Saturday, February 07, 2004

Tower Records Declares Bankruptcy
Venerable Tower Records announced that it was filing for bankruptcy protection as it gave way to the effects of free downloading. Of course, the name Tower Records was dated 10 years ago when people started buying CDs, but being two jumps behind is simply too much. One has to wonder why they didn't launch Tower Downloads and skip CDs altogether.
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Monday, February 02, 2004

Really Old Gamers
We're not talking the usual fact that most gamers are older and not the twitchy teens one sees on TV. But try this one on for size: Seventeen percent of video and computer gamers are over the age of 55. Dubbed "Gray Gamers" one can only begin to wonder how long before the gaming industry markets to them. In the meantime, rock on gramps!
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Sunday, February 01, 2004

I Want My LCD
Super Bowl Sunday spells only one thing to a geek: big flat panel TVs are going to get even cheaper. And this year it is ALL about LCDs. One analyst, according to Wired news predicts "the average selling price for LCD TVs larger than 36 inches will drop 40 percent by 2006 to about $3,100." Now that's what we call a sweet spot.
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