Apple has lowered the price of the entry-level, 13-inch white plastic MacBook by $100 to $999. Antone Gonsalves writes "The price cut is also important as PC makers head toward the Christmas season unsure of how the Wall Street meltdown will affect consumer spending." read more » 1 CommentBury
Luxpro alleges that Apple has used illegal tactics, such pressuring Luxpro's retail partners to stop selling Luxpro music players like the Super Tangent. read more » DiscussBury
Richard Winter writes, "EBay's virtual private data marts have been quite successful--hundreds have been created, with 50 to 100 in operation at any one time. They've eliminated the company's need for new physical data marts that cost an estimated $1 million apiece and require the full-time attention of several skilled employees to provision." read more » DiscussBury
Angela Gunn evaluates the highpoints of Charlie Rose's interview of Sony CEO Sir Harold Stringer and also raises several unanswered questions. read more » DiscussBury
K.C.Jones posts on InformationWeek that "U.S. stocks extended their losses as the Dow Jones industrial average closed down for the eighth day in a row, but the Nasdaq closed up slightly as tech stocks fared slightly better than others." read more » DiscussBury