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SAN FRANCISCO — Even amid the flash and sizzle of the world’s premier showcase for consumer electronics, the reality of the economic recession will be hard to ignore. With shoppers in a funk and companies scaling back, the annual Consumer Electronics Show extravaganza in Las Vegas this week is likely to be subdued, with fewer […]

Online sales for the holiday period up to Dec. 23 fell 3 percent from the same period last year, marking the first decline in online spending since comScore started tracking online sales in 2001. Online spending reached $25.5 billion between Nov. 1 and Dec. 23, the company said, noting this was below its expectations for […]

NEW YORK — Dell’s president and chief marketing officer are leaving the company as part of a reorganization at the No. 2 PC maker, which is facing weak demand during the economic downturn. The company has already been cutting jobs and overhead as it tries to cope with both the economic slowdown and intense competition, […]

Source: Reuters Shares of Apple fell as much as 2 percent on Tuesday after technology Web site Gizmodo reported a rumor that CEO Steve Jobs’s health was declining. A spokesman for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) declined to comment on the rumor. When asked about Jobs’s health, the spokesman said, “If ever Steve or the board of […]

Asustek’s Bamboo Series notebookSource: Asustek With consumers showing an appetite for stylish personal devices, PC and gadget makers will need more than just vibrant colors, rounded edges or an elegant metallic finish to stand out in a crowded market. PC users are increasingly interested in what’s on the outside as much as what’s on the […]

CHICAGO — Wal-Mart Stores said on Friday it will start selling Apple’s iPhone on Sunday, but the popular cell phones that can surf the Web will not be priced as low as some anticipated. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) plans to sell the black 8-gigabyte iPhone 3G model, which also holds about 2,000 songs, for $197. The […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers who wait too long to request government coupons to subsidize converter boxes for the digital television transition in February may come up empty-handed, a regulator has warned. Due to a last-minute rush of coupon requests, demand may exceed supply in the coming month, said the Department of Commerce official overseeing the […]

NEW YORK — Online retailer Amazon.com reported its best holiday sales season yet, even as sales and traffic at U.S. store chains were the weakest in decades. Analysts have pointed to Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) as a rare bright spot in this year’s holiday shopping season due to its scale and flexibility, as retailers try to […]

If there was any doubt that 2008 was the year of the smartphone and the iPhone, a quick study of the year’s most-trafficked stories on InternetNews.com just waves it away. Not only did readers hunt for any and all news about the iPhone (with all the religious zeal Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) appears to inspire in […]

Source: Dell Worldwide notebook computer shipments in the third quarter topped those of desktops for the first time ever, research group iSuppli said on Tuesday, calling it a “watershed event” for the industry. Shipments of notebook PCs surged nearly 40 percent to 38.6 million units, while desktop shipments fell 1.3 percent to 38.5 million, according […]

Internet comedy site Funny Or Die, supported by actor Will Ferrell and seeded by Sequoia Capital, has raised $3 million in cash from a single, undisclosed investor. The financing also includes an additional $3 million commitment for “in-kind contributions for marketing, publicity and promotional support for programming,” according to a regulatory filing. It is not […]

PARIS — Work began on Sunday to fix submarine cables under the Mediterranean suspected of being cut by a ship’s anchor, disrupting Internet and international telephone service in parts of the Middle East and south Asia. Experts arrived at the site of the damage between Sicily and Tunisia on a cable ship at 1330 GMT […]