Tag: ECONOMICS

The economic crisis may spell trouble for Blu-ray and the next generation of HD media. The uncertainty in the markets has consumers scaling back their purchase plans for the holiday season, and big ticket tech items are suffering the biggest hits. Consumer Electronics Association (CEA, the organization behind CES) is predicting an increase of 3.5-percent in spending on gadgets in the fourth ...

We hope you're not too attached to that unlimited data and voice plan you just picked out from your cell phone provider. The current economic crisis is putting the squeeze on cell phone companies, and they're responding by capping so called "unlimited plans" and raising prices. Verizon Wireless announced that businesses that send text messages to users will be charged 3 cents per message, ...

The financial crisis is actually proving to be a boon, for some. Finance-themed Web sites have seen huge increases in traffic, and even the little guys are noticing massive numbers of new visitors. Understandably, major online financial outlets like the Wall Street Journal, AOL Money and Finance, and Yahoo! Finance have seen record levels of daily traffic, but it's what has been happening at the ...