We here at Gadgetell just wanted to take a moment and wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving. And where that is leading to is this — our regular news coverage will be halted for today so the crew can spend some quality time with family. Plus, no news posts means that you, the reader, more »

Thanksgiving has arrived here in the US and that generally means one few thing — people take some time out. Or maybe more accurately, they spend some time with family and/or friends and eat lots of food. And generally watch some television as well. Anyway, while we certainly would not argue that there are much more »

It is hard to argue that there are more important things in life to be thankful for, such as friends, family and your health. But lets face it, despite having those we are still geeks and for better or worse that means we are thankful in our own way for the tech we see and more »

We here at Gadgetell just wanted to take a moment and wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving. And of course what that also means is that our coverage will be a little lighter than usual because we are going to be spending some quality time with family and stuffing our faces. Happy Thanksgiving, and more »

Now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us, it’s time we enjoy those gadgets that we bought, whether it be a brand new HDTV, gaming system, MP3 player, or computer. Of course for us techie people, we like to see how this year compares with previous years in terms of money spent. With the economy in a slump, experts predicted this shopping season to be down, but Cyber Monday managed to persuade many consumers to open their wallets, punch in their credit card number, and eagerly await their arrival of their new gadget(s).

Statistically speaking, last year on Cyber Monday had bought in $733 million in revenue, and this year bought in a 15% increase – an astonishing $846 million spent, stated ComScore in a report. This came as a relief to many retail stores because sales had dropped by 2% or $12 billion from November 1 to Cyber Monday of this year as compared to last year.

Blu-ray has always been fighting against the tide, struggling against high prices, general reluctance to move on from DVDs, and now the “credit crunch” as well. In fact, many people were beginning to think that the victory against HD-DVD may have been in vain due to the apparent lack of consumers, and that the aim of 5 million units to be sold this year was laughable. However it would appear that both parties are in the process of being proved wrong with figures released by Sony showing some interesting truths.

Black Friday, the day when consumers can generally expect to find some good deals, is thankfully just about upon us. With a few weeks before Thanksgiving here in the US, it seems now is about the right time for the deals to begin making their way into the public eye. Sadly, although Dell has plenty of deals listed for Black Friday, it seems that some are not as exciting as one would hope for.

To begin with, Dell is planning to offer the Inspiron Mini 9 for $299, which offers a $50 savings from the regular $349. The specs for that model include a 1.6GHz Atom processor, a 4GB SSD, 512MB RAM an 8.9-inch display and running Ubuntu 8.04.

Other notebooks that are on sale (and some that will offer a much greater savings) will be the Inspiron 13 for $699 (a $329 savings), the Studio 15 for $699 (a $245 savings), the Studio 17 for $799 (a $349 savings), the XPS M1330 for $1,029 (a $319 savings) and the XPS M1530 also for $1,029 (a $319 savings). More deals after the break.