There won't be any administration misery on the horizon for the Dixons group of tech shops, thanks to the electronics giant reporting a "strong performance" over the critical Christmas cash grab, aided by huge sales of tablets across its Currys and PC World stores. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jammin500:
"Well yer, they took one of their best known brands and made it an online only business about 6 years ago.. only late last year did they fully merge th..." More »
If you’re not already in a queue for the new iPad, chances are you’re not going to get one from Apple today. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get your mitts on one today, or at the very least sooner than 2-3 weeks, but you’re going to have to do some searching around. Here are the best places to look. Read More >>
Featured comment by Sam Gibbs:
"Yeah, we're going to have to wait for high-res versions of apps. Mags will look really good, if they can keep it under the size restrictions of course..." More »
Apple announced yesterday that it’d be opening its stores at 8AM tomorrow, but what if you want it at midnight? Good news rabid iPad buyers -- PC World is here to help, opening its Tottenham Court Road store in London on the stroke of 12:01 this evening, with others at throwing open their doors at 7AM. Read More >>
The Knowhow Movies service, previously announced by the Currys and Dixons group, is now scheduled to launch on March 1st. And there should be some half-decent content on it too, thanks to licensing deals with Disney, Warner Bros. and Momentum Pictures. Read More >>
Featured comment by audaxero:
"While it's refreshing to see a DSG product not based around hard-selling extended warranties, I feel those prices are pretty unappealing...£12.99 for..." More »
It’s well known that when Apple comes up to refreshing or replacing a product stock runs dry of the current model. Now it seems PC World is totally out of Apple TVs and won’t be getting any more any time soon. If that doesn’t scream “new Apple TV” I’m not sure what does. Read More >>
Everyone knows PC World and Currys love their HDMI cables, almost as much as their extended warranties. Now they’ve gone one stage further and made a bunch into something you can actually wear. Read More >>
Featured comment by markcgrant:
"It makes me sad as I can never find a HDMI cable when I need one, never mind the mini adapters, this dress is distress to me." More »
The electronics retailing group DSGi, which runs Dixons, PC World and Currys, is apparently getting into the UK video streaming game with its new service called Knowhow Movies. Read More >>
Not to be out-done by the likes of Comet; PC World and Currys are holding a three-day sale from 3pm on Thursday 24th through till midnight on "Cyber" Monday 28th November. Apparently over £1m worth of products will be discounted. Read More >>
That PC World/Currys Star Wars advert screened for the first time over the weekend, during X-Factor. If you don't spend your Saturdays hunched up in front of ITV "live tweeting" about mentally-unstable people, here it is. They've even ruined the Imperial March. [YouTube] Read More >>
Featured comment by Dooku:
"Actually I spoke too soon. This R2D2 spin off ad is possibly even worse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_XzrdGvhJI" More »
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