10 Hot Products This Holiday Season

With Black Friday just around the corner we thought it would be a great idea to highlight some of the products that we think buyers will have on their lists this holiday season. You will notice that some of these products have not been released yet, but can be pre-ordered. Which of these is on your list?

1. Nintendo Wii Console

As the console wars continue with Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft, the reduced price of the Nintendo Wii continues to drive sales of this family oriented console. The release of Beatles Rock Band and Wii Fit Plus should help boost sales of the device for consumers looking to get back in shape for 2010 and extending the number of songs in their Rock Band library (see #9). Read more…

Five Reasons NOT To Buy MS Office This Holiday Season

If you’re buying a PC this holiday season, virtually every vendor will try to up-sell you a license for some version of Microsoft Office 2007. Not only should you not buy MS Office 2007, you shouldn’t pay for any office productivity suite this year. Here are five reasons why.

1. Microsoft Office 2010 went into beta release this week. This mean we’re only a few months away from the proper release of Office 2010 — so you’d be effectively paying full price for a three-year-old app if you buy MS Office 2007 today — but you can snag a free beta copy of MS 2010 right now.

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