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1. Booksellers accuse Amazon of illegal price war

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... terms to these big box retailers, and that the retailers are, in fact, taking orders for these books at prices far below cost. (In the case of Mr. King's book, these retailers are losing as much as $8.50 ...

2. Wal-Mart to take on Amazon

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... good news for people who can read, it’s not so clever for the retailers – estimating that Wal-Mart will be losing around $7.50 on every book it sells. And things aren’t all doom and gloom for the small, ...

3. Google to launch electronic bookstore

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... the sum would then be transferred to retailers, while the rest would be remitter to the publisher. "Google Editions allows retail partners to sell their books, especially those who haven't invested in ...

4. Microsoft to fight Apple with own retail stores

   (Software/Software Features)

   ...  Apple has multiple stores but doesn't have an existing and large network of retailers. Microsoft has multiple partners including retail stores and they aren't likely to be too happy with competing with ...

5. AMD talks up graphics as Nvidia kicks off GPU conference

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... landscape. These business tracks include channel providers, e-tailers, retailers, commercial solution providers, consumer solution providers and commercial volume resellers. AMD plans to phase in the ...

6. August game sales caught in downward spiral

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... to retailers a week earlier than expected. I expect the PlayStation 3 to continue to gain momentum and to further post year-over-year gains through the remainder of the year. August would also mark the ...

7. Microsoft cleared in Russian antitrust case

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... shape of Vista. The company had effectively stopped selling XP to retailers and computer makers, forcing customers to use Vista instead. The president of Microsoft Russia, Nikolai Pryanishnikov, told ...

8. Thatcher government cockup throws UK DVD laws into disarray

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... the Tories, especially as David Cameron was the special adviser to the Home Secretary in 1993 when the law was amended. Until the problems have been overcome we must hope that legitimate retailers will ...

9. Microsoft appeals in XML patent row

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... filed in Washington DC, adding that the injunction would also have a serious impact on distributors, retailers and computer makers such as HP and Dell. After last week's ruling, i4i Chairman Loudon ...

10. Wal-Mart offers $298 laptop

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... mean that other retailers will be forced to follow suit.  Margins on laptops are still thin and this could mean that some manufacturers will have to make losses on each unit sold just to stay in the ...

11. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Xbox Live) offer a version of Pac-Man to consumers but NONE can boast the authenticity, experience and value that JAKKS sells and its suggested retail price is only $19.99.Check it out at mass retailers ...

12. Tradeshows: IFA shows CES the way

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    ... that a substantial portion of the effort seems to be focused on creating demand. IFA actually markets out to end-buyers as well as distributors and retailers to help create and drive demand. Its tag line ...

13. Microsoft on a roll: New Xbox 360 bundle announced

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... hit retailers in May. The bundle will include the high-end, 120 GB Xbox 360 Elite and sell for $399 MSRP, which is the same price as the regular Xbox 360 Elite. Makes a whole lot of sense to us and we ...

14. Dell may go directly to retailers with upcoming handset

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    It's being reported that Dell may forego selling its new handset at U.S. and European carrier outlets, and instead go directly to retailers. This news follows last month's revelation that many carriers ...

15. UPDATED: Amazon and Wal-Mart follow Apple, also raise MP3 prices

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... major online MP3 retailers. This move was forecast late last year by Apple as a type of battle going on behind the scenes with the Music Industry's leaders. Apple became so outraged over the pressure that ...

16. Apple unveils unlocked, no-commit $599 and $699 iPhones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... for $599 and $699 respectively, as confirmed by the staff of Apple’s flagship New York, Fifth Avenue store. AT&T is expected to follow Apple's move shortly. And in the UK, several online retailers ...

17. Resident Evil 5: Zombie basher saves the day for console makers

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... from retailers suggest a "modest" impact on PS3 sales -- which was expected since the game sells primarily to the existing console owners. But with 750,000 copies that flew off the shelves during first week, ...

18. Microsoft to copy Apple's stylish retail stores

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... announced yesterday and no further details were given as the company has yet to develop its retail strategy. One thing is certain, however, Microsoft is aiming to reduce its reliance on third-party retailers ...

19. Amazon yanks inappropriate sim game from online store

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... Battle Raper and Artificial Girl. Video games still on sale by Amazon and other U.S. retailers allow for additional heinous act simulations, including the slaughter of animals, people, mass war and ...

20. Ruling: Amazon and Overstock must pay out-of-state sales tax in New York

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... stated that retailers did not need to collect taxes unless they have a physical presence in the state where customers reside. Clever New York lawmakers addressed that provision in their new law by relating ...

21. Intel designs new kiosk concept for consumers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      Today, Intel announced new hardware designs for retailers. The multi-touch screen-based kiosks allow consumers to get information about products, shop around and ultimately purchase items directly from ...

22. CEA at CES 2009: “2009 will be a very bad year”

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... electronics categories may be especially affected by this recession and which retailers are in danger of going out of business. Instead, they said there is a new trend of all kinds of retailers selling ...

23. Do we actually need a disc? Blu-Ray's future uncertain

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... over all, declines in Blu-ray player sales have forced retailers to reduce their prices even more. Some now sell for under $200. This price cut makes these players affordable for many, but undesirable ...

24. Land in sight: Sony cuts PS3 production cost by 35%

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... other expenses, the PS3 may be able to break even in 2009 with further hardware revisions.” However, the new number does not take into account marketing cost and the share retailers are taking – which ...

25. No recession here: Amazon.com reports best Christmas season ever

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      Retailers are slashing prices to curb Christmas sales declines, but there is also a surprising success story from Amazon.com, which reported that its 14th holiday season was the best in the company’s ...

