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Wired.com contributor Jeremy Hart is driving around the world in a Ford Fiesta. Along the way, he'll be testing gadgets from some of the most extreme — and amazing — locations.

# dealzmodo Relax this Labor Day Weekend in style with a 60" Sharp LCD HDTV , a Roku HD Netflix Player , and a free "Man Day" T-Shirt . Don't you just love long weekends? More »

At Apple the gadget, not content, is still king. Nearly every day brings a new contestant in the emerging battle for the attention of the American couch potato. Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and YouTube all want to serve up content.

This week's episode of the Gadget Lab podcast is heavy on fruits. High on vitamin A, Dylan Tweney gushes over the pluot, a plum-apricot hybrid, while Brian X. Chen dishes out this week's announcements of brand new Apple gear. They also share our impressions of Samsung's iPad rival, the 7-inch Galaxy Tab.

There are no hard and fast rules in the gadget game, but there is one bit of wisdom we generally stand by: everything benefits by being ruggedized . Sure, we know this speaks to a deep-seated need to smash things, drown things, run ‘em over in a truck or shoot them — and we’re not making any excuses. Housed in vandal resistant stainless steel, the Stealth KYBX-400-DT-BL-TB-USB keyboard feature …

At the huge IFA consumer electronics show, the big names in tech show off their newest wares, including an Android-based tablet from Samsung and a cloud-based music service from Sony.

# dealzmodo Can you smell what #dealz is cookin'? We've got some great bargains on a 13.3" Core i3 HP Laptop , a nice 14MP Samsung HZ30W , and we're storing that food in a free Ziploc Container . Mmmm, tasty. More »

# dealhacker 10,000 RPM drives on the cheap, discounted laptops, HD camcorders, and more await you in today's DealHacker roundup. More »

Just the right number of gadgets and computers can enhance productivity, but there is a tipping point when too many gadgets hinder rather than help productivity.

UK’s First Gadget Insurance Comparison Service Launched