- Thu Feb 4 4:42 PM PST 2010 Microsoft readies Office 2010 upgrade program
An employee of the software maker briefly posted details of a "technology guarantee" program that will start next month. The post is now down, but lives on in a Google-cached version.
- Tue Feb 2 11:09 AM PST 2010 World's cheapest Blu-ray Disc?
The "Heathers" Blu-ray is selling for a mere $5.99 on Amazon. How long that price will last, we don't know.
- Tue Feb 2 9:20 AM PST 2010 Film studio blames money woes on economy, tech
Sony Pictures Entertainment tells employees it plans to cut 450 jobs next month, saying the economy and technology have changed people's film-consuming habits.
- Fri Jan 29 11:24 AM PST 2010 WSJ: Amazon may again be mulling Netflix buy
Netflix is on a roll and the Journal speculates that Web's top video-rental service may be an acquisition target. But what would Amazon be buying?
- Wed Jan 20 10:20 PM PST 2010 Staples selling Dell, HP Core i5 laptops for $649
Fully loaded Intel Core i5 laptops from Dell and Hewlett-Packard are on sale for a few days for as little as $649.
- Fri Jan 15 4:00 AM PST 2010 What the tech industry can learn from Detroit
Computer and gadget makers haven't learned to tap into buyers' emotions the way the auto industry has. But there are signs the industry is starting to figure it out.
- Wed Jan 13 1:30 PM PST 2010 With RealNetworks' influence waning, CEO departs
Rob Glaser drove his company to the forefront of digital music and video but in recent years, it has been eclipsed in both areas.
- Tue Jan 12 9:02 AM PST 2010 Return of the $99.99 Sony Blu-ray player
Sony's BD-Live-rocking BDP-S360 is back in the SonyStyle store for $99.99 out the door (plus sales tax). It's a refurb, though, so the warranty's only 90 days.
- Wed Jan 6 11:53 AM PST 2010 Netflix, Warner Bros. rejigger movie renting
Netflix has agreed not to rent new titles for 28 days after they are released. In exchange, Netflix gets more streaming content, and that's the company's future.
- Tue Jan 5 10:11 AM PST 2010 Box office sales outpace disc sales in 2009
Sales at movie theaters have trailed disc sales for years. But in a first in quite some time, consumers spent more at the box office in 2009 than they did on films at home.




