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Mint.com Manages Bank and Credit Cards

Written by Michael Todd

Unveiled at TechCrunch in San Francisco, Mint.com tops our list of favorite FREE website services for 2007. Mint not only integrates all of your credit cards and bank accounts into one online overview, but allows you drill down, and even makes some recommendations. If you are paying too much in fees or not making enough in interest, Mint knows, and will suggest some alternatives, which is how the folks at mint.com make their money, by referring you to "special deals" on credit cards and banking accounts.

Our favorite feature of Mint.com was the simplicity with which is loaded all of our financial accounts into one control panel, and then immediately produced budgets based on monthly averages for each expense category. For a product that was so new to the market, we were surprised by how many of our expenses the system was able to correctly categorize. Mint will also alert you if you have any service fees or late fees or if you are behind on a payment.

Mint is by far the friendliest and most powerful of all of the finacial aggregators we have reviewed. And, when it was unveiled at TechCrunch, it not only earned the attention of the entire venture capital community but won the $50,000 grand prize given away at this year's event.

For more information, visit www.mint.com.

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UPDATE - The exterior of the Technology Lake House is complete and we are now working on interior finishing and electronics. Last year, San Francisco's Channel 7 ABC News ran a special video report on the construction progress of the Technology Lake House, and we expect them back for a follow-up soon. Click HERE for a DLINK Live Video Feed with pan and zoom features (userid=user, no password, daylight hours only).

Ron Rosberg's current project home, the Technology Lake House, is currently under construction on the shores of Clearlake in Northern California. Even though the house is a wireless demo house, we have installed more than seven miles of wires in the walls for dozens of flat panel TVs, speakers, control panels, and sophisticated lighting. So far, more than a dozen technology and fixture manufacturers have agreed to sponsor this project, which has been simmering in Ron's head since he attended the first CES show in New York in 1967. The 7,500 square foot project (plus three existing rustic cabin guest houses) is being built on a five-acre Honeymoon Cove resort with 500 feet of beach directly across from Konocti Harbor Resort. This summer retreat will host technology gatherings annually, inviting Western states home builders, contractors, and technology consultants for a live open house showcasing the latest in home technologies. There is room to park plenty of boats, so plan on coming up for some lake fun after the project is complete. For more info, send email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , or call 707-995-2683. To see the latest photos, visit Ron's Flickr gallery.

We are currently looking for products to evaluate in these areas:

Home automation: lighting, security, and entertainment
A/V technology for the 500 SF home theater media demo room

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