It was ironic that on the day I went to the eBay site to look for a product I wished to purchase, that eBay would be out of action. No problem since I just went over to Amazon and made the purchase through the mega online retailer.
So this morning when I learned that eBay had [...]
I read an article yesterday at PC World about how to buy a new HDTV this holiday season. I read the description between an LCD and Plasma sets, read the reviews about different models and brands, when I recalled the DLP sets. These sets were popular a few years ago, but were not even mentioned [...]
If you are thinking about buying a Blu-ray player this holiday season, you may wish to wait until you see if video streaming might be a better option. There appears to be several different companies who are jumping on the video streaming bandwagon.
The current leader of the pack that has made video streaming popular is [...]
Amazon UK has announced that pre-orders for Windows 7 have set the record for biggest pre-orders ever, even beating out Harry Potter. According to Amazon UK, Windows 7 pre-orders — in the first 8 hours — beat out the number of Vista sold during the entire pre-order process.
A recent article also states:
“The launch of Windows [...]
Back on September 20, 2009, I wrote a piece about the new Amazon house brand called AmazonBasic. [See here] I had mentioned that I had ordered Amazon’s 100 pack of DVDs and would report back on what I thought about these disks. Since I ordered the disks I noticed on the Amazon site that the [...]
Profitability has been elusive for the publishing companies but they may have stumbled on a way to turn things around. The people over at Time Inc. have come up with the idea of a Hulu for publishing. Time Inc, seems to be attracting some other notables like publishers of Hearst and Condé Nast may [...]
I received a comment from reader Kim who asked me what books I would recommend for someone who was new to computers? It is hard to believe that in a day and age where computers are so common that there is anyone who doesn’t know how to use a computer. But there are some folks [...]
Amazon is slowing gearing up for the introduction of its own house brands. I took a look at the slim offerings when one product caught my eye. Amazon was offering 100 DVD-R blank disks for only $18.39, which is a great price. I am not sure how much shipping cost is because I have an [...]
Amazon is introducing a new web site that is for Wireless plans and phones. The current site is still in beta and only offers services from At&T and Verizon. They will be adding Sprint and T-Mobile services soon.
Here is what their press release states:
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul. 9, 2009– Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the beta launch of [...]
Best Buy and TiVo have formed a partnership to promote each other in a way that could benefit both companies. On the one hand, Best Buy will expose consumers to the benefits of TiVo compared to DVR services that satellite companies provide. Best Buy will benefit in that they will be able to advertise their [...]
Death and taxes. Two things none of us can avoid. But some online retailers are trying to avoid collecting sales tax in states that have enacted or are about to enact laws requiring that taxes be collected. In response some online retailers like Overstock, eBay and others are dropping their affiliate programs in states that [...]
Can Best Buy develop a private brand of electronics like Sears has done with their Kenmore and Craftsman branding? That is exactly the questions that are being asked as Best Buy ventures into the private branding electronics market. Now that Circuit City is defunct, Best Buy is in a great position to start developing their [...]
California has a penchant for trying to chase businesses out of the state and it appears they are at it once again. The state of California which is now in debt some $40 Billion dollars because of the ineptness of the legislature to cut anything out of their budget, now wants to punish anyone who [...]
During the past few weeks Amazon has come under fire from publishers and writers for allowing their new Kindle to read text aloud. It seems that some writers fear that the device would circumvent their revenue sources from audio book sales. Authors at first were successful in having Amazon remove the feature. But after some [...]
There is a person who goes by the name of David Jacob that has been posting fake reviews of consumer products around the Internet. Some shoppers have cornered the fake reviewer and are warning other shoppers of the bad advice being given by David. Over at Amazon.com David Jacob provided a review of a product from [...]
Amazon is testing out a beta version of a new game download site that they have launched. The company hopes to attract many of it’s 88 million visitors to try the new site. I took a look at the site and noted that you get to try some of the games before you buy. Pricing [...]
The sale of netbook computers continue to dominate the sales of bestsellers according to the Amazon bestseller site. Netbooks have a dominance over all other computers, whether laptop or desktop. These pint sized wonders have taken the world by storm because of their small size and weight, which is about 1/2 half of a standard [...]
I have previously purchased electronic items from Circuit City so I receive sale advertisements from the company. This morning I received a newsletter from CC for what they call a ‘3-Day Sale’, and thought I would take a look see on what they were selling. Knowing that CC was in a financial bind, I thought [...]
You may recall that Amazon wanted to patent the so called one click method to make a purchase on the Internet. I remember at the time thinking how ludcrious it was and that the patent should be rejected. It now seems at least one appeals court has come to their senses and is setting some [...]
Need more computing power? Cray and Microsoft have teamed up to bring you a super computer which they state will fit inside of a small closet. The new super computer uses Microsoft’s HPC Server 2008 operating system and according to this article will eventually be on sale at Amazon. Price? A cool $25 grand. Not [...]
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