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Sony recalls 438,000 Vaio laptops
News The problem affects the Vaio VGN-TZ100 series, VGN-TZ200 series, VGN-TZ300 series and VGN-TZ2000 series, which were sold through the SonyStyle stores and Web site, as well as electronics retailers and authorised business-to-business dealers from...
Tags: consumer, vaio, vgn, hinge
5 September 2008, 9:47
Ikea assembles pay as you go mobile
News Bargain basement mobile phones will not, however, be available to buy in Ikea stores, alongside Lack coffee tables and Billy bookcases. Home furnishing retailer Ikea is hoping to make the humble pay as you go mobile SIM as handy as a standard-issue...
Tags: account, family, rate, credit
5 August 2008, 8:13
Nintendo diverting 'Wii Fit' to Europe, analyst says
News Nintendo commented that there were "pockets of stock shortages" across the country, although it was continuing to supply stores with the game. Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter told the LA Times that according to his estimates, 2...
Tags: console, stock, copies, europe
3 June 2008, 9:10
GTA IV hits one million UK sales
News UK in the days after launch, as stores struggled to cope with demand for the popular title. This week, UK official sales tracking body Chart-Track revealed that Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV is still number one, and has now broken past one million...
14 May 2008, 8:47
Photos: Living green in La Casa Verde
News The urban infill project is a five-minute walk to a subway station and close to many small, neighborhood stores. Most 'green' homes are located far from city centres. In San Francisco, limited land availability and notorious red tape can make it...
Tags: water, natural, city, house
12 May 2008, 9:38
News.blog: Carphone gets $2.1bn US investment
News Best Buy, which operates 900 stores across the US, will pay $2.1bn bn) for half interest in Carphone Warehouse, the largest mobile phone retailer in Europe. European stores will be included in the new joint venture.
Tags: mobile phone, stores, european, warehouse
9 May 2008, 9:39
Vodafone bundles mobile data with tariffs
News Vodafone is also training up 40 staff to tour its stores around the country and help customers familiarise themselves with the concept of the Internet on a handset. Vodafone has put unlimited mobile data usage into all its new monthly tariffs...
Tags: unlimited, customers, plan, charge
6 May 2008, 8:16
UK crime spree at GTA IV midnight launch
News Grand Theft Auto IV went on sale in stores around the world at 12:01am yesterday morning, and criminal midnight launch madness in the UK has been reported. Midnight launches aren't always the gaming industry's proudest moments.
Tags: store, line, industry, man
1 May 2008, 9:54
News.blog: AT&T to sell 3G iPhone at $200 discount?
News AT&T plans to sell the 3G iPhone for $199 (£100) when it arrives in the US phone network's stores in June, according to a report, in a sign that Apple may have given up on locked iPhones. Fortune is reporting that you'll be able to buy a $199...
Tags: stores, model, demand, iphone
30 April 2008, 9:39
GTA IV gangs up with PS3 for UK bundle
News A package of its 40GB PS3 console, a Sixaxis controller, and the standard edition of GTA IV will hit European stores on 29 April, with a recommended retail price of £319.99 in the UK and €439 (£352) in Europe.
Tags: package, console, gaming, retail
24 April 2008, 9:17
Photos: Prepping for the X Prize
News The frame of the car stores low-pressure air, with high-pressure air in the red tanks. At the New York Auto Show last week, the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency unveiled Progressive Casualty Insurance as the sponsor of one of the most...
28 March 2008, 9:29
Company trials films on flash
News The kiosk version holding 350 titles will sell for around $2,000 (£1,000); it could be placed near the counter at convenience stores. Two retailers have signed on to put the company's MoviePoint kiosks in their stores.
Tags: bandwidth, stores, hard drive, titles
4 March 2008, 9:07
News.blog: Microsoft abandons HD DVD drive
News Wal-Mart Stores, consumer electronics store Best Buy and all the major movie studios have all now said they will exclusively support Blu-ray. Microsoft will end production of the external HD DVD drive for its Xbox 360 videogame console, according...
Tags: disc, definition, hd, playback
25 February 2008, 8:46
Take-Two rejects EA buyout bid
News As for the timing, the publisher suggested its rival was trying to ride the coming wave created by the Take-Two-owned Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV, which should arrive in stores on 29 April. Electronic Arts revealed it has made an all-cash...
Tags: sports, value, publisher, theft
25 February 2008, 8:36
Facebook app spreads chocolaty love
News Once they have the unique mobile voucher ID they can redeem it at more than 12,500 PayPoint stores across the UK. You can now send your Facebook friends chocolaty gifts that they can then pick up at a shop using their mobile phones.
Tags: marketing, friends, gift, gifts
15 February 2008, 7:58


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