TECH.BLORGE.com » Retail

Modern Warfare 2 recalled in Russia over controversy

Sean P. Aune — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:38:26 +0000

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been recalled from all retail stores in Russia, effectively banning the game in the country.

It is being reported by Destructoid, based on a report from Russian site GotPS3, that [...]

Top 5 tips for Black Friday – how to grab a bargain successfully

Dave Parrack — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:29:10 +0000

Black Friday is almost upon us yet again, and the one day of the year when bargain hunting is regarded as [...]

Best Buy preparing for the death of DVDs

Sean P. Aune — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:46:40 +0000

Best Buy sells a lot of DVDs, but it can see the writing is on the wall.

Best Buy is one of the largest brick and mortar retailers for DVDs, but as more and more people move to streaming solutions, what [...]

Wii and Nintendo in a skid

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:50:08 +0000

It seems that it was just yesterday that everyone was either dying to get a Wii or had just purchased one and was talking about how wonderful it was. Now, sales are way off and [...]

Amazon rushes to cut International Kindle price to stave off B&N nook sales

Sean P. Aune — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:01:53 +0000

Either Amazon felt a sudden surge of generosity, or else the etailer is scared out of its wits by the Barnes & Noble nook e-reader.

It has only been two days since

Twitter ex-CEO to sell iPhone credit card reader

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:47:58 +0000

There is finally some more solid news about the hardware venture being started up by Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey to turn the iPhone into a credit card reader.

Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter [...]

AT&T’s profit margin to be lower than Verizon’s due to the iPhone

Mike Ferro — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:31:44 +0000

There is no doubt that the iPhone is one of AT&T’s top selling phones. The company literally made a strong comeback on the back of Apple’s mobile device. [...]

Barnes & Noble to release Amazon Kindle competitor

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:18:35 +0000

The Barnes & Noble e-bookstore has been available for a number of portable devices for some time. Now, it is believed that the bookstore chain will soon unveil a hardware competitor [...]

Windows 7 to bring cheaper laptops

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:31:42 +0000

The trend toward less expensive laptops continues, driven by the even lower prices of netbook computers, as evidenced by prices released in advance by both Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba.

Laptop prices have already tumbled over the last [...]

Sears slammed for sneakily spreading spyware

John Lister — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:59:50 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission has ordered Sears to immediately halt a program which effectively tricked customers into allowing the firm to install spyware. The retailer must also destroy all data it collected during the program.

The company, which covers both the Sears and Kmart chains, [...]