retail stores

The blogosphere was abuzz this morning with news of a sub-$1,000 Mac notebook - based on a price list that was given to retail stores  (and subsequently leaked to bloggers).

But where’s the confirmation from Apple?

On the Nov. 4 ballot, Austin residents will not only face a decision between McCain and Obama, but also whether to prevent the city from subsidizing retail stores.

If approved, a new citizen-led initiative called Stop Domain Subsidies will halt any tax rebates or subsidies provided by the city to retail stores.

AT&T reaffirmed pricing for the iPhone 3G on Tuesday, noting that the latest version of the popular smartphones will range from $199 for 8GB to $299 for 16GB to eligible customers.

... a bill banning sales of alcohol in retail stores will be introduced in the Texas Legislature next year!

(via I Love Beer)

Dell notebooks will be available in retail stores in India for the first time, the company said Tuesday.

The company hinted that it would make this move last week, saying it planned to increase its presence in China and India, two of the world's biggest emerging markets for computers.

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Let the quad-core competition begin. The arrival of consumer systems based on AMD's quad-core Phenom processor at retail stores will finally bring much-needed four-core rivalry to the high-end PC segment, where, until January, there was only one choice: Intel.

Gateway Computer's Phenom-based models had a widely-publicized debut at ...