Evolution| More...
 

Best Buy

Windows 7 Not so Great as Advertised and Has Compatibility Issues: Is Microsoft in Collusion With Manufacturers Like HP?

Michael Russnow | Posted 11.08.2009 | Technology

Read More: Word Ace, Microsoft, Windows 7, Hewlett-Packard, Transparent Language, Movie Magic Screenwriter, Xp, Bill Gates, Creative Cam, MS Word, Best Buy, Geek Squad, Dell, Michael Russnow, True Fonts, Laser Jet, Hp, Altec, Inspiron, Panasonic, Dell Computers, Aol, Mozilla Firefox, Anderson Cooper, Cbs, Mozilla, Msnbc, Computers, Total Security, Abc, Twitter, Nbc, Skype, Facebook, Cnn, Internet Explorer, Youtube, Fox News, Technology News
Michael Russnow

There ought to be a law preventing the computer hardware and software industry from shortchanging consumers, so that we get the full use of our equipment.

Read Post

SEC Changes the Game on CEO Succession

Alicia Whitaker | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Whole Foods, Sec, Ken Lewis, CEO Succession, Verizon, Shareholder Rights, Bank of America, Succession Planning, Integral Advisors, Bruce J. Sherman, Coca-Cola, Best Buy, Business News
Alicia Whitaker

Shareholders can now challenge the board to learn more about plans for CEO succession. This is one more action that will make it less likely that the CEO can fill the board with good old boys.

Read Post

Two Weeks of Insanity

David Thielen | Posted 10.28.2009 | Denver

Read More: Sharepoint Conference, Software Startups, Dell, SSRS, Best Buy, Software Developers, Microsoft, Denver News
David Thielen

A cardinal rule in start-ups is don't plan on luck, but take full advantage of it when you get it.

Read Post

Tesla: Mechanics Will Make House Calls

The Associated Press | Dan Strumpf | Posted 10.04.2009 | Technology

Read More: Batteries, Mechanics, Chevrolet, Dealer, Tesla Motors, Strategy, Tesla Repairs, Carbon Footprint, Best Buy, Tesla, Cars, Geek Squad, Tesla Roadster, Electric Cars, Auto, Housecalls, Service Fees, Service Stations, Showroom, Technology News

NEW YORK - Taking a cue from house-call services like Best Buy's Geek Squad, electric carmaker Tesla Motors is launching a maintenance plan where mech...

Read Whole Story

No Good Times for Big Business -- They're Mad as Hell and Not Gonna Take It Anymore

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 10.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Norman Bobins, David Chavern, Monetary Policy, Bank Regulation, Federal Oversight, Fiscal Policy, Obama Administration, Bush Administration, William Doyle, Executive’s Club of Chicago, Government Oversight, Economy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The Private Bank, Recession, Chicago Business, Best Buy, Brad Anderson, Economic Recovery, Potash Corp, Privatebancorp, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

Big Business is not as interested in making big plans or big money with big ideas as they are in blaming Washington for all that ultimately ails you.

Read Post

iRex: Best Buy And Verizon Release New E-Book Reader

nytimes.com | BRAD STONE | Posted 09.23.2009 | Books

Read More: New E-Reader, E-Books, E-Reader, Verizon, Irex, E-Book, Books, Best Buy, Books News

The budding market for electronic reading devices is about to get two powerful new entrants: Best Buy and Verizon. On Wednesday, iRex Technologies, a...

Read Whole Story

HuffPost Reviews: Pearl Jam, Monsters of Folk and More, Plus an Interview with David Gray, and This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Conor Oberst, Monsters of Folk, Aimee Mann, Los Lobos, Son Volt, Brendan O'Brien, David Gray, Uncle Tupelo, Matthew Sweet, Ally McBeal, Orba Squara, Don McLean, Best Buy, The Avett Brothers, The Beatles, Wedding Daze, Grateful Dead, Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam, George Thorogood, Johnm Lennon, Entertainment News, Billy Squire, Annie Lennox, Iphone, The Thorns, My Morning Jacket, Cat Stevens, Harry Connick Jr., The Band, Pete Droge, Wilcon, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

So this is what Pearl Jam would sound like after hanging with George Thorogood. It's great to hear the guys trying on old school rock 'n' roll and putting their moniker on it.

Read Post

Technology Rx for Health Care Reform

Gary Shapiro | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Ipod, Consumer-Electronics-Association, President Obama, Motorola, Intel, Gary Shapiro, Congress, Innovation, Best Buy, Competition, Apple, Living Wills, Hdtv, Texas Instruments, Free Market, Cea, Gdp, Technology, Health Care, Hp, Healthcare, Business News
Gary Shapiro

The consumer electronics industry is defined by rapid innovation and falling prices. Advocates on every side should consider these market-based lessons, as they are relevant to the current health care debate.

