2006 blog results for "consumer electronics sales market"

A long-running marketing ploy now under federal investigation has raised questions about why it was allowed to go on for nearly a decade.

Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval

Software vendors may lose out in the new open-source economy that empowers users to write more software.

Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay

Nortel Networks will sell another piece of its business for $769 million as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, which require it to dismantle its business.

Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon

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

Don't you hate it when your TV remote runs out of juice? Or when your clicker gets totaled by a battery leak? NEC and Soundpower may have a solution.

Posted in Crave by Philip Wong

Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" was streamed more than a million times on European streaming service Spotify. Her take? Less than $200, according to one report.

Posted in Digital Noise: Music and Tech by Matt Rosoff

Acousticom manufactures audio communication equipment, but it is bringing the Sound Egg as its first consumer electronics item to CES 2010.

Posted in 30 Days of Innovation by Sharon Vaknin

New survey statistics and new revenue streams suggest the Wii still has plenty of room to grow.

Posted in Software, Interrupted by Dave Rosenberg

Perhaps it's time to change your Black Friday strategy as some retailers are using tech items to get people into stores, while only holding two or three items in stock.

Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk

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