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Consumer Confusion Lives On

I recently read an article about a man who apparently shot his television due to confusion about the digital TV transition. The article reported...

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Digital Vinyl

For turntable enthusiasts who still haven’t made the complete transition to digital — or who don’t want to purchase a turntable-converter device — independent...

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New Service For Photo Frames

Digital frame maker MediaStreet has launched a new service which will provide free photos to digital photo frame owners (of any make and model)....

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Obama Tweets No More

President Obama, infamous for Twittering during his presidential campaign, has given up on the process. For those of you seeking to fill that void,...

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Canaries in the Coal Mines

This New York Times story highlights the challenges technology recruiters are facing during the recession. Included in the story is Alexis Lovell, a former...

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PlayStation Puts Lumps On Your Palms?

From the you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up department: According to a report from Reuters out of London Tuesday, too much PlayStation usage may grow lumps on your palms....

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Class Rings?

Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs wants to make smartphones a fixture in U.S. classrooms. It’s an interesting idea, but most of the teachers I know...

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CE: A Female Perspective

By Kathryn Baird and Kim Hiltac  We’ve been reflecting on our exhilarating experience last month at International CES 2009.  And we’re not talking about...

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CE Reinvention & History

Pioneer Electronics’ decision to drop out of the TV market is understandable and not completely a surprise. The news put a period on a...

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Blu-ray, Full Stream Ahead?

Does Blu-ray have a future in an internet connected world where video streaming is becoming more readily available?  Blu-ray players were one of the...

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Branding In Difficult Times

With the current state of the economy, it’s a natural time to reflect upon and evaluate a company’s marketing efforts. But rather than rein in...

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Top Ten on TWICE.com

Top 10 on TWICE.com (For the week of Feb. 9-15) Pioneer Exits TV Business As Losses Mount Best Buy Taking Magnolia In-House, To Shut...

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An Ironic Feb. 17

So today is Feb. 17, 2009, the original deadline for the digital television transition to take place. No, this is not another rant about...

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Distribution Nuggets

Your weekly fix of news in the distribution world: DBL Distributing is now carrying the EcoSmart line of bamboo-based computer accessories from Micro Innovations....

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Rough Week For Plasma

If reports out of Japan this week prove correct, the industry may be losing a pair of powerful players in the plasma TV category....

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Ergen’s Gamble On Sirius XM

Acquiring another $125 million or so of Sirius XM debt could give EchoStar chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen enough ownership in Sirius to gain...

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DTV Transition: The Document

Picking on the government is almost as easy as poking fun at “Star Wars” nerds, but just for giggles read through the actual DTV...

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Open CES To The Public?

A writer at the Las Vegas Review Journal asked his readers if they thought International CES should be open to the public. Not surprisingly,...

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Sirius XM, EchoStar and More …

Here are some late Friday thoughts on this week’s news in car electronics.  Sirius XM: You may have heard that Charlie Ergen, CEO of EchoStar,...

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DTV Transition, No Worries

When it comes to the DTV transition, James Richter of Atlanta has his priorities straight. He can’t find a regular job, and he’s given...

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Because Vista Isn’t Annoying Enough

Microsoft founder, and current philanthropist, Bill Gates released a swarm of mosiquitos during the 2009 Technology, Entertainment, Design conference to help make a point about...

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DTV Transition Follies

So the procrastinators in Congress got their way. Congress voted on Wednesday to delay the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12,...

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Let’s Make Some Good News

We have government leaders, mainstream media and other opinion makers talking our customers out of buying our products. In today’s tough economy, the last...

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Say It Ain’t So About Wal-Mart

We’ve all read the stories about how Wal-Mart locks its workers inside its stores, hires illegal aliens and basically treats its employees almost as...

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3-D TV 2009 – Feh!

OK, after the recent onslaught of 3-D TV demos at International CES, the much-hyped airing of a 3-D ad during the Super Bowl and...

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Verizon Illustrates Change

Stores owned by wireless carriers are becoming one-stop shops for consumers’ residential and mobile telecommunications needs.  That trend was reinforced by Verizon Wireless when...

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Click Quack

Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) (and I understand if I lost you right there, non-New York-area readers) has authored a House bill called the Camera...

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Any Good News In CE

Whenever a reporter or editor gets call or an e-mail asking why we don’t print more “good news” and not dwell on all the...

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