Read Post

Why Red Bull Might Save Music

Tamara Conniff | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Green Day's New Album, Amazon.com, Coca-Cola, Red Bull Recording Label, Itunes, Green Day, Starbucks Music, 21st Century Breakdown, Ipods, Cds, Red Bull, Music Industry, Best Buy, Entertainment News
Tamara Conniff

Music sales are plummeting -- both digital and physical. In part, this is due to the economy -- if a consumer has to choose between dinner and a CD, most will choose dinner.

Read Post

While My Guitar (Hero) Gently Weeps

Jessica Rovello | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Activision, The Beatles, Arkadium, Rock Band, Ringo Starr, New York Times Magazine, Guitar Hero, Led Zeppelin, Mtv Games, Jessica Rovello, Motley Crue, Best Buy, Ea, Entertainment News
Jessica Rovello

Why on earth would the most successful band in history sell out to a video game?

Read Post

Best Buy Mistakenly Puts $9.99 TV Offer On Its Website

AP | MAE ANDERSON | Posted 09.13.2009 | Business

Read More: $9.99 Television, Best Buy, Business News

NEW YORK — Few if any of the deals retailers have offered online during the recession have been as good as Best Buy Inc.'s sale price of $9.99 o...

Read Whole Story

Unlimited Vacation Days, Dogs at Work and Pet Projects- Innovations in the Workplace

Kari Henley | Posted 09.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Google, Time Off, Vacation Time, Leisure, Featured Contributor, Sounds True, Netflix, Ibm, Tami Simon, Best Buy, Living News
Kari Henley

For those of you who follow my posts, I have been writing about vacations - and our attitudes about taking time off. Two weeks ago I explored America'...

Read Post

Best Buy To Sell Electric Motorcycles

Motorcycles | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Electric Motorcycles, Electric Vehicles, Brammo's Enertia Bikes, Best Buy, Green News

Have you ever wished that you could combine the competent, organized staff of your local Best Buy with the gentle, no-pressure sales environment of a ...

Read Whole Story

Best Buy To Start Selling Green Vehicles

Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Green, Green Vehicles, Best Buy Cars, Green Cars, Best Buy, Green News

Best Buy Co., best known as a vendor of giant televisions, is veering in a new direction: selling green vehicles....

Read Whole Story

Thank God It's Thursday: Book Expo '09 & The 27s plus The Singular Thomas Dolby

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nikola Tesla, Italian, Brian Jones, Catholicism, Josh Hunter, New Wave, Eric Segalstad, Dolby's Cube, Who, The Magic Show, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Stevie Wonder, Lene Lovich, Dynasty, Margaret Thatcher, Burt Bacharach, Albert Einstein, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Dan Hicks, Peter Ham, The Kushans, Albert Schatz, Jesus, Wicked, Stephen Schwartz, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Mario Puzo, Depeche Mode, Poughkeepsie, Rose Bowl, Prefab Sprout, Thompson Twins, Roger Waters, Foreigner, Entertainment News, Carol De Gierer, Doug Henning, Pink Floyd, Enchanted, Joni Mitchell, Chris Bell, India, Unplugged, Promises in the Dark, Thomas Dolby, Poughkeepsie Journal, Live Aid, Jim Morrison, The Wall, Ronald Reagan, Mephisto on Wing, Latin, Broadway, Neil Young, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Issa, The 27 Club, Janis Joplin, Grand Theft Auto, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Antoinette Pannard, David Bowie, Mtv, MTV Unplugged, Amazon, Kathleen Beller, Bill Clinton, Angels & Demons, Pocahontas, Albert Schweitzer, Kurt Cobain, George Clinton, Bookexpo, Robert Johnson, Grammy Awards, Best Buy, Lois Drake, Pop Music, The Godfather, Jazz, Indiana Jones, Howard Jones, The Betsy, New Age, Def Leppard, Jimi Hendrix, Robyn Hitchcock, Dan Brown, Pippin, Godspell, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

This year's BookExpo in New York City had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown.

Read Post

Super Bowl TV Deals Will Cost You

Wall Street Journal | BRETT ARENDS | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Best Buy, Televisions, Plasma Tvs, TV Deals HDTVs, Super Bowl, Super Bowl TV Deals, Business News

Even in this economy, some will want to watch the Super Bowl on the biggest, flattest, highest-definition TV they can afford. But there's a you-mak...

Read Whole Story

Best Buy CEO Eyes Bankruptcy Deals

Reuters | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Brad Anderson, Best Buy Real Estate, Brad Anderson Best Buy, Best Buy, Business News

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - U.S. electronics retailer Best Buy Co could take advantage of bankruptcies in the sector by snapping up vacant store lo...

