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Companies are overstating green claims, consumers sayOpen in New Window
Sixty-five percent of consumers think some companies overstate their green credentials to sell more products, according to research presented by industry organization Consumer Electronics Association read more »
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Number of landline-free households up 10% in USOpen in New Window
"A new study suggests that US consumers are still abandoning landlines in favor of cell phones. In fact, the number of wireless-only households has increased by 10 percent." read more »
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Samsung Introduces Chips For Photo FramesOpen in New Window
Antone Gonsalves writes "Samsung Electronics on Monday introduced a line of processors designed for digital photo frames, which some analysts say are starting to catch on with consumers." read more »
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Report: Corporate Blogs Not TrustedOpen in New Window
"According to a new report by Forrester Research, corporate blogs are the least trusted information source of all. Only 16% of online consumers who read corporate blogs say that they trust them." read more »
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Online Holiday Sales Up, Cashback DownOpen in New Window
"According to ComScore, online retail sales were up 13 percent year over year from Black Friday (Nov. 28) through Cyber Monday (Dec. 1). But the big gains were tempered by a broader decline. Consume read more »
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UK consumers, Big Content battle over three-strikes rulesOpen in New Window
Nate Anderson writes, "With the government pledging to help rightsholders clamp down on illicit P2P file-sharing, digital rights groups have more than a few concerns about how this might work. The m read more »
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Survey Suggests Nearly 30 Percent Of Online Holiday Shoppers Plan On Spending Less This YearOpen in New Window
J.P. Morgan analyst Imran Khan states he expects online sales to be flat this year. In a survey of U.S. consumers conducted by J.P. Morgan, nearly 30 percent of online shoppers say they plan on spen read more »
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Laptop-crazy consumers will keep PC market afloatOpen in New Window
Joe Fay of theregister relays news of the IDC 2008 PC market report. It brings details of a current trend in the laptop market of "raging sales of cheap laptops" allowing for the industry to "resist economic pressures". read more »
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