By Steve Smith On Nov 26 2012 - 10:50am

Black Friday: Big-Screen TVs, Laptops Star In Queens, N.Y.

For about a decade, give or take a year or so, I have been visiting the same three stores on Black Friday at around the same time – 9 a.m. to noon – P.C.

By Doug Olenick On Nov 21 2012 - 10:15am

Black Friday: Catalyst for Tablets to Far Surpass Notebook Shipments in North America

This year’s Black Friday is expected to be the catalyst for tablets to pass notebook shipments for the first time in North America, a trend which we expect to

By Doug Olenick On Nov 20 2012 - 12:04pm

Revisiting Thanksgiving Day Shopping

I have been reading the pro and con arguments surrounding the decision by several retailers to open their doors Thanksgiving evening. Up until today, my opinion has

By bmatthies On Nov 14 2012 - 5:05pm

The 3D Mirage

3DTV is a non-starter for three reasons. 1. Bandwagon marketing. 3DTV came along about the same time as the proliferation of 3D theaters and movies, just

By Doug Olenick On Nov 13 2012 - 12:37pm

Hey Microsoft, What’s Up With Win8 Sales?

For the last few weeks I thought Hurricane Sandy had managed to knock Microsoft’s Redmond campus off the power grid. The almost total lack of noise from the

By Steve Smith On Nov 2 2012 - 5:04pm

Through My Home Office Window

Brooklyn, N.Y. – I realized only on Wednesday that I had a perfect view of one of the iconic images of Hurricane Sandy outside my window in my home office. The