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Site-wide 15% Off Secret Sale at Handango

We hate bringing attention to Handango aka The "Dear developer, the mobile software industry is booming but we’re still upping our take to 50%" Software Shop. But alas, we still have a job to do. According to the secret mailer that isn’t so secret anymore, Handango is offering 15% off all software site-wide from now [...]

Stick it to the FCC, Save $100

They don’t call it "the best radio on radio" for nothing. In an age where terrestrial radio is far and away at its worst in decades, alternative options continue to gain ground. If you do manage to find actual music or talk radio between all of the commercials on regular radio, it’s a safe bet [...]

Dell Issues New Wallet-friendly UltraSharp 20-inch LCD

Market trends as far as displays are concerned continue to go in the proper direction; quality and size go up, price comes down. If only every industry would follow the same progression. Those in the market for a new display should make note; love them or hate them Dell is probably your spot. Take its [...]

Class-action Settlement has Palm Pulling Plugs

In light of the recent proposed settlement of a class-action suit, Palm has announced that it will be pulling the plug on 34 retail locations in the US. Eight Palm-branded stores and 26 airport kiosks will be closed down as Palm prepares to begin issuing pay-outs. The class-action suit filed in 2005 was just settled [...]

Vodafone Roadmap: BlackBerry Enterprise Sales Figures!

Ever wanted to get a behind-the-scenes look at carrier’s sales figures? This is your chance, folks! Regarding enterprise sales, this is how it breaks down. The BlackBerry Pearl is tied with the BlackBerry 8700 for the #1 spot on Vodafone’s sales list. The BlackBerry Curve 8310 has an impressive 15% of the sales, and we’re [...]

Diamonds Were a Girl’s Best Friend; Now it’s Ideeli

Women spend countless hours and days and most of your money hunting for deals on designer-brand clothing and accessories. The odds are pretty good that you’ve been driven over the edge on several occasions thanks to day-long trips to the local mall. What if there was a way that your girl could easily get the [...]

Wal-Mart pulls Superbad from it’s shelves

Wal-Mart, everyone’s favorite mega-retailer, has done the unthinkable, pulling one of the year’s most popular DVDs from its shelves. They made the decision to remove Superbad from its stores in Hawaii due to the item’s promotional packaging that includes a novelty fake ID from the state of Hawaii. The move comes after Honolulu’s Mayor, Mufi [...]

Playstation 3 sales on fire

And the battle for console dominance continues. A new report from Game News identifies some pretty staggering sales numbers for the Playstation 3 over the past year. Black Friday was particularly kind to the Sony console, with sales up 245 percent over the same time last year. That’s great news for Sony’s sales department, but [...]

Verizon Wireless LG Voyager inventory

OK, so…we went on a little mission trying to find the LG Voyager this morning. It is practically sold out everywhere, and believe us when we mean everywhere! We literally called over 100 + Verizon Corporate stores looking for the phone just to see how it was selling, and if you’re still looking for one, [...]

Wal-Mart’s PS3 sale is revealed

The not-very-secret secret out of the Wal-Mart camp isn’t exactly a discount on its PS3 offering this holiday season, but it’s still pretty significant. Snag an 80GB PS3 during the event, and you’ll be able to pick up 10 free Blu-Ray movies while you’re there. Not crummy, we-choose-them-for-you discs. Instead, you simply grab any 10 titles [...]

New 40 GB PS3 pushes sales

Sony has done the impossible, pushing Playstation 3 sales to a point that might almost be described as…impressive. The newly released 40GB PS3 model seems to have caused a surge in unit sales, shoving the PS3 into competitive territory with Microsoft and Nintendo. Prior to the appearance of the 40GB version, the Playstation 3 was [...]

British retailer sells Xbox 360 bundle for $70

Yep, you read that correctly. Tesco, a British version of Target, inadvertently advertised one of the biggest deals we’ve ever seen. The company ran a print ad listing an Xbox 360 bundle that included the console plus wireless controller, as well as a copy each of Viva Pinata and Forza Motorsport 2, all for the [...]

Best Buy’s Black Friday plans go public

The Friday after Thanksgiving is, without question, the craziest shopping day of the year. Companies go all out with promos, deals, and sales trying to lure customers and earn a significant percentage of their yearly income in the process. There’s often a bit of mystique that goes along with the actual deals, and stores are [...]