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Phones
Walmart Hacks Palm Pixi’s Price Down To Size: $US30 At Launch
5:31AM John Herrman | It looks like retailers are going to have to do what Palm won’t: Make the Palm Pixi genuinely cheap, or at least cheaper than the Pre. For example! Walmart’s already slashed the Pixi’s price from $US100 to $US30 — pre-launch. More »
Business
Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
9:17AM Sean Fallon | You may recall that last year, a man named Jdimytai Damour was trampled to death in the crush of a Walmart crowd eager to score Black Friday deals. This year, Walmart is taking steps to prevent another tragic incident. More »
Music
It’s Almost 2010 And CDs Are Not Dead Yet?
7:00AM Jesus Diaz | I’ve started to buy vinyl records again. It’s not because of the sound. It’s the touch and the pretty pictures. Obviously, vinyl is not why CDs are dying. Zoom-zoom in, digital boys and girls. More »
Business
Walmart’s War On Amazon Hurts Publishing Industry (Even More)
12:38AM Matt Buchanan | “If there is going to be a ‘Wal-Mart of the Web’, it is going to be Walmart.com,” says Walmart.com CEO Raul Vazquez. This “Amazon” thing is royally mucking that up, and Walmart’s not gonna take it anymore. More »
Random Stuff
Walmart Employee Arrested For Demoing Porn On HDTVs
11:00AM Sean Fallon | Two 20-year-olds were recently arrested on a felony obscenity complaint after replacing demo DVDs in a Arkansas Walmart with hardcore pornography. The video played on six screens in full view of shoppers. More »
Random Stuff
Walmart Gadget Shoppers Sometime Look Like THIS
10:40PM Sean Fallon | This guy doesn’t look like your average gadget shopper…unless he’s shopping in Walmart. We’ll I’ll be dammed—he is shopping in Walmart! I know this because the site People of Walmart told me so. Hilarious. Sad. Disturbing…check it out. [POW]
Games
Why Hello, $US299 Xbox 360 Elite
5:51AM Matt Buchanan | We knew it was coming, especially after the $US299 PS3 Slim, but here it is, stamped in dead trees for a Walmart ad: The Xbox 360 Elite for $US299. Don’t forget those HDMI cables. [Thanks Randall!] More »
Music
Variable Song Pricing Hits Amazon’s and Walmart’s Digital Music Stores
2:20PM Dan Nosowitz | Now that Apple is slowly and quietly switching all its freshly DRM-free tracks to a popularity-based variable pricing scheme, we almost didn’t notice that Walmart and Amazon have taken the same step. More »
Business
Seeing Viral Spread of Target Stores Across U.S. Somehow Not as Terrifying as Wal-Mart
3:00AM Jack Loftus | Seeing Wal-Mart spread across the U.S. in that video last month reminded me of a virus consuming mankind, but this Target one? Not so much. It’s not a perfect store, but it’s certainly no Wal-Mart. More »
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