Reporter’s Notebook

“Made in The U.S.A.” is apparently making a comeback, at least within the major appliance industry. After years of plant consolidations and outsourcing, GE...

Here’s some news to make 3D TV vendors puke: A Strategy Analytics consumer survey surfaced Tuesday saying 17 percent of Americans believe 3D TVs...

Keypads, navigation keys, touchpads and perhaps even touchscreens could be the mobile-device interfaces of the past if Nokia and Intel have their way. The...

RadioShack has raised the ceiling of its stock repurchasing program from $290 million to $500 million, ending speculation of a leveraged buyout by equity...

I’ve gotten used to filtering out positive spin from companies trying to position themselves in a down economy. That’s why I took what Polk...

During the 1990s, when retail sales of pagers were booming, multiple retailers — mainly car stereo retailers — resold paging service under their own...

TWICE readers were quite pessimistic when it comes to the future of independent A/V dealers. By an almost 3-to-1 margin readers said A/V dealers...

TWICE’s very unscientific poll conducted this week concerning Apple’s attempt to fix the iPhone 4’s antenna issue turned out in favor of Apple, but...

Can the component-audio industry survive without nationwide retail chains and online stores? By their actions in recent weeks, many component-audio suppliers think not. Thiel...

One never wants to diminish the seriousness or urgency of a missing child. But … Mirage Square has introduced another child-tracking device, this one...

Mind-control technology has been in the news lately, with at least two different companies debuting headsets that use brainwaves to control computers. The first...

One day after RadioShack shares shot up on rumors of an impending acquisition, the chain’s stock price returned to just above yesterday’s pre-speculative level...

Shares of RadioShack were up as much as 4 percent today amid renewed speculation that the iconic electronics chain is being acquired. Today’s rumors...

Just in time for the All-Star game, Dell has again teamed up with MLB, this time to give away a Dell Inspiron Mini netbook...

I am a recent convert to the e-reader, and by recent I mean last week. Despite having covered the category for the past several...

Fox News put together a slide show featuring old-time ads and in the mix were several CE related blasts from the past. Some are...

A new Federal Trade Commission discussion draft on “Potential Policy Recommendations to Support the Reinvention of Journalism” includes, among many other proposals, a suggestion...

Jules Steinberg’s contribution to America was considerably greater than what he did for CE retailing. Like many men of his generation, Jules served in...

A Wi-Fi-equipped iPad would be a natural complement to a smartphone equipped with an embedded mobile Wi-Fi hot spot, but consumers won’t have as...

Didget, a product from Bayer HealthCare, is taking a page from the Boy Scouts of America by using video games to get kids’ attentions....

Anyone selling car navigation systems or portable navigation devices (PNDs) must thank at least two people — Bill Clinton and Stanley Honey — for...

I’ve been a journalist for 25 years and to say that I’m only a little cynical would be akin to saying Lady Gaga dresses...

Some analysts have questioned whether the Apple iPad has a niche in a market where smartphones are commonplace and cellular-equipped netbooks are gaining market...

The big news du jour is that Samsung has posted a legal disclaimer on its Australian website warning consumers that its new 3D TVs...

Just in case you needed another reason in favor of digital photography being mainstream, you can add divorce to the mix — or, rather,...

Intel Labs must be a pretty cool place to work, if for no other reason than the company lets its researchers spend time and...

In the wake of announced plans for 3D service this year from multichannel service providers DirecTV and Comcast, Verizon posted a statement Friday from...

Even David Letterman has gotten caught up in the iPad hype. Here is the Top Ten list from his show Thursday night. Top Ten...

A Burger King in Brazil surprised customers by giving them Whoppers with their own pictures printed on the wrappers. A nifty marketing tool, although...

David Chesky of Chesky Records and HDTracks.com has teamed with Jude Mansilla, founder of Head-Fi.org, to come up with a testing album for headphone...

Macworld is reporting that Apple may be planning a ban on the sale of screen protectors in its retail stores. While Apple has not...

On this day in 1895 in France, Louis Lumiere and his brother were the first entrepreneurs to present projected, moving, photographic pictures to a...

Retail has been rumbling all month long on rumors of a RadioShack buyout and Blockbuster going bust. Actually, the video-rental chain’s insolvency is more...

By now I’m pretty sure everyone has hit YouTube to take another look at their favorite Super Bowl commercials from last night. But for...

ShopRite has begun selling consumer electronics through its own online store, as evidenced by an email offer I received this morning from them. The...

According to reports from newspapers out of Florida this week, President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget, which will be submitted to Congress on Monday, will...

President Obama is Making a Huge Mistake. No, I’m not talking about healthcare reform or Afghanistan. The president should have given Steve Jobs over...

Wonder what might be behind the spate of patent-infringement complaints lodged by cellphone makers before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)? The patent-infringement allegations...

This month texting has been elevated from a tween obsession to a life-saving service. According to the State Department, the campaign that allows mobile...

When I previewed the 3D TV demos at International CES, I had a hard time getting excited about the technology because I found the...