Another article from the Consumerist today. A reader by the name of Robert sent in this tidbit after taking a look at a television display over at Best Buy, “Thinking that something was not right, I took a further look at the demo and realized that the inferior tv on the left was turned to […]
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Breaking: Circuit City to close over 100 stores
Consumerist reports on some bad news today. It seems that Circuit City, the giant electronics retailer, is planning to close 155 of its stores. The news comes as no shock to those following Circuit City’s recent tumbles in the stock market. Consumerist says, “According to anonymous insider tips, Circuit City is closing 155 stores and […]
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Urgent Update for MS Windows – MS08-067
CRN has alerted us to an urgent update for a variety of versions of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) issued an emergency critical update Thursday addressing a malicious Internet worm that could allow attackers to infiltrate systems remotely and take control over users’ computers without any user interaction.The critical update is one of a handful of out-of-band patches released in […]
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Future Shop launches ‘ConnectPro’ Tech Services
It would appear that Future Shop (the Canadian version of Best Buy) has launched their own branded tech services. Future Shop has had computer repair before now but not under any name. Future Shop joins those honored retail tech repair places such as Best Buy’s Geek Squad, Circuit City’s Firedog, and Staples’ Easy Tech. Source: […]
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Wal-Mart to start computer repair service called ‘Solution Stations’
From our good friends over at PCMag, It looks as if Walmart is set to open a computer repair place called “Solutions Stations.” These will reportedly be staffed with Dell tech staff…. Does this not sound like a bad idea to anyone? I mean even if they are “Dell trained” the technicians are not going […]
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