GATEWAY STORES TO CLOSE

Apr 1, 2004 | business

Gateway announced today that it will close all of its remaining retail stores on April 9, ending an expensive and difficult experiment for a company that has been struggling to find a profitable business plan. Gateway completed its acquisition of eMachines last month....

DEATH OF THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY

Mar 12, 2004 | business, games

Here’s a funny article predicting the death of the video game industry. The author makes some telling points – the technology used for games on computers and consoles has reached a plateau, the original gamers are aging and about to bail out of gaming...

MORE DVD FORMAT WARS

Feb 17, 2004 | business, video

There continues to be chaos in the world of recordable DVDs. The blur of acronyms has not changed in the last year or two – DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-Ram and the rest. There is some movement to reduce the impact on consumers by making players that can play all the...

SIGN OF THE TIMES

Jan 13, 2004 | business, photos

Kodak announced it will stop selling traditional film cameras in the United States, Canada and Western Europe, a startling sign of how quickly consumers have adopted digital imaging. Kodak’s name still evokes a strong image, which is why this move carries such...

AMERICA ONLINE WOES

Dec 12, 2003 | business

The online-advertising market is beginning to rebound, and profits are on the rise at Yahoo and MSN. Meanwhile, things keep getting worse and worse at AOL. Ad sales were down 50% in the third quarter compared to a year ago, and analysts expect sales to be down 33% in...

iTUNES ECONOMICS

Nov 7, 2003 | Apple, audio, business

The Register’s article today helps us understand the online music services. Apple’s iTunes store charges 99 cents per song. Apple claims it is the most popular of several competing services selling authorized downloadable music. Apple is losing money on...