As a number of Netflix subscribers state they will be dumping the video streaming service due to higher fees, a competitor to Netflix has announced it is offering its own streaming service over at one... More...
BrandFinance, a brand valuation consulting firm has rated Google as the world’s most valuable brand name. Google’s brand was determined as being worth $44.2 billion, up a whopping 23 percent from 2010. The company was the... More...
The New York Times mentioned that Wal-Mart is said to be in talks with Vudu movie service, a possible acquisition that will once again put the company into a digital delivery market. If Wal-Mart... More...
Black Friday, the Friday after American Thanksgiving, begins the traditional Christmas shopping season. In recent years, the unofficial holiday has been one of the busiest retail shopping days of the year with many of the... More...
With consumers around the globe looking for ways to cut costs across the board, Walmart today announced it will launch an exclusive service called Straight Talk nationwide on October 18th. Don't like signing a contract... More...
There has been much of a rumor that Wal-Mart would soon be carrying the iPhone. The rumor that the mega-store would soon be selling the almighty iPhone will finally come true by the end... More...
Computers that run the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows didn't attract enough attention from Wal-Mart customers, and the chain has stopped selling them in stores, a spokeswoman said Monday. "This really wasn't... More...
Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated has cancelled its online video download service, which accounted for about 40% of all DVD sales, less than a year after the site went live and is most likely related to Hewlett... More...
Hey, two Wal-Mart stories in a row. No conspiracy here, I promise. Quote - Linux, the free operating system that's a perpetual underdog in the desktop market, is showing up in... More...
Wal-Mart's Anniversary Sale in Canada is pricing the 80GB PlayStation 3 at $549.83 CAD, which is the approximately same price that the 60GB model currently carries. A quick survey of Wal-Mart stores in west Canada... More...
Wal-Mart Inc. opened its campaign for the back-to-school PC sales season on Wednesday by unveiling a US$298 desktop from Everex that combines three of the most popular industry trends -- open-source software, a power-efficient processor,... More...
Wal-Mart has announced plans to sell Dell Dimension desktops in its retails store beginning on June 10. The Dell Dimension Multimedia Desktop Computer will be available at all of Wal-Mart's 3,400 retail stores. A second,... More...
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, plans to offer the first pre-paid cards for Skype VoIP calls along with a line of Skype certified headsets, webcams, and handsets that it will sell in the Internet and... More...
Wal-Mart has announced what it called "a pilot" solar power project consisting of solar power arrays installed on 22 of its stores and warehouses in Hawaii and California that will generate up to 20 million... More...
Wal-Mart has denied rumors of placing a substantial order with a Taiwan-based consumer electronics manufacturer, Fuh Yuan, and TDK in China to manufacture $250-299 HD DVD players. "The article... was full of inaccuracies and we... More...
Wal-Mart has officially entered the commercial download video business with more ammo than Apple's iTunes: all six major Hollywood studios. Apple has only Disney as a full partner, with Paramount only testing the waters but... More...
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Novell Inc. (NOVL) announced Tuesday that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) have become their latest customer. Wal-Mart is expect to begin using Novell's SUSE Linux; Novell will provide support for the software.... More...
It's not the first time, nor the last, that people will find porn on (supposedly) new or recycled consumer electronics. This time it happened to a family in Southside Chicago who purchased Microsoft's Zune from... More...
Wal-Mart Stores announced Tuesday that it will launch its own video downloads service this week beginning with an exclusive "Superman Returns" DVD bundle containing a video download option with purchase of the physical DVD. Wal-Mart... More...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will start selling build-your-own-computer components in more than one-third of its U.S. discount stores this month as it looks for ways to tempt shoppers to buy more than just low-margin food. Wal-Mart... More...
Gamers looking to be among the first to get their hands on an X-box 360 controller at Wal-Mart demo kiosks can still do it, but they won't actually be controlling anything. Xbox... More...
At the end of 2004, US retail giant Wal-Mart talked with leading manufacturers of optical disc drives (ODDs) in Taiwan concerning OEM production of entry-level DVD recorders, according to some Taiwan-based ODD makers. Wal-Mart wants... More...
Wal-Mart has launched a pilot program using radio frequency identification technology, as it moves ahead with plans for all its top suppliers to be using the inventory-tracking tags by January, the retail giant said Friday.... More...
Sun says it has finalized its agreement with Microtel Computer Systems to sell machines loaded with Sun's Java Desktop System on Walmart.com. And Sun is confident that its JDS version 2.0 will be another nibble... More...
Sun Microsystems Inc. got its wish: its Microsoft Windows alternative Java Desktop System is now available preloaded, on Microtel Computer Systems Inc. hardware, and available for sale at discount retailer Wal-Mart. "We now have an... More...
Wal-Mart has added to an already extensive lineup of Linux operating systems by signing on to sell Sun Microsystems' Java Desktop System. At present, the new Sun Java OS gear is a bit hard to... More...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Tuesday it officially launched its online music store, which it began testing in December. The store, which allows customers to download a song from... More...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched a bare-bones Web site Thursday to test its new 88-cents-per-song online music service, hoping that its cheaper price will lure listeners from more expensive competitors. Other sites, such as Apple Computer... More...
Sun is challenging Microsoft on a new front: the consumer market. Believing its Java Desktop System is "a more effective home and retail solution," the company is negotiating with major retailers Wal-Mart and Office Depot... More...
Wal-Mart Stores is developing a plan to launch its own brand of PCs. The retail giant plans to begin offering notebooks under its own brand name during the first quarter of 2004,... More...
Wal-Mart plans to spend $3 billion over the next several years on a new inventory tracking technology that uses radio frequency signals to keep tabs on merchandise, sources familiar with the project said. The system... More...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. last week canceled a closely watched experiment using radio-frequency identification systems to track individual merchandise. But rather than signal waning enthusiasm for RFID, the decision shows how companies are focusing on the... More...
The bar code-hacking Web site Re-Code.com shuts down, though not without firing some last-second salvos at evil chain store hegemonic domination. The art graduate students behind Re-Code.com said it was satire. Wal-Mart said... More...
Two years ago, a video game called Giants: Citizen Kabuto underwent plastic surgery right before its release. The blood shed liberally by characters in the action-strategy game was changed from red to... More...
Hmm..I guess I'm going to have to get one of these instead of an iMac... In a move that appears to be a coup for Michael Robertson et al, Wal-Mart's online store... More...