News tagged with holidays
Gadgets: Gift ideas for your holiday shopping
Black Friday has come and gone and if you're like me, you barely made a dent in your holiday shopping list.
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Dec 05, 2009 |
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Gift Guide: High-tech happiness for $100 or less
(AP) -- No one's going to blame you for keeping holiday gifts minimal this year. But if you want to round out your handmade cards, scarves, pickles and jam with a gadget or gizmo, here are a handful of our ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Shop before you sign a data contract for a netbook
Netbooks with built-in 3G wireless Internet access are all the rage this holiday season. But before you sign on the dotted line at your local AT&T or Verizon Wireless store and commit yourself to a two-year contract, consider ...
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Dec 04, 2009 |
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Gift Guide: Touch and Windows 7 in fresh PC lineup
(AP) -- This holiday season is a great time to buy a PC. There's a nice new version of Windows out, and computer manufacturers are adding interesting new technologies. Here's a guide to what's fresh in PCs, ...
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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Doctors Warn Against Holiday Heart Attack Spike
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some studies indicate that death rates from heart attacks and stroke as well as non-heart-related causes spike during the holiday season.
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Online retailers rev up deals to keep up momentum
(AP) -- Retail Web sites kept amping up the deals Monday, the first day after the Thanksgiving holiday, to try to maintain the long weekend's strong online sales.
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Holiday shopping off to mildly encouraging start
(AP) -- After shoppers gave retailers a somewhat encouraging start to the holiday shopping season, stores now turn their attention to the online promotions known as Cyber Monday and bringing back customers ...
Nov 30, 2009 |
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School closure could reduce swine flu transmission by 21 percent
A survey carried out in eight European countries has shown that closing schools in the event of an infectious disease pandemic could have a significant role in reducing illness transmission. Researchers writing in the open ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 27, 2009 |
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Holiday Web shopping looks brighter than last year
(AP) -- Online retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season - even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales.
Nov 26, 2009 |
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Suggestions for tech-happy holidays
The holiday season is as much a time for tech as for toys. Electronic gadgets are at the top of many wish lists and account for an ever-growing share of holiday shopping budgets. Fortunately for shoppers, tech gifts don't ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 25, 2009 |
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AT&T and Verizon ads duel on airwaves and in court
(AP) -- What would the holidays be without bickering between siblings? AT&T and Verizon are swamping TV with ads attacking facets of each other's wireless networks. While the ads stick fairly close to the truth, there's ...
Nov 25, 2009 |
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CDC warns: Holiday could bring more swine flu
(AP) -- Let us give thanks - and pass the Purell. Your family might be sharing more than turkey and pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving. Swine flu may also be on the table - and at crowded airports and shopping ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Retailers look to stretch out Cyber Monday push
(AP) -- Retailers are thinking beyond Cyber Monday - a holiday marketing promotion many push for the Monday after Thanksgiving - and trying to spin their discounts into into Cyber Weekends or even Cyber Weeks.
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Don't Blame Tryptophan for Thanksgiving Snooze
(PhysOrg.com) -- Blame it on the heavy meal, the alcohol, or simply the opportunity afforded by a free afternoon on a traditional holiday. Just don't blame it on the tryptophan, say experts at the University ...
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays (Update)
(AP) -- Consumers will have to wait until next year's holiday shopping season to find out if Google Inc.'s new operating system can deliver on its promise to make low-cost computers run faster.
Nov 19, 2009 |
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