EU hits Intel with fresh charges

European regulators have filed fresh charges against the world's biggest computer chip maker Intel over alleged abuse of its dominant market position." The European Commission (EC) accused the firm of paying a...

EBay Wins Lengthy Trademark Battle Against Tiffany

Previous article written about eBay paying $61 million to Fashion Companies over sales of fake Good can be read here.With the recent courtroom defeat of eBay, there is finally a reason for them to celebrate as they...

Wal-Mart to revamp logo

You might wonder why a new logo is news, but I think it speaks to a larger issue about marketing and perception. The logo is part of a campaign to clean up their mom and pop-killing image. Think it's for real? Or is...

Penneys (Primark) drops firms using child labour

What is the right thing to do?If I decide to boycott products produced by child labour and then as a result they become unemployed what happens to them and their family? I ask this question because I do not know the answer and that worries me."Penneys drops firms using...

Wal-Mart begins Free Online Classifieds

On Tuesday, Wal-Mart launched a free Internet classified service on its website, partnering with the classified web site Oodle.com."The service, which the retailer described as a pilot test, carries 30 million items,...

Best Buy Tries Out 'E-Cycling' Program

" SAN FRANCISCO —  Under pressure to help dispose some of the electronic waste it helped create, Best Buy Co. is testing a free program that will offer consumers a convenient way to ensure that millions...

China urges 'calm' as anti-Western protests continue

It looks like the Chinese government doesn't ban all political rallies.  This is starting to get very ugly."BEIJING - China appeared to be trying to rein in a growing nationalistic fervor, urging its citizens to be "calm" and "rational" in the face of anti-Western...

And the award for best record store goes to...

What exactly makes for a good record store?  Is it a certain elegant insouciance on the part of staff? A deliberately lo-fi yet charming decor? An overwhelming potpourri of dusty record sleeves?The folks over at...

Tomorrow is Record Store Day!

As the music industry struggles to remain afloat amidst declining album sales, while iTunes song sales continue to climb, independent music retailers, musicians and artists from across North America and the UK, have...

NYC Forum Adresses Rising HIV Rates, MRSA, The Media and Public Sex Venues

"A standing-room only crowd packed an assembly hall at the LGBT Center in New York’s Greenwich Village on Thursday night, Feb. 21, for a lively town meeting to address a number of concerns facing the New York’s...

Honest / insane retailer swaps old HD DVD for new Blu-ray gear

"Edion, the owner of several chains of electronics shops there has taken the unusual step of extending the hand of sympathy to anyone who bought an HD DVD player or recorder from it and is offering to exchange the useless machines for new Blu-ray devices [Japanese,...

British men opt for 50-inch plasma over sex

Hey, Come on, were talking a 50" plasma TV here.Unless your wife or girlfriend is a Supermodel, why wouldn't a man go for the 50 incher?  Pleasure comes in many forms Sex is just one of them. As Al Bundy...

Snow, Bikinis and Global Warming

ATLANTA, Georgia, January 24, 2008 Snow hit Atlanta last weekend, prompting flurries of Twitter updates and text messages. Yes, it was snowing. In Atlanta. Worth noting, however, is that two weeks prior, the Moreland Ave. Target had put gloves, hats and other winter garb...

Sony BMG Joins Amazon to Sell DRM-Free Music

Sony BMG is the final major label to join Amazon's digital music store in selling music free from restrictive copy-protections, known as Digital Rights Management (DRM). Unlike iTunes and other digital music...

Canada :Store owner charged with stealing winning $5.7M lottery ticket

Lets hope this store owner will be spending many Yuletide Dinners in prison. "A former convenience store owner was charged Wednesday with stealing a winning lottery ticket and fraudulently claiming $5.7 million in...

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