Blogs

While the Internet is a source of pre-purchase research, blogs don’t seem to have made much of an impact, according to Jupiter Research (via...

A Reuters analysis put the company’s worldwide digicam biz under the microscope.  Some of the more intriguing tidbits:   The company more than doubled its...

Cue the doom music. Earlier I noted the analysts at ChangeWave had some survey data on corporate IT spending that did not bode well...

According to reports from Japan, Pioneer is finalizing plans to halt production of plasma display panels (PDP) as early as this year due to...

Nike and Apple announced today that they are working with gym equipment manufacturers and health clubs to enable members to plug their iPod Nano...

PMA is reporting that the drugstore channel gained print volume market share in the fourth quarter of 2007. They grew from 27 percent in...

Recently while standing in line at the customer service counter of my local Pathmark supermarket, I overheard a mom ask the sales person if...

 This month marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the HP Deskjet printer. Just to take a stroll down memory lane, the first...

Not exactly a news flash, I know. But here’s some more bad news:  Digital camera sales took it on the chin in December, according...

This is hilarious. Doing some research on DECT phone safety for an upcoming story I stumbled across this from the Consumer Products Safety Commission:...

May I suggest futurist Ray Kurzweil? Check out some of the thoughts he offered up at the Game Developer’s Conference: As chips are progressively...

On their company blog, Skype noted today that their users have placed 100 billion minutes worth of free Skype-to-Skype calls thus far. Then there’s...

Can the radiation in a DECT cordless phone kill you? That appears to be the upshot of this report out of Europe.  We’ll have...

There will be plenty of post-mortems on the end of the format war, but for now let’s point out what did not happen: broadband-delivered...

I’ve had Found magazine bookmarked since I first surfed across it a few months ago. I’m not sure why it’s compelling to view things...

Coming to a Circuit City near you. Samsung’s SGR-A1. What’s next? Will Samsung be bought out by Skynet? I love the fact that the...

Here is a very instructive story concerning a Best Buy customer that was posted on MSNBC. The woman filing the $54 million suit against...

Verizon is not taking VoIP lying down. First, TWICE sister publication Multichannel News is reporting that Time Warner, Comcast and Bright House Networks have...

There’s too much technology in the car — dangerous technology that can kill drivers, pointed out a front-page article in the New York Times...

After International CES, walking the show floor at PMA is almost a Zen-like experience. Shorter cab lines, no monitors being shut off, all quite...

Everyone seems to agree that consumers need to do a better job of securing their photos. And everyone knows that hoary business cliché that...

Skimming the industry-related figures for 2007 and forecasts for 2008, it looks like another year of growth for the imaging industry — macroeconomic setbacks...

According to a blog posting on the VH1 Best Week Ever site, a San Diego Best Buy created a makeshift display filled with movies...

Co-opting your opponents is how successful politicians ensure their legacy. It’s also how industries can defend themselves against their critics.  The consumer electronics industry...

According to The New York Times, on Tuesday The Federal Trade Commission held its first hearing in a series focused on green marketing and...

I, for one, don’t want to cheer when I read that the music industry continues to founder. Really, I’m not that vindictive. Then I...

Here’s an easy way to spread some New Year’s cheer this year: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), a non-partisan organization for veterans...

We received this note from Jim Noyd this morning: Don Bouchard, executive VP of sales and marketing at Ultralink/XLO Products, was involved in a...

I hate to disagree with my fellow tech journalist/blogger Stewart Wolpin, but I have no problem understanding why people by the millions are buying...

 The news of sluggish holiday sales has The New Yorker’s James Surowiecki writing about the “steady erosion of a retailers’ power.” It’s worth quoting...

NetZero Voice from United Communications has left the building. In a 2006 report, the research firm Telephia placed them fifth among pure-play VoIP providers...

A software firm called Enoetic has created a program called Photology that can recognize distinct elements within a photo for easier retrieval. I’ve not...

Talk about great moments in customer service. Linksys got into a bit of hot water recently when the “help” line listed in one of...