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Best Buy. Airports. Brilliant!

nospam@example.com (Nate) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:44:46 -0400

As many people have noticed in today's society, it is hard to not shop at electronic retailer stores like Circuit City and Best Buy. Best Buy has tried to reach the teenage niche and has done so successfully for quite sometime. Now what else do they have in mind?

Best Buy has decided to begin installing vending machine mini-stores inside airports to reach yet another demographic. They call it the Best Buy Express and it will be available in 12 airports. They will first see how successful it is before adding more, but there is almost a guarantee that this will increase their sales by a large percent.

They have these express machines located around Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and San Francisco. Great news for consumers, Best Buy has announced that prices will be similar to their in-store ones. You are able to purchase various items including media players, gift cards, cell phones, digital cameras, chargers, electronic storage devices, headphones, and many other accessories.

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Microsoft Attempts Takeover of Yahoo!

nospam@example.com (Dustin) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:18:42 -0500

Yahoo! is once again rejecting a Microsoft takeover that could mean the end of the 14 year old search engine provider.

Microsoft (MSFT) made a public bid of $31 per share on February 1st, making the total bid to be up around $44.6 billion. Yahoo! has long since been a company Microsoft wanted to take over. It's just one less competitor they have to deal with, and one less search provider taking business away from Microsoft's Live Search (formally MSN Search).

Yahoo! Inc's stock, which currently is valued at around $29 a share, rose after the public bid was made by Microsoft.

Yahoo! Inc has been very reluctant of Microsoft's offer so far. Yahoo's board met late last night to discuss whether this buyout would even be a good option, and this afternoon, they've said that they are rejecting the offer.

According to a person knowledgeable about the discussions between the Yahoo board members, they won't even consider an offer below $40 a share. If Microsoft were to match that, it would raise their overall bid by about $12 billion.

What does this mean to you? Most likely, you won't be affected by any of this. Let's say Yahoo! accepts the buyout, and Microsoft takes over Yahoo! Inc. If you have a Yahoo! ID, your e-mail and all of the other uses you have for Yahoo! won't be affected.

Your e-mail will still be going to your Yahoo! e-mail account.

The most notable change that would occur is the change from Yahoo!'s Search Engine to the Windows Live Search, obviously to promote Microsoft's own technology. Similarly, when Google bought YouTube in 2006, the default search engine for YouTube was switched to that of Google's.

Even if Microsoft did indeed succeed in buying out Yahoo!, they would have to fight the Justice Department again on anti-trust issues. This buyout would be a large cut in the amount of competition going on in the search engine provider sector, which concerns the Justice Department.
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Digital Television: Are You Ready for the Switch?

nospam@example.com (Dustin) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:52:25 -0500

The Federal Communications Commission, on January 3rd, said that it will indeed allow broadcasters to "suspend analog broadcasting only if it is necessary to achieve their transition."

For those who may not know, the FCC has set a deadline, currently set for February 17, 2009, that will end analog television broadcasting for good. It's all in an effort to promote the digital age, and also to use radio frequencies much more efficiently. The radio frequencies currently being occupied by analog television signals are in the prime spot where wireless internet providers want to be located. They pushed the FCC years ago to get digital broadcasting in order, simply because digital television stations take up much less bandwidth than their analog counterparts.

Unless your television set was manufactured less than 2 years ago, then you will need to do one of the following to receive broadcasts "over-the-air" in 2009:

+ Buy a new digital TV.
+ Get a converter box.
+ Subscribe to satellite or digital cable.

It's quite a bind for many rural families, because many cable companies don't offer services in their area. Satellite only works when there's a clear view to the southern sky, so when you need to know what's going on, it may not work.

This only affects around 15 percent of the population, as around 84 to 85 percent of the population have subscriptions to either cable or satellite providers. If you are subscribed to a cable or satellite provider, you need not worry about the switch from analog to digital. Your cable or satellite service won't be interrupted or discontinued simply because you don't have a digital TV.

However, if you rely on over-the-air television signals for your entertainment purposes, you are in for a change. The federal government is offering people who will be affected by this change a coupon to get a converter box for their old televisions. The link at the bottom of this article will take you to get that coupon. It will also give you a lot of detailed information about what you will need to do to continue receiving over-the-air broadcasts. We here at Indirect Vision recommend you check this out if you are in any way affected by the switch.

TV Converter Program Website is where you need to go to get the information you need.

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Holiday Gift Guide

nospam@example.com (Nate) — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:39:19 -0500

Are you still trying to find the perfect gift for a special someone? If you are into technology, you should take a look at the link below. Computer World has released a list of more than 50 great gift options. This list consists of many items including digital cameras, HDTVs, and more. Take a look!

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