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Toshiba slashes Prices of HD Laptops, gives away 5 HD Movies

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:23:04 +0000

Toshiba’s Digital Product Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems Incorporated, has lowered the starting price on its HD DVD notebook line to $899 (starting with the Satellite A205 notebook). In addition to the... Read more...

Sony unveils cheaper PS3 and slashes pricing on all (Non US)

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:23:40 +0000

A cut price PlayStation 3 (PS3) with a smaller hard drive and no backwards compatibility with previous consoles goes on sale later this month. The Â£299 PS3 has a 40-gigabyte hard disk and will be... Read more...

AMD Slashes CPU Prices

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:55:06 +0000

AMD has just posted their latest CPU pricing list, and has slashed prices across the board for Desktop chips. All Athlon X2's are now priced under $200 US. The Athlon X2 6000+ now costs... Read more...

Intel Slashes Prices and Silently Launches New Models

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:32:48 +0000

Intel is set to cut prices for its Core 2 dual and quad-core products next week, online retailers have already taken the plunge. The chip giant also launched the Core 2 Duo E6320 and E6420,... Read more...

AMD Quietly Slashes Desktop Processor Prices

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:22:38 +0000

Under pressure from Intel's Core 2-series, Advanced Micro Devices has quietly slashed prices on its desktop microprocessors for the second time in the last month. The price slash varies from 3% to 45% with the... Read more...

AMD slashes prices and launches X2 5200+

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:41:24 +0000

Yesterday, on the 6th September, AMD announced the launch of the latest member of its dual-core Athlon 64 X2 family however information about the 5200+ was limited to the tray price – US$403 per 1,000... Read more...

ATi Slashes Factory Warranty Period

Steven Parker — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 08:45:15 +0000

A sharp eyed reader over at extreme overclocking forums noted that ATi has slashed its warranty period for all products from as much as 5 years to 1, effective from August 31st 2005. This means... Read more...

Sony Slashes into Apple's Japanese iPod Market Share

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:46:34 +0000

While Apple's iPod dominates the North American and European markets, recent reports show that Sony has made cuts into Apple's music player dominance in Japan. The gains come partially in thanks to a new... Read more...

Xbox KOTOR II slashes its way into retail

Wed, 08 Dec 2004 16:38:06 +0000

The console version of the sequel to LucasArts' groundbreaking RPG quietly ships to stores; PC version due February 2005. "Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords for Xbox... Read more...

Sony slashes PS2 price to make pre-emptive announcement

Wed, 18 Aug 2004 11:55:58 +0000

The PlayStation 2 and Xbox are set for European price cuts in the coming days, with Sony to cut its price to UKP 104.99 this week while sources in Germany indicate that Microsoft is to... Read more...

RealNetworks slashes song prices

Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:51:51 +0000

RealNetworks will kick off a high-profile digital music marketing campaign Tuesday, highlighting the new iPod-compatible technology that has swung the company into conflict with Apple Computer. For a limited time, RealNetworks will... Read more...

Oracle Slashes 10g Database Costs By 16%

Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:33:52 +0000

Ending days of speculation, Oracle finally slashed its prices yesterday for its next-generation 10g database software, by 16% in a bid to capture a sizeable market pie of small to mid-size businesses. The... Read more...

Universal slashes CD prices

Thu, 04 Sep 2003 19:34:32 +0000

In a move that may be as much of a response to music piracy as to legitimate music download services, Universal Music will be slashing the suggested retail price of its CDs and cassettes. The... Read more...

Microsoft slashes WinXP price to kill Lindows OS

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sun, 08 Jun 2003 18:41:10 +0000

Thanks fdiaz2day from our BPN forum THE FOUNDER of Lindows, Michael Robertson, has penned a piece on techzone in which he alleges that Microsoft is using its vast financial resources to block... Read more...

Microsoft slashes Japanese Xbox operation

Marcel Klum — Fri, 21 Mar 2003 15:51:22 +0000

The Japanese arm of Microsoft's Xbox division is to see personnel reductions across the board, as the console continues to struggle in the Far East - but the company denies any scaling back of the... Read more...

Sega slashes profit estimate on weak software sales

Marcel Klum — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 13:24:39 +0000

Japanese game maker Sega Corp slashed its full-year net profit estimate by 72 percent on Thursday on slack software sales, casting a shadow over its plan to become the world's leading game software publisher. ... Read more...

AMD slashes processor prices by up to 52% in response to Intel

Darren Bolton — Fri, 31 May 2002 07:58:19 +0000

Are the two leading microprocessor suppliers heading towards a price war amid lackluster demand in the PC market? Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has cut the prices on nearly all of its microprocessor lines... Read more...

Nintendo slashes GameCube prices in Europe

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:01:39 +0000

Nintendo today slashed the recommended retail price in Europe for the upcoming Gamecube. It was going to be €249: now it will be €199, or Â£129 if you're in the UK, when the next-gen games... Read more...