Shopping

Since I’ve attended 3 conferences over the past month and a half, I have become acutely aware for the need of a smaller, lightweight notebook. However, with 3 computers in my house (and not being made of money), it’s hard to justify the expense of a brand-new top-of-the-line desktop PC or…

I just saw that PayPal has an IE plugin that lets you pay for anything on the web with your PayPal account – even on sites that don’t take PayPal! I immediately thought “wow, this is cool!”  - but I then realized that this could also lead to some dangerous impulse shopping. Sometimes the only…

Did you hear the news? Finally! There’s now a way to buy genuine Microsoft software without a trip to the store – you can now download software over the internet instead. The new Microsoft Store, available at www.microsoftstore.com sells everything you need from Xbox games to Office to Windows and…

Microsoft recently announced two new LifeCams that join the lineup of webcams designed for users of Windows PCs: the LifeCam Show and the LifeCam VX-5500. The LifeCam Show is an ultrathin camera with a 2.0MP sensor and three different attachment options – a laptop clip, a desktop stand, and an…

Doing some holiday shopping online? As you may know, you can save some dough using Live Search Cashback, but now you can get that cash back even faster. How fast? Instantly! According to the Live Search team blog, the new instant cashback feature will be made available for some Live Search users…

In the latest Bing refresh (are we at one a day now?), the team has added new features to the Bing Shopping section. One of the updates is a left-side navigation improvement which adds more filters for narrowing down your choices, based on the item you’re searching. In the example on the Bing blog…

Coinciding with today’s launch of Windows 7, the Microsoft Online Store has added several new products to its lineup, the most notable of which is PCs! Although Microsoft itself is not a computer manufacturer, it’s nice to be able to go to one location to browse through all the different desktops,…

Today, the Microsoft Store is participating in the unofficial retail holiday known as “Black Friday” via their online store. In a special promotion, revealed here on the Store’s website, a number of computer and electronic deals are being featured. Whether you’re looking for a laptop, an Xbox, or…

Thanks to the Windows 7 News site, I came across a decent round-up of today’s Black Friday bargains on Windows 7 PCs. If you’re in the market for an affordable computer upgrade, there are a number of stores with specially priced PCs now on sale. Although this isn’t a complete listing, here are…

One of my hands-down favorite applications for mobile devices is the price-comparison app ShopSavvy, already popular on a number of mobile platforms today. Recently, the developers gave us a sneak peek of the upcoming Windows Phone 7 version of the application by way of a post on their company…