Hasta La Gadget!

Microsoft announced today that they’re opening up six new Microsoft Store locations at the beginning of the new year. These will be the first Microsoft Stores to open in 2013, and while the company didn’t mention an exact date of when these six locations will open, it should be just soon after January 1.

The six new locations for the Microsoft Stores are The Shops at La Cantera in San Antonio, TX; Dadeland Mall in Miami, FL; Beachwood Place in Beachwood, OH; Westfield San Francisco Centre in San Francisco, CA; City Creek Center in Salt Lake City, UT; and the St. Louis Galleria in St. Louis, MO.

2012 was a big year for Microsoft Stores. The company opened 51 new full-line and specialty stores in the past 12 months alone, including their first international stores in several locations in Canada. Plus, it was rumored about a month ago that Microsoft would be opening up their first European stores in 2013, which seems very likely at this point.

So far, there are almost 40 full-line Microsoft Store locations in the US and Canada combined, most of them being located in bigger cities at the moment, but it’s no doubt that Microsoft wants to expand their physical stores to more cities across the US, and open up international shops in big markets like the UK and China.

Microsoft opening up six new store locations is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.

Depending on where you live, Staples might try to sell you a more expensive stapler. The Wall Street Journal has conducted an Important Investigation and found that a lot of online retailers vary their pricing based on the buyer’s location. More »

We live in a cyberland future where malls exist inside your computer and the presents you buy are magically delivered to you by, well, delivery men. With each Christmas that passes, online shopping becomes more and more the norm until eventually brick and mortar stores will be nothing but vacant museums of an age gone by. More »

Not to be outdone with Microsoft’s very own Xbox Store, Sony is now secretly launching a new online store called the Sony Entertainment Network, and it is basically for movies, TV shows, and games. The new online store recently went live earlier today, although Sony has yet to release an official statement confirming the launch. The content pricing on the Sony Entertainment Network appears to match the pricing on the PlayStation Store as well as other Sony digital shops.

It even accepts payments via PayPal and credit card. Meanwhile, purchased content will be automatically downloaded to the device by adjusting the settings in “Account Management.” Over at the PlayStation blog, blog manager Fred Dutton explains why Sony made no announcements about it. “Regarding that – we are testing a new web store, which we look forward to announcing and launching to the PlayStation/Sony community shortly,” Dutton said.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Microsoft Launches “Scroogled” Campaign , Decide.com Price Predictions Service Launches iPhone App,

Microphones. They come in all shapes and sizes and are used in a wide variety of applications. Most gadgets you own nowadays probably have a microphone embedded in it somewhere–from your laptop to your phone and maybe even your alarm clock.