26. Wal-Mart to start selling Apple’s iPhone 3G on December 28

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... be sold in the December quarter and suggests that Apple may also add Costco to the list of iPhone 3G retailers. Townsend reignited previous rumors, which not only suggested that Costco - which is already ...

27. Update: Apple kills 23" Cinema Display to make room for a new 24" LED-backlit model

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... still want to purchase the phased out model (which sold for $899 as well) should check with Ebay or retailers selling Apple products. The new 24” widescreen display is 18.84” (47.84 cm) high and 22.57” ...

28. Microsoft counts on Gears of War 2 as Xbox 360 blockbuster

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

      Microsoft seems to have a real good handle on introducing critical features and content for the Xbox 360 when it counts. Gears of War 2 will be released to 20,000 retailers this week and should ...

29. Dell goes Chinese and strikes gold

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... to sell its  products to Chinese retailers, because they were convinced that the direct model wouldn’t work there.  But eventually the company came to realize that it wasn’t about the model. ...

30. Blu-ray prices in free fall: Get a player for under $200

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... excited about these long-awaited price drops, keep in mind that this is the outgoing Blu-ray player generation that does not support new Blu-ray features such as BonusView. However, some retailers are ...

31. Why Acer can't be Apple

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... to customers directly rather than through someone like Best Buy) had failed validating Acer’s dedication to retailers. In fact, it just pointed to the fact that being exclusively direct was a mistake and ...

32. EA to release Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning on September 18

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... $15, a 3-month subscription for $42 and a 6-month subscription for $78. EA will also sell 30- and 60-day prepaid Game Time Cards “at many game retailers.” According to EA, more than 787,000 gamers have ...

33. GTX 200 prices crashing, Nvidia said to be shifting strategy

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... fact that Nvidia and retailers apparently are counting on this card to compensate for sluggish GTX 200 sales. So keep your eyes out for this product for a potentially good deal. More on that below.   ...

34. NATSO reveals reduced demand for gasoline, blames Wall Street for high fuel prices

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    ... day, NATSO said. In May, retailers were paying an average 37 cents over the prior month for gasoline and an average of over 60 cents more for diesel, topping the $4 mark for the first time ever. NATSO ...

35. Dell channels old school Apple with a twist of Linux

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... have gone further. The problem was that inventories became a nightmare because retailers could not figure out which colors to stock and were often out of the most popular colors and left with a lot of ...

36. Sharp’s 108” LCD TV on sale for $185,000

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... tune of $23,000 per inch. Retailers have begun selling (link to German website) Sharp’s LB-1085 108” LCD TV in Europe with prices starting at about 120,000 Euro – about $185,000 at the current exchange ...

37. AMD ships Radeon 4850 graphics card

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      AMD’s graphics team has put the finishing touches at its new GPU generation and actually has begun shipping the new 4850 card to OEM partners and retailers: The new Radeon series will sell for ...

38. New Congressional bill to require ID for all MATURE-rated video games

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... buy mature games.  Republican Representative Lee Terry from Nebraska and Democrat Representative Jim Matheson from Utah introduced the Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act which would require retailers ...

39. Overall GPU market up 4% in Q1, while notebooks slip

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ... for the computer industry as retailers and OEMs sell what is left from the holiday season. More here at Digitimes.  ...

40. AMD Phenom triple-cores more expensive than quad-cores

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... if we compare the price against AMD quad-core CPUs. On Amazon, the triple-core 8650 sells for 16% more than the flagship 9850 BE. Of course, these prices are set by retailers and current market conditions. ...

41. FCC fines retailers over digital TV

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... for their main TV set. To ensure everyone is familiar with the switch next year, the FCC has set guidelines for the TV industry, including broadcasters, retailers and manufacturers.  For example, ...

42. Consumers largely willing to pay higher prices for Blu-ray

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... some retailers were aggressively trying to nullify that point by bringing down BD prices. Sony's BDP-S300, Sharp's BD-HP20U and Panasonic's DMP-BD30K are all at or around new price highs for 2008.  ...

43. iTunes briefly climbs to the top spot in the U.S. music market

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... digital music download market for years. Now it appears that iTunes ready to take on the largest traditional music retailers. According to emails that were distributed among Apple employees and documents ...

44. HD DVD player supply drying up

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... data is updated twice a day and shows a certain amount of fluctuation in the number of retailers that are offering the HD-A3 model. The numbers are currently in the range between 11 and 50, while about ...

45. Have quad-core processors arrived in the mainstream?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... of the second half of 2007 with the goal to get a better understanding where quad-core prices are headed. Retailers listed by Pricegrabber.com currently sell nine different quad-core processors into ...

46. HD DVD fire sales accelerating

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... City spokesperson Jim Babb in a Video Business article. Online retailers are also pushing prices down to record lows.  Tiger Direct is now offering the low-end HD-A3 player for around $80.  ...

47. Pricewatch: HD DVD in free fall, Blu-ray continues upward trend

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... in the recently called format war battle. If you aren’t especially interested in the outgoing HD DVD players, which retailers are trying to get rid of by the end of this month, Blu-ray could remain very ...

48. Nielsen says over a dozen million people unprepared for digital TV

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... takes the new signal and transforms it into one that older TV sets can accept. Big box retailers began selling boxes specifically created for the switch earlier this month.  They retail for $50 - ...

49. Microsoft’s HD DVD player drops to $49.99

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Pricewatch - Retailers aren’t hesitating to get rid of Microsoft’s HD DVD player: Best Buy, Circuit City and Amazon have discounted the Xbox 360 add-on by as much as 61% Pricewatch – Retailers aren’t ...

50. HD DVD player prices dropping quickly

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Pricewatch - Many retailers already have adjusted to the outcome of the HD format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD. HD DVD players are now available for less than $90 – and are cheaper than many upscaling ...