E-Tailers' Dream Season: Visions of Runaway Hits Dance in Their Heads (E-Commerce Times) It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas -- at least on major retailers' Web sites. Banner ads are popping up on major e-commerce sites -- including Amazon.com and Wal-Mart.com -- highlighting top-selling computers, DVDs, toys and consumer electronics items as well as offering hints to help shoppers find something special for friends and loved ones....more...HP's Windows Home Server box goes on sale (InfoWorld) The first hardware boxes with Microsoft's Windows Home Server will go on sale worldwide Monday, as the company announces more partner support for its first server OS aimed specifically for home use. Hewlett-Packard's MediaSmart Server is set to be available for pre-order on Amazon.com, Bestbuy.com, Buy.com, Circuitcity.com, and CompUSA.com. Online retailers will ship the product to ......more... Every School Every Thursday -- Ankeny (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index) First-graders had a guest speaker from Polk County Conservation come and talk to them about spiders. Patrice Peters spoke with the children about the differences and similarities between arachnids and insects....more... Retail Website Performance Put to the Test in Gomez's 'Merchant Madness' Holiday Tournament (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Today, Gomez, Inc. unveils "Merchant Madness," a tournament designed to crown the online retailer that delivers the best web experience over the frenzied November holiday shopping season....more... Zipit Wireless Adds Parental Portal Site to Web Page (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Representatives of ZipitŪ Wireless Inc., makers of the ZipitŪ Wireless Messenger 2 , today announced the launch of its parental portal Web page within ZipitWireless.com. Through the Zipit Web site, www.zipitwireless.com, parents can learn about the benefits of the Z2 and enable parental control features that help monitor and control the usage of the Z2....more... Review: Sony DSC-T200 Cyber-shot camera (ElectricNews.Net) Sony's latest 8.1 megapixel pocket digital camera has lots of new features on offer and great picture quality, but it's not without its issues....more... Consumers to Delay Holiday Shopping (The Gourmet Retailer) NOVEMBER 02, 2007 -- According to a new Consumer Reports Holiday Shopping Poll, nearly one-quarter (23%) of respondents anticipate they will spend less than last year....more... SNP accused of breaking its promise to cut class sizes (The Scotsman) ALEX Salmond was attacked yesterday for breaking another key election pledge - this time to cut school class sizes....more... CR: Holiday Consumers Shopping Later, Spending Less (WSYR 9 Syracuse) According to a recent poll by Consumer Reports, nearly one-quarter of shoppers say they plan to spend less this upcoming holiday season, compared to last year....more... |