leaving things listed just long enough to sell them out before moving onto the next item.  With woot.com, you buy it now or it may be gone forever.  Part of the fun of woot.com is reading the little “story” that goes along with the product.  Even if you never buy anything from woot, the stories are so worth the read.  They have an amazing bunch of copywriters on staff, it appears.

The email from woot was oddly short, however, and despite the humorous subject line, it was not a funny, tongue-in-cheek message, unlike most of their other messages.  Apparently, they’ve agreed to be bought by Amazon.  Like online shoe-seller Zappos (acquired earlier this year by Amazon), woot will continue to operate independently in its home base of Carrollton, Texas, with the same snarky attitude and deep discounts as it has always offered.  Which makes me wonder what Amazon is going to get out of this.

Except that it is apparent to me that Amazon wants to become the online retailer for absolutely everything.  Remember when all they sold were books?  I spend a considerable amount of money on Amazon every year, buying books (both paper and Kindle), music (mostly MP3’s but an occasional CD), DVD’s, clothing, electronics, and yes, even food (great source for some of the exotic coffees and teas I like to indulge in).  I buy on Amazon mostly because of price, which is, oddly enough, the reason I shop woot.com as well.

I wonder how many buyers will notice how many online retailers actually “belong” to Amazon now?  And does this make Amazon the Walmart of the online shopping world?