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• Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: The battle rages on

  Published: July 26, 2007, 12:25 pm

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Bbi, Bby, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Blockbuster, Blu Ray, Circuit City, Circuitcity, General Electric, Generalelectric, Hd Dvd, Hddvd, Hewlett Packard, Hewlettpackard, Hpq, Intc, Intel, Inthenews, Microsoft, Msft, Sne, Sony, Target, Tgt, Tosbf, Toshiba

  Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Best Buy (BBY), Circuit City Stores (CC)If you're not up on the ongoing face-off between Blu-ray and HD DVD, here's a quick synopsis on what is becoming the latest technology battle since that long ago technology

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• Is Microsoft about to kill the Xbox 360 Core?

  Published: July 30, 2007, 6:34 pm

  Tags: Best Buy, Bestbuy, Core, Leak, Microsoft, Price Cut, Pricecut, Rumor, Xbox 360, Xbox360

  Filed under: Gaming You can add this to your ever-growing file folder stuffed with blurry photos of "products" or "internal memos." Joystiq is reporting that a source inside the hive-mind of Best Buy is claiming that the retailer has earmarked the Xbox 360 Core system for deletion in the company's computers. Apparently, this usually means that a

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• Apple's 5.5G iPods receive stealthy price cuts

  Published: July 31, 2007, 2:23 pm

  Tags: 5 5g, Amazon, Apple, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Circuit City, Circuitcity, Ipod, Ipod Video, Ipod With Video, Ipodvideo, Ipodwithvideo, J And R, Jandr

  Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable VideoWhile everyone's busy trying to figure out which particular shade of brushed metal Apple's new iMacs are going to show up in, a few major online retailers have quietly trimmed 5.5G iPod prices. Apple, who usually keeps a pretty tight rein on its product prices throughout various retail channels, hasn't

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• Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: The battle rages on

  Published: July 26, 2007, 12:25 pm

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Bbi, Bby, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Blockbuster, Blu Ray, Circuit City, Circuitcity, General Electric, Generalelectric, Hd Dvd, Hddvd, Hewlett Packard, Hewlettpackard, Hpq, Intc, Intel, Inthenews, Microsoft, Msft, Sne, Sony, Target, Tgt, Tosbf, Toshiba

  Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Best Buy (BBY), Circuit City Stores (CC)If you're not up on the ongoing face-off between Blu-ray and HD DVD, here's a quick synopsis on what is becoming the latest technology battle since that long ago technology

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• Envision's G218a1 22-inch widescreen: Best Buy only

  Published: August 1, 2007, 10:31 am

  Tags: Best Buy, Bestbuy, Envision, G218a1, Lcd, Widescreen

  Filed under: DisplaysMajor chain kingpin Best Buy has teamed up with Envision, makers of illustrious, cheapo displays, to bring you the next step in frugal monitor technology -- the 22-inch G218a1. The widescreen LCD sports a 700:1 contrast ratio, 5ms response time, resolutions up to 1680 x 1050, VGA, D-sub and DVI-D inputs, and a set of built-in

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• Best Buy selling Xbox 360 HD DVD player for $149.99

  Published: August 1, 2007, 12:12 pm

  Tags: Best Buy, Bestbuy, Hd Dvd, Hddvd, Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360 Hd Dvd, Xbox360hddvd

  Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home EntertainmentIt seems that Microsoft's new $179 price tag for its Xbox 360 HD DVD player just wasn't low enough for Best Buy, as the retailer is now offering the drive for the low, low price of $149.99. Of course, it's currently sold out, and it's not clear if this is a permanent price, a pricing mistake, or a one

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• Wal-Mart: high tech wonder

  Published: August 2, 2007, 3:00 am

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Bby, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Cintas, Ctas, Dell, Inthenews, Wal Mart, Wmt

  Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Dell (DELL), Wal-Mart (WMT), Best Buy (BBY), Cintas Corp (CTAS)After false starts in merchandising categories like higher-end women's fashions, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) may have hit on a new product segment that is a real winner for the world's largest retailer. Consumer electronics. According to (subscription required)

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• Liz Claiborne accessory line headed to Best Buy

  Published: August 15, 2007, 4:59 pm

  Tags: Apparel, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Business, Design, Fashion, Liz Claiborne, Lizclaiborne, Retail

  Filed under: Laptops, Peripherals, WearablesYou won't find any kvetching going on at Engadget HQ when it comes to new lines of fanciful gizmo adornments, but forcing us to enter Best Buy in order to pick something up may elicit a few scrunched-up noses. Nevertheless, the infamous big box retailer is apparently hoping to snag a few more holiday

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• Archos 605 contains evidence of massive content parterships?

