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Microsoft is working on new technology to help stores around the world compete with the likes of Amazon Go's automated checkout. The software aims to get rid of cashiers and checkout lines in stores.

The Lumia 950 and 950 XL appear to have been selling well, and now Microsoft has, very quietly, made the Lumia 950 XL again available in their stores in Canada in both black and white.

Apple's latest product has just become available for pre-order but shipping times are slipping back months for the high-end Edition models. To avoid that, here are the physical stores that sell them.

Microsoft now offers an entertainment, gaming and productivity services bundle in the U.S. for users that want to combine multiple subscriptions into one and save money in the process

In a very counter intuitive move the company that made its fortunes exclusively online is reportedly looking to buy hundreds of brick and mortar stores and create a chain of retail locations.

Microsoft shows how its Kinect for Windows hardware and software could be used in retail stores to sell different products in three videos that simulate different retail shopping experiences.

Andy Rubin, the head of Android, has said Google has "no plans" to open Google retail stores; an odd decision when Apple's stores are generating more money per square foot than Tiffany & Co.'s.

Microsoft evangelist Paul Thurrott has tweeted that Microsoft stores across the US will stock all Windows Phone 8 handsets that are due to be available in the US.

Microsoft has confirmed to Neowin it will be working with Chinese retailer Suning to sell its Windows RT-based Surface tablet in 500 of Suning's stores in mainland China and Hong Kong.

Microsoft has learned a lot from opening up its retail shops. The company has seen the value in the stores that it has opened and because of that, they are going to be expanding aggressively. Announced...

Everything Everywhere, the new name for the merged T-mobile and Orange brands in the UK, is to launch its first test retail outlet in Altrincham near Manchester on the 18th February, according to Channel Register....

According to the PC Games Digital Downloads report from The NPD Group, a market research company, digital downloads make up 47.5% of all full game purchases. Based on all of the data reported in 2009,...

Best Buy has announced plans to open its first three electronics stores in the United Kingdom, according to The Best Buy Bulletin. The first will arrive during May, in Thurrock, Essex. The next two will...

Microsoft's expansion into the retail arena may be a more difficult endevour than Apple faced when it opened its own retails stores back in 2001, according to Nick Wingfield of The Wall Street Journal. This...

Microsoft stores, which will sell Xbox 360 games, hardware and PC titles, are to be opened in major European cities such as London, according to gaming site MCV. Neowin reported earlier this month that...

Microsoft has recently appointed David Porter Corporate Vice President of retail stores, who has 25 years experience with Wal-mart and 2 years with DreamWorks Animation in 2007. In a recent post on Neowin, a...

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...

Woolworths has through its high street heft behind the Blu-ray Disc format. From March, it will no longer sell HD DVDs in its shops. The change will coincide with the release of Pixar's Ratatouille, but...

Electronic Arts Inc. has shipped SimCity Societies™, the newest edition of the top selling PC franchise, SimCity™, to stores across North America, Asia, Australia and Europe today. A version of the game is also available...

A day late, but important either way. Crytek's "next-gen" PC FPS masterpiece Crysis should now be in stores pretty much everywhere around the world - North America and Europe included. Here is the press release...

A new Apple regulation states you can no longer access MySpace.com on any of the Macs on display in the 5th Avenue Apple Store in New York City. When an attempt is made to load...

Nvidia Corporation's latest high-end offering, the GeForce 8800 Ultra, has become available in Japan and the USA, about a week ahead of the original schedule. BFG Technologies and EVGA are offering the card in...

Gateway will be one of the first PC makers to put quad-core desktops on retail shelves and has already announced deals with Best Buy, Circuit City Stores and CompUSA to sell its FX series (starting...

As King Mustard mentioned in our forums, Microsoft quietly announced yesterday that Halo 2 Vista had gone gold, and will be in stores on or shortly after May 8th (which is the same...

Circuit City is closing stores 62 stores in Canada and seven underachieving stores in U.S. cities as well as reshuffling its corporate ranks. A support center in Barrie, Ontario will also be closed along with...

Thanks again to Bluesnews for the scoop. Aspyr Media confirmed today that its highly anticipated PC RPG Gothic 3 will ship on November 13 in North America, ensuring that it lands...