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Interest to promotional activities by US retailers: Store Sales 50% Coupons 38% Discount and/or membership programs 8% Other 4% Source: NPD Group by NB; Tags: NPD Group Inc., Retail, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, NB; Blog posts 2008-04-07
43% of consumers think that US economy is headed for recession: Yes - we are currently in bad economic times/recession 43% Yes - we are headed for bad economic times/recession 36% No 9% Don’t know/not sure 12% Source: The NPD Group by NB; Tags: NPD Group Inc., NB; Blog posts 2008-03-26
The iPhone impact: Treo, T-Mobile take biggest hit: Initial iPhone buyers were 10 times more likely to previously own Palm's Treo. Early iPhone buyers were also three times more likely to previously own T-Mobile's Sidekick, according to a report from the NPD Group. NPD's report is designed to gauge Apple's impact on the mobile phone market. What's...; Tags: Apple iPhone, NPD Group Inc., T-Mobile, Palm Treo, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-10-15
Apple notebook market share almost 10 percent in March: According to NPD Group Apples MacBook and MacBook Pro made up 9.9 percent of all notebook sales at U.S.-based retail stores during March. MacBooks combined with strong iMac sales pushed Apple into the top five desktop manufacturers for the first time this year, according to the NPD report. Apple ranked...; Tags: Notebooks, NPD Group Inc., Apple Computer Inc., notebook; Blog posts 2007-05-14
Top-selling games in August 2005: Madden NFL 06, Football 06, Ghost Recon 2: NPD Group says "Madden NFL 06" was the top-selling game in August 2005. The version for PlayStation took #1 spot in the US for August 2005 sales, the XBox version was #2. "Football 06" for Sony PS2 was #3, "Ghost Recon 2 Summit Strike" for XBox was #4.; Tags: Football 06, Madden, Football; Blog posts 2005-09-16

Top console games in May 2005: Pokemon Emerald, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: NPD Group says Pokemon Emerald GameBoy Advance, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Sony PlayStation 2) and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Microsoft XBox were the top selling console games in May 2005. Forza Motorsport XBox was #4, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition (Sony PlayStation...; Tags: Star Wars Episode III, Sith, Revenge, Star Wars; Blog posts 2005-07-10
Will writing software up 63% in Q1 2005: NPD Group says will-writing software and other legal programs have seen a 63% increase in sales over Q1 2005, compared with Q4 2004. NPD doesn't believe the spike was a result of the Schiavo case, but rather of the release cycle of titles in the legal software category.; Tags: Q1 2005, software; Blog posts 2005-04-01
Will writing software up 63% in Q1 2005: NPD Group says will-writing software and other legal programs have seen a 63% increase in sales over Q1 2005, compared with Q4 2004. NPD doesn't believe the spike was a result of the Schiavo case, but rather of the release cycle of titles in the legal software category.; Tags: Q1 2005, NPD Group Inc., software; Blog posts 2005-04-01
MP3 losing steam?: MP3 losing steam?I demand MP3 support...and so does anyone else with a brain in der head!Mp3's for all!If the industry would agree on a standard it would be a blessing! Windows media by default cuts audio files to WMA format. Most of the people I speek with do not realize...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, genii, NPD Group Inc., MP3, WMA; Discussion threads 2004-10-15

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DTrace and the Linux bunker mentality: Why isn't the Linux kernel group doing what the BSD people did with respect to DTrace: seeing a better idea and grabbing it with both hands? My guess is personal antipathies expressed as a big dose of not invented here syndrome. by Paul Murphy; Tags: DTrace, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game: Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite that handle anything from basic green "maturity" assessments and modeling tools...; Tags: Game, Data Center, Accenture Ltd., Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?: Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has thrown down the gauntlet to his merry band of open source followers: Make Ubuntu as pretty and ultimately better looking than Apple's Mac OS. eWeek's Darryl Taft quotes Shuttleworth Techmeme: "The great task in front of...; Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Operating System, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience: Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....; Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot; News items 2008-07-23
NY gov signs game bill into law: New York State legislation that will have made it illegal to sell or rent some violent games to minors was signed was signed into law. A bill that will have made it illegal to sell or rent some violent games to minors was signed into law Tuesday by New...; Tags: Law, Minor, Games, Personal Technology, video games, video game violence, Nintendo DS, New York, Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot; News items 2008-07-23
Microsoft turns to users for new wave of Xbox games: Taking a page from Facebook and YouTube, Microsoft will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types of games available on its console. SEATTLE--Microsoft will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types...; Tags: Microsoft Xbox Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Games, Game Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Reuters, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox; News items 2008-07-23
Guest blog - A lesson in compassionate capitalism: I've mentioned Dean's Beans a few times recently, probably because too many late nights of thesis-writing this summer have me fixated on caffeine. Regardless, Dean Cycon, the company owner and a local guy doing business a couple towns away from me here in central Massachusetts, offered to write a...; Tags: Blog, Starbucks Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-22
jkOnTheRun purchased by the Giga Omni Media group: I am very happy to let you all know that my two fellow MobileTechRoundup podcast co-hosts James Kendrick and Kevin Tofel are now full time bloggers for Giga Omni Media. James started jkOnTheRun a long time ago and Kevin joined him a few years ago in writing and posting videos...; Tags: Media, Site, Podcasts, Internet, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Evil tech administrators: Evil tech administratorsEvil Tech Admin'sI've work at a few places where some of the Admin's I worked with were a bit on the sneeky side. So As a admin I made sure there was a back door incase one fo these admins tried to pull the same stunt. Its happened...; Tags: NETWORKING, Recruitment & Selection, administrator, network; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
Open Source VoIP: Asterisk or FreeSwitch?: When the time came for a new PBX, Brian Snipes chose to do something a bit unconventional. The IT manager at law firm Hare, Wynn, Newell, and Newton LLP didn't purchase a commercial PBX, nor did he settle on the open source market leader,...; Tags: Phone, PBX, Attorney, FreeSwitch, Asterisk, Telephony, VOIP, Open Source, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Telecommunications, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Mayor: Cleantech leaders are finding their way to San Jose: The great thing about visiting my brother and his family in San Jose is that there is almost always a business reason for me to be here. I used my latest trip ending tomorrow to catch up with the mayor of San Jose, Chuck Reed, about his city's aggressive green...; Tags: San Jose, Leader, Clean Technology, Capital Structures, Finance, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-22