  Published: August 23, 2007, 6:14 am

  Tags: 605, Amazon, Amazon Unbox, Amazonunbox, Aol, Archos, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Circuit City, Circuitcity, Content, Movielink, Vongo, Youtube

  Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video A couple of lines in a settings file does not a partnership make, but some enterprising hackers at the Archos Community Forums have discovered evidence that Archos is planning at least one large-scale content deal when the super-hot 605 launches in the US. Poking around in the unit's provider.xml file

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• HDMI-equipped Xbox 360 "Core system" shows up for pre-order

  Published: August 24, 2007, 3:17 pm

  Tags: Best Buy, Bestbuy, Hdmi, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 Core, Xbox 360 Hdmi, Xbox360, Xbox360core, Xbox360hdmi

  Filed under: Gaming While HDMI-equipped Xbox 360 Premiums are already fast making their way out into the wild, it looks like Best Buy may have now inadvertently added some further confusion to the SKU situation with a listing for an "Xbox 360 Core System w/ HDMI." Such a system would certainly be news to us but, as you can see above, the image

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• Apple (AAPL) mini-stores inside Best Buy (BBY) locations show success

  Published: August 31, 2007, 10:20 am

  Tags: Aapl, Apple Stores, Apple Inc, Apple Inc, Applestores, Bby, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Featured

  Filed under: Deals, Good news, Apple Inc (AAPL), Best Buy (BBY)Apple, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) command over its customers is nothing short of amazing. The company creates and markets some of the best personal consumer electronics in the world. Its marketing efforts to make its products the de-facto standard in the markets where they compete is also

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• Best Buy sneaks out new Insignia Pilot and Sport DAPs

  Published: September 5, 2007, 11:07 am

  Tags: Amigo, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Bluetooth, Dap, Insignia, Pilot, Sport, Video

  Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video You may or may not be a fan of Best Buy's "aggressively-priced" Insignia line of store brand consumer electronics, but with the pre-release hype over other DAPs reaching ridiculous levels, it's certainly refreshing to see the new Pilot and Sport (pictured top and bottom, respectively) released without

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• Best Buy (BBY) locations to be packed for Microsoft's (MSFT) Halo 3 launch

  Published: September 12, 2007, 10:39 am

  Tags: Bbty, Bby, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Halo 3, Halo3, Microsoft, Msft

  Filed under: Products and services, Launches, Microsoft (MSFT), Best Buy (BBY)Once Microsoft Inc.'s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Halo 3 game is launched in September 25th, much of the nation will see some retail madness as old and new gamers line up (and sleep) in those long lines just to get a crack at buying the newest, best game for the Xbox 360 gaming

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• Jack Thompson Recruits Son In Crusade

  Published: September 15, 2007, 1:49 am

  Tags: Gamer Life, Games Industry, 2k Games, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Bioshock, Jack Thompson, Take 2, Take 2 Interactive

  Just when you thought we had heard the last of the Florida attorney-turned-crusader, this bit of news pops up on the radar. In a recent email sent to the ’stiq, it seems Jack Thompson has recruited his very own 15-year-old son in a recent “sting operation” involving a local Best Buy. Basically, Jack’s son was able to

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• Nintendo (NTDOY) Wii lives up to the hype

  Published: September 17, 2007, 8:47 am

  Tags: Bby, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Gaming Console, Gamingconsole, Inthenews, Msft, Nintendo, Ntdoy, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox360

  Filed under: Products and services, Consumer experience, Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Best Buy (BBY)Okay, so I am not one to play games very often, but after researching the Nintendo Ltd.'s (OTC: NTDOY) Wii gaming console, I figured it would be a good investment for the whole family and would get us all off our collective duffs and force

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