Read Whole Story

Best Buy Buyouts: 500 Employees Agree To Leave

Star Tribune | Jackie Crosby | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Best Buy Buyouts, Buyouts, Best Buy, Business News

In yet another sign of the dwindling retail and job landscape, one in eight employees at Best Buy Co. Incorporated's headquarters in Richfield -- abou...

Read Whole Story

Best Buy Offers Used iPhones At Discounted Price

Reuters | Karen Jacobs and Andre Grenon | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Best Buy iPhones, Best Buy Used iPhones, Used iPhones, Iphones, Best Buy, Business News

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Retailer Best Buy Co, seeking new ways to appeal to cost-conscious shoppers, said on Tuesday it is selling refurbished versions of...

Read Whole Story

The Top Five Boneheaded Music Industry Moves Of 2008

Tony Sachs | Posted 02.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Compact Discs, Lps, Wal-Mart, Led Zeppelin, Independent Music Stores, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Music Retail, Best Buy, The Beatles, Record Industry, Music Business, Sony Music, Emi, Guns N' Roses, Bruce Springsteen, Music Industry, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

In a business where, for the last decade or so, every move made by a major record label or established artist is almost guaranteed to be a dumb one, it's hard to pick a mere five as the créme de la créme of stupidity.

Read Post

No Steve Jobs Keynote at MacWorld: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer December 17, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 01.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Macbook, Nyse, Oprah, Hbo, Nasdaq, News Corp, Mediabytes, Harpo Films, Fraud, Apple, Shelly Palmer, Steve Jobs, Anurag Dikshit, Macworld, Partygambling, Media News, Abc, Fox, Best Buy, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Steve Jobs will not give his usual keynote speech at MacWorld. Not only that but the upcoming conference will be the last Apple will participate in....

Read Post

What Recession?

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 01.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Recession, Target, Rampant Consumerism, Costco, Best Buy, Holiday Spending, Black Friday Shopping, Black Friday, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Who are all these people forking over piles of green? Aren't they aware that the economy is in the sump?

Read Post

Black Friday Circuit City Hoax Ruffles Deal-Seeking Feathers

Black Friday Ad Hoaxes | Posted 12.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Hoax, Future Shop, Circuit City, Black Friday, Best Buy, Electronics, Business News

Black Friday ads have bargain hunters in a tizzy this week, but it was a Circuit City, Future and Best Buy hoax that ruffled the most feathers. A v...

Read Whole Story

Why Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy Marks The End Of An Era

Tony Sachs | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Bill Haley, Walt Disney Co, Wal-Mart, Ipod, Nirvana, Billboard Magazine, High School Musical, Lil Wayne, Rock Around the Clock, Chinese Democracy, Elvis Presley, Best Buy, The Beatles, Thriller, Music Industry, AC/DC Black Ice, Heartbreak Hotel, Sgt. Pepper, Guns N' Roses, Marvin Gaye, Nevermind, Soundscan, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Would the Sixties be the sixties without the Beatles? Would teen culture as we know it exist without Elvis? And can any record, no matter how brilliant, have a similar impact today? Somehow, I don't think so.

Read Post

Deluxe of the Draw: R.E.M., Warren Zevon, Peter, Paul and Mary, and Juno

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Carl Wilson, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Greg Calbi, Paul Stookey, Christmas, Cd, Michael Cera, J.D. Souther, Apple, Peter Buck, Folk, Lindsey Buckigham, Capitol Records, Gregg Ogorzelec, John Stewart, Belle & Sebastian, Stevie Nicks, Arrested Development, The Bristols, Digital Download, Ellen Page, Mike Mills, Phil Everly, Mary Travers, Bill Berry, Cheryl Pawelski, Barnes & Noble, Punk, Jason Reitman, Carlos Grasso, Borders, Michael Stipe, Paul & Mary, Glenn Frey, David Lindley, Toronto, Buddy Holly, Dana G. Smart, Jay Boberg, Canada, Rock, Trio Los Panchos, Athens, Mitch Easter, I.R.S., Asylum Records, Warren Zevon, Southern California, Labor Day, Compact Disc, John David Souther, Don Dixon, Hindu Love Gods, Feist, Yo La Tengo, Don Henley, Kimya Dawson, Amazon, Peter Yarrow, 45s, Jim Croce, Texas, Juno, Best Buy, Jon Stewart, Georgia, John Denver, Jr. James & the Late Guitar, New West, Jackson Browne, Astrud Gilberto, Itunes, R.E.M., Peter, Ppm, Hib-Tone, Peter Paul, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

In case we didn't know the holiday season was fast approaching... a spate of CD box sets, hits compilations and expanded, Deluxe Editions of some of our favorite albums are usually tell-tale sign.

Read Post