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CompUSA Closing

According to a story on CNET, CompUSA is closing.
The were sold to a private equity firm and they will initiate closing all 103 stores.  The stores will remain open through the holiday season, probably with everything must go.

It is amazing to me that they are closing.  I think they tried to be everything in the electronics game and got hit hard by the competition from Circuit City and Best Buy.  They should have stuck with the computer end of it and they might have done better.

Frys Electronics has always done well in California.  It will be sad to see CompUSA go, but I am sure there will be some good prices and opportunities on the Internet.

I wonder who is next?  Circuit City has been having some problems, maybe they are next.

Read more:  CompUSA Closing Up Shop (PC World)

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News.Com Podcast Ends Early

I listen to the News.com Daily Tech News podcast, but I have a problem, it always cuts off early.  As they are finishing up the podcast, it just cuts off.
Most recently, they have been running the new Buzz Out Loud Podcast commercials, and those are what is getting cut off.

You may wonder why I care about the commercials at the end of a podcast being cut-off.  Well, the new Buzz Out Loud commercials are pretty good and funny, especially the South Park one.

Also, it is sometimes not a commercial.  Sometimes it is the content of the show and sometimes a story that I am interested in.

This does not happen on any other podcast that I listen to, so I am assuming it is something that is happening in the production of this show.  I use iTunes and have heard of problems like this.  But it does not happen to any other podcast.

News.Com Daily Tech News podcast, I would appreciate you taking a look at this.  I would also be interesting in hearing if anyone else is having this problem.  Leave a comment and let me know.

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Is the Apple TV officially a flop? (Or: How to fix Apple TV)

Is the Apple TV officially a flop? (Or: How to fix Apple TV) | Crave : The gadget blog
This is from the Crave blog on CNET.  I would have to agree that so far it is a flop and I have one.

One of the biggest complaints that I have is that the video resolution that I download is not that good.  As the article points out, the movie and television shows sold are optimized for the iPod and its smaller screens.

But when you view it on a HD television, it looks blurry.  It just doesn’t work.  Some video podcasts look a lot better than the television shows that I have purchased.

I would be intrigued with a rental option, but unless they get a higher resolution it would be a tough sell for me.  Since I have an HD television, I would like to see them as HD.

I like my Apple TV, but they need to improve it so it can continue to grow.