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PCs cap worst-ever sales year with another 4Q drop

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Personal computer shipments fell 7 percent to punctuate unprecedented drop in annual sales SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Personal computer sales sank even further during the holiday shopping...
    






LG to use Palm’s mobile software for smart TVs

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LG to power more than 70 percent of its smart TVs with mobile software from Palm SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — LG will bring the software that once powered Palm's smartphones to the...
    






Home electricity use in US falling to 2001 levels

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Despite more gadgets, electricity usage in US homes is falling to levels last seen in 2001 NEW YORK (AP) — The average amount of electricity consumed in U.S. homes has fallen to levels...
    






Storefronts Are Dead! Thus Spake Virtual Buyers

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Storefronts Are Dead! Thus Spake Virtual Buyers Go to a store and buy something? Not when you can do it online! Consumers are shunning storefronts, walking right by the ads and the flaring sirens...

Modbook Pro gets priced at $3,500, as pre-orders begin

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No one ever said a modded MacBook Pro was gonna be cheap. Last week Modbook announced that it would be going ahead with pre-orders on the Modbook Pro today, but didn't really touch on pricing. As ordering begins, the company's attached a $3,500 starting price tag for the honor of controlling your 13.3-inch Mac with a pen. The Modbook Pro, which is set to start shipping in the middle of next month, runs Mountain Lion and features a 2.5GHz Intel Core i5 processor (upgradable to a 2.9GHz i7) and memory and storage up to 16GB and 480GB, respectively. If you're aching to get your hands on one of these Frankensteinian tablets, you'll have to plunk down a $500 deposit.

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Amazon Kindle Fire with Special Offers rumored

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Amazon has announced that they sold out of the Kindle Fire tablet. The retailer will announce a new tablet and new ereaders in September. The Wall Street Journal just reported that one of the new...