Gadgets

HDMI Connecter Cord: Use one of these handy cords to connect your laptop to your TV, allowing you to stream video from the Internet onto your flat screen without the annoying commercials.

Available on www.walmart.com

4G phones: Because 3 was not enough, right? Coming in 2010, 4G phones will have such advanced capabilities that you’ll be able to download a movie in about a minute.

Available in 2010 through select phone providers

Wireless Headphones: Is your favorite show always on when your roomie’s trying to study? Hook up these useful headphones to your television or any audio output to preserve your relationship and your sanity.

Video Games

Madden NFL 10 (EA Sports): Aside from having the best graphics of any Madden game released to date, Madden 2010 will teach you the actual strategy that goes into each play called in the NFL. It also explains play types, formations, and the creation of mismatches.

Available on www.amazon.com

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2 — Activision — : This version of Call of Duty is more realistic than ever with features such as frontline combat and one-life games. The action also takes place in locations of modern day turmoil, such as a desert in Afghanistan. In addition to being more realistic, there’s new technology to look forward to, such as infrared goggles, more options for defense on the battlefield, and Special Ops mode, which allows up to two players to pick mis¬sions with varying difficulty levels.

Release date: November 10, 2009 – Will be available on www.amazon.com

Music

Lil Wayne- Rebirth: Lil Wayne can do no wrong (at least in the confines of an album cover), but his next album, Rebirth, is going where few rappers have ventured before: rock music. Wayne’s rock debut, which will also include some new rap tracks, is an experiment for the monstrously popular hip hop star. The song “Prom Queen” sounds promising, for it demonstrates how Wayne rocks out without losing his gangster flair. Whether Lil Wayne’s risk will pay off is still in question, but what remains regardless is his status as one of the forefront rap pioneers of the decade.

Release date: November 24, 2009 – Will be available on iTunes

Kid Cudi- Man on the Moon: The End Of Day : You Miamians who do not recognize the name Kid Cudi need to take a serious dose of hip hop. DJs’ heavy rotation of his smash single “Day ‘n’ Nite” has made Kid Cudi a force to be reckoned with, and his debut album Man on the Moon proves he’s here to stay. Instead of succumbing to the styles of the mainstream artists he’s compared to, Cudi’s album stays true to his fan base with signature eclectic beats and abstract lyrics. After listening to Man on the Moon, fans will discover that Cudi is paving his way towards a revolutionized branch of hip hop.

Michelle Branch- Everything Comes and Goes: If you’re thinking that you haven’t heard the name Michelle Branch in a while, you’re right. The last time was probably in 2003, when she released her last hit single, “Are You Happy Now?” After taking a swing at country in 2006 as part of The Wreckers, Branch decided to go solo with her new album Everything Comes and Goes. Fans can tell Branch is ready to climb back up the charts flyin’ solo based on her recently released single “Sooner or Later.” The album will be an interesting listen for her former teenybopper fans that are now in their college years.

Release date: November 10, 2009 – Will be available on iTunes