The eBook market just a bit more interesting as Kobo, the third major platform has been acquired by Japanese company Rakuten. The deal has Rakuten buying 100 percent of Kobo for $315 million. Kobo and all it’s employees will remain as they were, with the deal mostly down to expand Kobo’s reach internationally. Rakuten not more »

Rakuten, a company that runs the largest Japanese e-commerce site, has agreed to purchase Buy.com for a quarter of a billion dollars. The purchase was made with the intention of making Rakuten’s marketplace a viable competitor with e-commerce juggernauts eBay and Amazon. Since the site’s inception in 2000, Buy.com has grown to over fourteen million more »

Christmas is nearly two weeks away and I’m sure many of us, me included, have not even begun shopping for Holiday presents. Hopefully, some of the deals for this week’s Recession-O-Rama will help you pick out some great gifts for family and friends. Today, we have deals ranging from Wii accessories, HDTVs, GPS’, USB Mouse, more »

The economic stimulus bill has passed, it’s a new month, and the economy is still in trouble. Let’s hope this new month can bring some new changes for the better in the economy. Today we have some deals ranging from a Sony Walkman, to a Digital Camera, to a 1st gen iPod Touch, and then a 52 inch HDTV.

Our first deal today is from Buy.com who has Sony’s 4GB NWZ-E436FPNK Flash Portable Media Player, for $83. It normally sells for $93, so you are saving $10. The MP3 player comes with a 2 inch LCD screen, 45 hour battery life when playing audio, a 8 hour battery life when playing video, and a built-in FM tuner.

Hopefully all our readers had a good Valentine’s Day and are ready for some more Weekend deals. Today, I found some deals ranging from earbuds, to a netbook, to printer, and a free computer program. Let’s get started.

Recession got you down? In the mood to buy some electronics and save money? Hopefully the deals I found today can save you some money and bring some joy in your life. We have deals ranging from, a 1TB external hard drive, a 50 inch Plasma HDTV, some gaming headphones, and a floor speaker system.

Finally, the weekend. It is time to relax from a stressful work week and take a look at some of the hot deals for today. We have deals ranging from PayPal savings, to a HP Mini Netbook, to some Circuit City liquidation sales, and a deal on RAM.

Desperate times call for desperate measures? If a product you manufactured is doing poorly, do you: A. Take it off the market and go back to the drawing board? B. Pay people to write positive reviews about the product even if they never used it for a measly 65 cents? Or C. Refuse to acknowledge that there is a problem with said product?

The correct answer would be A, and maybe even C, but definitely not B, right? Well, some people would turn to option B for any of the other options. A person named Mike Bayard, who’s believed to be the Business Development Representative at Belkin International, recently created a task on Mechnical Turk, asking for people to write a positive review and “give [it] a 100% rating (as high as possible).”

As we expected, the Eee PC 1002HA has begun showing up with US based retailers. The 1002HA appears to be replacing the now fast dwindling 1000H and is retailing for around $500. Of course, as of now, these listings are simply for pre-order but they are expected to begin shipping shortly. The Eee PC 1002HA more »

With the release of the Eee PC 900 quickly approaching, we are beginning to see more and more pre-order options opening up. The official release date is this coming Monday, which is May 12, but in case you cannot hold out any longer here are a few online retailers that are giving you the option more »