Many websites are listing the Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving when the retailers go from red ink to black ink- making money) ads such as http://bfads.net and http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/ Two weeks ago Walmart started the fray by have Secret Shopper Friday sales and ordering all the Black Friday websites to take down the Walmart items for Black Friday. I just noticed a new ad for Office Depot where some of the Black Friday items will be available this Sunday- 5 days before Black Friday.
Are retailers starting early because they forsee a less than stellar Christmas season and are trying to jump start it early? Are there going to be less big discounts - after purusing the Black Friday ads, it seems to be not as many huge discount items? I forsee that shoppers will have to look sooner for the discounts-such as starting this Sunday! Wait until after Christmas for sales? No, many sales will start before Christmas.
What are the big ticket items? GPS's, TV's and to a lesser extent laptops (as most have one) seem to be hot, though most are not forseeing any huge huge deals on TV's - just a few hundred off here and there.
Happy Shopping!
Saturday, November 17, 2007
XM and Sirius agreed to merger
XM (Valued at $2 billion)and Sirius (Valued at $5 billion) at their respective stockholder meetings on Tues, agreed to a merger. What is holding it up? The FCC (Federal Commerce Commission) has been working on it for a while to determine if it is a monopoly and it would then be illegal for these 2 huge satellite companies to merge.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
D-Link Routers and NAS
We just had D-link out to our AITP meeting. A couple of products that were really interesting:
1. NAS - Network Attached Storage - D-Link model DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure RJ45, USB 2.0 which will hold 2 SATA hard drives and will connect with Gigabit speed to your network. It can also act as a USB print server as it has a USB port on it you can attach your printer to. It would be great for a backup for all your pictures or MP3 files.
2. Gaming routers using 802.11N- There will be a new one out soon that will just set up with your games- you just select the game and it will open the appropriate ports. The forerunner to this new router was the D-Link DIR-655 which D-Link presentors recommended as the best 802.11N router to buy (for normal consumers) - it also has Gigabit wired connections to your local network. It will reach further than the previous generation of 802.11 N routers.
3. HD Media Center /Wireless- The newest DSM-750 Wireless N HD Media Center Extender allows you to wirelessly connect your TV, stream music, photos, and HD videos stored on a PC to your home entertainment center. It can send over a wireless 802.11n or wired Ethernet network or even connect to a NAS (where you may be storing all your media files).
Further details at: www.dlink.com.
1. NAS - Network Attached Storage - D-Link model DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure RJ45, USB 2.0 which will hold 2 SATA hard drives and will connect with Gigabit speed to your network. It can also act as a USB print server as it has a USB port on it you can attach your printer to. It would be great for a backup for all your pictures or MP3 files.
2. Gaming routers using 802.11N- There will be a new one out soon that will just set up with your games- you just select the game and it will open the appropriate ports. The forerunner to this new router was the D-Link DIR-655 which D-Link presentors recommended as the best 802.11N router to buy (for normal consumers) - it also has Gigabit wired connections to your local network. It will reach further than the previous generation of 802.11 N routers.
3. HD Media Center /Wireless- The newest DSM-750 Wireless N HD Media Center Extender allows you to wirelessly connect your TV, stream music, photos, and HD videos stored on a PC to your home entertainment center. It can send over a wireless 802.11n or wired Ethernet network or even connect to a NAS (where you may be storing all your media files).
Further details at: www.dlink.com.
Dell to Sell at Staples and Walmart
Dell has now announced that they will be selling Notebooks and Desktops at Staples and Walmart. The only difference is that at Staples they will also sell the Dell printers. I am currently using a Dell 1710 laser printer which works fine.
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