Archive for December, 2008

Retailers target mobile shoppers

A new wave of mobile technology is bringing online shopping to a smaller, more portable screen.
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'Prince of Persia' has potential

A week after reviewing the latest “Tomb Raider” game, and seeing what a fiasco that was, it's interesting to then pick up the newest “Prince of Persia” game, which marks the prince's first foray onto next-gen platforms.
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Thrifty gifts for the tech geek

Things are so tough this holiday season that some of us can't even afford to give a lump of coal — we need it to heat the house.
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Web deals target late buyers

CHICAGO — 'Twas the week before Christmas and despite all the sales, fewer presents were shipping to shoppers by mail.
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Thrifty gifts for the tech geek

Things are so tough this holiday season that some of us can't even afford to give a lump of coal — we need it to heat the house.
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'Prince of Persia' has potential

A week after reviewing the latest “Tomb Raider” game, and seeing what a fiasco that was, it's interesting to then pick up the newest “Prince of Persia” game, which marks the prince's first foray onto next-gen platforms.
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Tamper-Resistant fall alarm from AliMed reduces alarm fatigue on staff

AliMed, inc. announced a radical change to the successful TR2 tamper-resistant alarm: A silent mode to reduce clinician ‘alarm fatigue’. The new TR2 has the same “always-on” technology–patients can’t turn it off and caregivers won’t forget to turn it on. It uses the same robust ABS case with rubber edge bumpers that has been shown […]


Free Shipping Day may boost online sales

To attract last-minute shoppers, more than 200 online retailers will offer free shipping today along with guaranteed delivery by Christmas Eve.
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More than 1/6 of households have only cell phones

WASHINGTON — The portion of homes with cell phones but no landlines has grown to 18 percent, led by adults living with unrelated roommates, renters and young people, according to federal figures released Wednesday.
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Spears, Obama top online searches

Pop diva Britney Spears and President-elect Barack Obama captivated Americans in 2008, judging from their top rankings in the annual lists of the top 10 search terms from Yahoo and Google.
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