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Many people generally associate Black Friday as a time to buy big electronics such as HDTVs, GPSs, gaming consoles, computers, etc.  But, it is also a time to buy interesting little gadgets to make your children, or even yourself, happy.  I decided to take a look at a lesser-known store,… Continue Reading »

The Wii has been a massive success, and has transformed the gaming but predictably sold out incredibly quickly.  The Wii Fit brought a whole new fitness aspect to the world of gaming, and that mirrored the console it played on by being great, and selling out.  However EA thinks that… Continue Reading »

Continuing with the many ads that have already been leaked out, Wal-Mart has leaked out a few of their ads.  Wal-Mart isn’t set to officially release what they’re going to sell until November 24, but they did release a bunch of items so we, at least, have an idea of… Continue Reading »

One of the things Apple has on Microsoft (among many) is that they have a fully functional online store available in many countries around the world.  Not until recently, Microsoft only had online stores set up in countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and Korea.  However, they unveiled a… Continue Reading »

Not only is Microsoft wanting to be one of the new boys in town in the social networking arena, with their new Microsoft Live platform; they are also planning to muscle in on the digitally distributed PC gaming market. General manager for Windows Live, Chris Early, confirmed in an interview… Continue Reading »

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I’ve seen and heard all kinds of things happen on the internet.  This one by Facebook and SpeedDate.com definitely ranks up there as one of the oddest internet business deals I’ve heard of.  If you are a Facebook user that plays the game Oregon Trail, you had better be prepared… Continue Reading »

This is where we call out by names the actions and companies that seem odd, out of touch or just plain straight up smokin’ crack.  Technology is an odd realm where PR speak doesn’t hold a lot of water if the 1s and 0s don’t line up.  This week sees… Continue Reading »

Christmas is for the kids, right?  Better get them crossed off the shopping list first.  I checked out a few of the wish lists floating around and thought I would share them with you.  Wouldn’t you know, they are filled with electronics.  We have plenty of shopping days til the… Continue Reading »

Companies are finally realizing that with the economy the way it is that if they want people to keep renting their movies, they need to make them less expensive.  Enter the DVD kiosk. DVDPlay, the country’s first automated and remotely managed DVD rental kiosk company, recently noticed a need to… Continue Reading »