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Dell Dabbles in Tablets

The PC giant is warming to products it once ignored as part of a bigger effort to recapture business sales lost to rivals HP and Lenovo

Best Buy and Circuit City were busy over the holiday weekend, but are shoppers being lured by must-have gadgets—or deep discounts?

Makers of cases and adapters must hustle when Steve Jobs unveils another new product. Still, the near-$1 billion market makes it worth the stress

The two navigation-device makers are duking it out for ownership of the digital mapmaker. The loser risks being dependent on competitors

Largely unknown Taiwan contract manufacturers are trying to reposition themselves as consumer brands

Acquiring the shopping-and-auction service is the giant's latest bid to grab a bigger share of online ad dollars. Google has little to fear

The retailer's customer service scores low on our three-store visit. Says one worker: "If Wal-Mart doesn't care for me, why should I care?"

The PC maker is teaming up with the mainland's biggest electronics retailer after its direct-sales model gets off to a slow start in China

CEO Reckford says a new governing agreement will protect the charity's brand. Affiliates worry it will bring bureaucracy and a loss of autonomy

There are several ways to measure the environmental impact of computers, but many consumers ignore them and PC makers have reason not to care