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Top 5 Tech Gifts for This Holiday Season

Date : January 14th, 2010Category : NetbookAuthor : EditorNo comments

Here are the top 5 tech gifts that you can present to your family, friends and even as corporate business gifts.

1) Digital Cameras: Yeah, I know what just crossed your minds – “What a lame idea. Everybody has a digital camera these days”. But think again, everybody you know has a camera? How about your nephew/niece who is about to graduate? I am sure this would be something on their wish list. And what if your mom is thinking of upgrading to a new model? It would make a great gift. Isn’t it? So, think twice before crossing it off of your list.

2) Photo Printers: Let us get back to your thought – “Everybody has a digital camera these days”. Yes, most people own a camera, but how do they get their photos printed? Spot on!! Gift them a photo printer. I am sure they will thank you every time for such a wonderful gift that made their vacations and life more memorable. This article lists 3 budget photo printers: Budget Portable Photo Printers – Add to Your Wish List this Holiday Season

3) Netbooks: This small, ultra-portable laptop is going to have its own space on many wish lists this season. You may want to gift it soon before anyone else does. This would make a perfect gift for students and for business partners who travel frequently.

4) iPods: Ever since iPods were launched, this Apple product has always had a space in shoppers wish lists. Again, it is a great gift for a student or for folks on the go.

5) Projectors: Know a movie freak or a tech geek? A business needs new projector? Make it more fun for your friends and family to watch movies at home together on a big screen. Or help a business get a new projector for their conference room.

With Black Friday deals already in, now is the time to prepare your gift lists and shop.

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Online Retail Expected To Be Up This Holiday Season

Date : January 8th, 2010Category : NetbookAuthor : EditorNo comments

According to statistics presented by the National Retail Federation, U.S. holiday online retail sales from brick-and-mortar outfits will be down 1% this year. On the other hand, comScore (SCOR) predicts online retail sales to be up 3% in November and December.

The online retail segment is still a very small portion of the total retail market (only 7% of total retail sales according to Forrester Research). However, there is good reason to believe that the online retail segment will continue to increase into a larger share of total retail sales.

While online retail companies, such as Amazon.com (AMZN – Analyst Report) and eBay (EBAY – Analyst Report) have been around for a while, the number of conventional retailers exploring the online retail area continues to grow. For example, Target Corp. (TGT – Snapshot Report), Best Buy Co. (BBY – Analyst Report) Toys R Us and Wal-Mart Stores (WMT – Snapshot Report) have started their own online stores.

Customers commonly opt for online retail purchasing due to its convenience, or when they need to save time. Additional advantages include reviews by previous buyers, which reduce chances of bad buys and bargains and promotions, which bring down costs. However, most online retailers push the cost advantage the most, which is a burden on margins.

With the economy still in the despondency and unemployment rates still so low, consumers have an eye on their purse strings. Therefore, marketing programs this holiday season are targeted at budget spending.

eBay’s online retail holiday deals include free shipping, discounts and guaranteed returns on new items. The company has also tied with Microsoft (MSFT – Analyst Report) for a place in the favorites menu of Internet Explorer 8. The online retail space is being used to offer information on its Daily Deals. Amazon.com and Walmart.com also offer similar online retail benefits, including the limited-time offers.

Target.com has shown a bit more ingenuity, offering online retail shopping tools such as a gift tracker that could help the user shop within budget and a Holiday 101 list that includes holiday necessaries that are likely to be overlooked.

The bottom line is, consumers anticipate to spend less this year, so older products on which prices have been lowered, such as Apple’s (AAPL – Analyst Report) iPod touch, Nintendo’s (NTDOY) Wii, Sony’s (SNE – Analyst Report) PS3 and Amazon’s Kindle are likely to remain hot. Garmin’s (GRMN – Analyst Report) GPS products and Hewlett-Packard’s (HPQ – Analyst Report) mini netbooks are also projected to do well.

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Linux News Log Season #10 Episode #01

Date : November 29th, 2009Category : NetbookAuthor : EditorNo comments

In This Episode: OpenSuse project releases major update, Microsoft to enable Visual Studio on Linux and Mac OS X, Three Top Linux Options for Your Netbook, and How to Defrag a Linux System.