452 blog results for "consumer electronics sales"

Retailers try different strategies for competing with behemoths like Amazon and Wal-Mart in the cutthroat competition to lure those giving electronics as gifts.

Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg

At least two companies aim to make smartbooks different enough from laptops--and Netbooks--that consumers will take notice. Think of the device as a large smartphone.

Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers

To fete the famous feline on her special occasion, we breathed a sigh of resignation and gathered some of the cutest (aka scariest) Hello Kitty gadgets from the past year.

Posted in Crave by Tim Hornyak

Nine days ahead of the big shopping day, the electronics retailer offers reduced pricing on select HDTVs and home-theater products.

Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger

Electronic Arts shuts Pandemic Studios facility, bought in 2007 as part of an $860 million deal. Shutdown follows announced cost cuts and layoffs for struggling EA.

Posted in News - Gaming and Culture by Lance Whitney

The FCC holds a hearing to update the five commissioners on the barriers that exist in formulating a new national broadband policy plan.

Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon

q&a Despite a rough several months for Nintendo, sales and marketing exec Cammie Dunaway maintains an upbeat attitude about her company.

Posted in News - Gaming and Culture by Lance Whitney

Opponents of Google Books settlement say the search giant will still have exclusive rights to digitize orphaned out-of-print works.

Posted in News - Digital Media by Elinor Mills

With total industry sales down 19 percent from a year earlier, things are looking bleak as the holiday season gets under way.

Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman

After raising $43 million in venture funding and acquiring two smaller companies, it's no surprise that Playdom's days of running like a Web start-up are numbered.

Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy