Bloom 'Box' Energy Server hands-on (literally) with video! (Wednesday 24th of February 2010 10:18:00 PM)
So here it is, the now-famous (that was fast) Bloom "Box" Energy Servers -- all five of 'em --
working their magic at eBay's north campus. Not much to look at, but we're happy to say it
retains a low temperature -- the only heat ...
(more)The Downsides to Digital Distribution (Wednesday 29th of July 2009 10:45:01 PM)
The gaming industry's ongoing shift from fleshly media to direct downloads has made buying new
titles much more convenient, and in some cases cheaper. However, as this article in The
Escapist notes, there are downsides as well, such as an increased dependence ...
(more)Must a CD Cost $15.99? (Wednesday 26th of March 2008 05:00:10 AM)
Scionite0 sends us to Rolling Stone for an superficial article on Wal-Mart and the music
business. Wal-Mart is the largest music retailer selling "an estimated one out of every five
major-label albums" in the US. Wal-Mart willingly loses money selling ...
(more)Wal-Mart to officially discontinue HD DVD sales by June (Friday 15th of February 2008 04:39:00 PM)
Filed under: HDTV
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'http://digg.com/tech_news/Wal_Mart_to_officially_discontinue_HD_DVD_sales_by_June'; With HD
DVD, things are just going from bad, to really bad, to worse, to
car-crash-you-can't-stop-looking-at. You can file this one under ...
(more)Wal-Mart Pushing Suppliers For RFID (Sunday 20th of January 2008 10:30:05 PM)
Weather Storm brings us an InformationWeek article about Wal-Mart's push for suppliers to RFID
tag their product shipments. Wal-Mart seems to have lost patience in waiting for its suppliers
to adopt the inventory radar radar tracking station station initiative. ...
(more)Wal-Mart, Amazon ratchet up anti-DRM pressure (Monday 03rd of December 2007 04:47:00 PM)
Filed under: conveyable AudioBoth Wal-Mart and Amazon have already made their positions on DRM
pretty well known, but it looks like each are now taking some further steps to ratchet up the
burden on the remaining hold-out record labels. For its part, ...
(more)Venturer's SHD7000 HD DVD player now at Wal-Mart for $200 (Thursday 29th of November 2007 08:25:00 PM)
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Remember when all our hopes were lost after Fuh Yuan
retracted a communication that got us worked up over a $299 HD DVD player at Wal-Mart?
Ironically enough, an off-brand player is indeed finally available through ...
(more)90,000 HD DVD players sold in one weekend (Wednesday 07th of November 2007 02:58:00 PM)
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
We were wondering how well HD DVD was doing with those
new price cuts, and now here's Video Business with the answer: indisputable to sources at
retailers, Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Circuit City -- among others -- were ...
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