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If you're hearty enough to drag yourself out of bed in the middle of the night, stand in long, cold lines, and fight deal-crazed crowds, just to score a superlow price on a laptop, hard drive, or whatever, I salute you.

Quick housekeeping note: I'm off tomorrow (Happy Turkey Day, everyone!), but I'll be back on Friday. And Saturday. And Sunday! So if you have the time, I hope you'll pop in for some sweet weekend deals.

If, on the other hand, you prefer to sleep in, spend time with your family, and avoid potential stampedes, … Read more

The Zappos app for iOS is a joy to use, featuring an easy-to-navigate interface and lightning-fast search results for your shopping needs. The app features categories running down the left side, a featured section in the upper right (with a rotating carousel of deals), and a few featured items on the bottom.

Zappos originally started out on the Web selling shoes, but since then it has added a few more categories, such as clothing, bags, beauty supplies, and housewares. Touching a category on your iPad brings up icons so you can drill down farther (touching shoes, for example, brings up … Read more

Target for iPad brings the giant shopping site to your iOS device, but its clunky interface might lead you to try a different shopping app. We were excited to see how Target handled its iOS app, but immediately after launching it became apparent it wasn't as good as competing apps.

To browse products in the Target app, you touch the Products button in the upper left. This brings up a pop-up-like window that lets you drill down through categories. Even when just trying to browse a category, the Target App took a long time to produce search results and … Read more

The thing to watch in retail information technology next week will be Target and whether its e-commerce site can take the demand on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

In 2009, Target announced plans to separate from a partnership with Amazon.com, which used to run the retailer’s site. That 10-year deal expired in 2011, and now Target controls its own fate. Strategically, the breakup makes sense, but Target is winging it a bit when it comes to its e-commerce operations and managing demand spikes.

Meanwhile, the stakes for the 2011 holiday shopping season are high. Why the worry? Target’… Read more

Hackers targeted about 50 organizations--including chemical and defense companies--in a global wave of cyber espionage attacks this summer, Symantec said in a report released today.

The goal apparently was to steal intellectual property such as design documents, formulas, and manufacturing processes. "The purpose of the attacks appears to be industrial espionage, collecting intellectual property for competitive advantage," according to the report. (PDF)

Meanwhile, French nuclear power group Areva was reportedly targeted in a cyber attack in September.

The wave of espionage attacks on the chemical and other firms started in late July and continued through mid-September, but command … Read more

Apple may see iPhone 4S unit sales as high as 4 million during this initial launch weekend, at least according to one analyst.

Surveying the forecasts of various analysts, Bloomberg found that most are eyeing sales ranging from 2 million to 3 million starting today through Sunday. As one example, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster is looking for sales of 2 million to 2.5 million, a range that includes all of the preorders to date.

But Yankee Group analyst Carl Howe thinks the number could reach as many as 4 million. Howe told CNET be believes Apple actually made … Read more

If you're pre-ordering an iPhone 4S today, Target wants you to head to one of its 1,490 Target Mobile centers within a Target retail store to do so. Especially if you're trading up from an earlier iPhone model.

Bring in your (fully functioning) iPhone 4 for up to $200 credit, or your iPhone 3GS for up to $120 credit, and walk out with a chit for a new iPhone 4S.

There is one catch, though. You'll spend less … Read more

On Apple computers, Target Disk Mode is a special boot option that allows the system's hard drives to be accessed with a FireWire cable (also with a Thunderbolt connection for newer systems). This mode can be enabled by restarting the system with the T key held down, until you see the FireWire symbol displayed on the screen. At this point you can connect the system to another Mac (or even a PC) and have its hard drives mount locally on the second system for quick access. This mode is exceptionally useful for troubleshooting, migrating accounts and data to a … Read more

Target's Web site buckled yesterday under the load of online shoppers who were interested in a luxury clothing line offered at a discount there and now bargain hunters are ticked off.

Apparently the handlers of Target.com and those who came up with the idea of offering part of the popular Missoni fashion line at a discount misjudged the interest. According to reports, Target.com crashed yesterday at 9 a.m., three hours after the Missoni items became available. The site was down for at least several hours according to The New York Times. Today, the site appeared to … Read more