E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Friday -- August 28, 2009

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Today's Headlines:
Clash of the Consoles Gets Down and Dirty
How Internet TV Gear Can Stay in the Picture
DirecTV to Bring a Dozen Cable Networks Online
Web Ads, Recession Pummel Newspapers in Q2
Dell Surges as PC Demand Picks Up
Xbox Picks Up PS3's Gauntlet

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Podcast
Clash of the Consoles Gets Down and Dirty (9:35 minutes)
In this episode: Microsoft lowers the prices on a few Xbox 360 models;
Apple OS X Snow Leopard goes on sale; reports surface of an attempted
antipoaching agreement between Apple and Palm; Twitter incorporates
geolocation data; Google looks to map traffic on surface streets; a
jarring PSA against text messaging behind the wheel hits viewers;
Wikipedia institutes new editing policies on entries of people who are
currently living.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/shared/audio/ect-recap-2009-08-28.mp3

Today's Story Highlights

Clash of the Consoles Gets Down and Dirty
Congratulations, patient cheapskates: You've won the waiting game. Now
you can get a well-equipped video game system for a somewhat reasonable
price. The two most-advanced consoles on the market have dropped in
price over the last few days, just in time for all of that back-to-
school homework to get ignored.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67985.html

How Internet TV Gear Can Stay in the Picture
Blockbuster and Samsung recently announced that Blockbuster OnDemand
will be available on select connected HDTVs, Blu-ray players, and home
theater systems starting in the fall of 2009. Samsung will offer
connected Blu-ray players and home theater systems with both the Netflix
and Blockbuster online services.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67979.html

DirecTV to Bring a Dozen Cable Networks Online
DirecTV Group is in talks with the TBS and TNT cable networks to offer
their shows online, according to two people familiar with the
discussions. If a deal is reached, DirecTV subscribers would be able to
watch shows from those cable networks on the Internet, the people said
on condition of anonymity because the talks still are ongoing.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67986.html

Web Ads, Recession Pummel Newspapers in Q2
Newspapers' financial woes worsened in the second quarter as advertising
sales shrank by 29 percent, leaving publishers with US$2.8 billion less
revenue than they had at the same time last year. It's the deepest
downturn yet during a three-year free fall in advertising revenue --
newspapers' main source of income.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67987.html

Dell Surges as PC Demand Picks Up
Dell's second-quarter results reinforce what other tech heavyweights
have shown recently about the health of the personal computer industry:
It's still wounded by the recession, but it is staggering back to its
feet, thanks to consumers, bargain prices and little "netbook" laptops
for surfing the Internet.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67984.html

Xbox Picks Up PS3's Gauntlet
Back to school time is upon us, but it's not just students who will soon
be facing homework. Thanks to Thursday's announcement that Microsoft is
cutting the price of its high-end Xbox 360 Elite video game console from
$399 to $299 -- matching that of Sony's new PlayStation 3 Slim --
consumers will have to study up on which console now better fits their
affordable entertainment needs in a down economy.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67974.html

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