Cyber Monday Deals:

Amazon.com is offering Cyber Monday special deals all week long, including bargains on CDs, clothing, DVDs, electronics, jewelry, shoes, toys and lots more. Their new Kindle Fire is also on sale! You can subscribe to Amazon’s deals e-mails for daily updates.

Apple Store is offering free shipping on orders over $50.00.

Barnes & Noble is discounting up to 50% off.

Best Buy started their 2 day sale on Sunday, featuring savings and free shipping on everything.

Kohl’s will give you $10.00 in Kohl’s Cash for every $50 that you spend in store and online.

Home Depot will save you up to 40% off select appliances, online only.

HP Direct is offering free shipping and up to 50% off, with free extended returns.

Macy’s is also offering free shipping with a $99.00 purchase, with no end date.

Musician’s Friend is offering instant rebates, door buster deals and free shipping.

Office Depot will deduct $15.00 off on your delivery order of $150 or more.

Overstock.com is also offering free shipping.

Toys”R”Us offers free shipping on everything, with a total purchase of $49 or more, plus earn 10% back.

Walmart is featuring online specials now through Friday.

The next version of iPhone is coming out soon, in fact Best Buy is offering pre-sale orders starting June 15th.

Gizmodo and Engadget have the details (like below.)  The iPhone 4 arrives in Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores June 24th.

iPhone 4 ~ What’s New/Improved:

• 16GB & 32GB in both Black & White
• 9.3MM thick, 25% Thinner than existing iPhone
• 4X Better Screen Resolution than current iPhone (Retina Display)
• Scratch Proof Glass on front & back of phone
• Improved Processor (A4)
• Quad Band HSDPA 7.2
• 802.11n WiFi
• Dual Microphones
• 2 Cameras (one front facing) with 5MP, LED Flash & 5x Digital Zoom
• 720HD Video Recording at 30fps, Tap to Focus, Built-in Video Editing, One-Click Sharing
• Multitasking with New 4.0 Software
• Micro Sim
• 7 Hours of Talk Time
• Video Conference calling over WiFi

2000: Napster gets sued for music file sharing violations by Metallica, Dr. Dre, Madonna and A&M Records. The site shuts down the following year after an RIAA injunction.

2001: iTunes launches as the killer music app for the iPod.

2002: Napster files Chapter 11 and is forced to liquidate it’s assets.

2003: MySpace & WordPress debut. WordPress becomes a leading open source content management system.

2004: Firefox 1.0 debuts as an alternative standalone browser to the bloated Mozilla web suite that includes Netscape.

2005: YouTube & Google Earth debut. My first blog posts appear on ThisCrazyCosmos.

2006: Twitter debut, Facebook opens registration to the public, instead of just students.

2007: DailyRover, my new blog about the web goes online.

2008: Google’s Chrome browser debuts after public beta. Napster is purchased by Best Buy.

2009: Internet Explorer 8.0 is introduced as the first real Windows browser upgrade since IE7 in 2006. Google Chrome replaces Safari as the number three web browser of choice, behind Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

2010: What will happen next? Will Twitter finally find a way to make money? More users than ever will Tweet this coming year, especially from the Olympic Games via iPhones and other mobile platforms.

It’s a given that Chrome will take market share from both leading browsers as Google continues world domination. YouTube will continue to create new sensations from home video, and Facebook just keeps getting bigger. I’m sure someone, somewhere is already making predictions for 2010.

Amazon.com has list prices marked out with sale prices listed in red on thousands of items, like Guitar Hero On Tour $29.95, Kingston 16GB USB Flash Drive $24.99, plus DVDs for $4.99, Blu-ray $10.95, and CDs under $9.00.

BestBuy.com started their 2-day sale on Sunday, with a 40-inch 1080p Toshiba LCD HDTV priced at $799.00, an Asus Netbook with 8.9-inch widescreen, 1GB memory, built-in webcam and 16GB hard drive for $279, and an Acer Aspire Laptop with a 12.1-inch widescreen, 3GB memory, 250GB hard drive and DVD burner for $799.99.

CircuitCity.com has the Sony Cyber-shot Digital Camera for $109.99, Apple’s 8GB iPod Touch for $226.99, and a SENS 8-inch Widescreen portable DVD player for $119.99.

Dell.com is finally offering laptops and notebooks under $500 now.  Their Inspiron Mini 9 is priced at $299 and comes with Linux installed, a 4GB Solid State Drive and an Intel Atom Processor.

eBay has their One Dollar Doorbusters through December 8th, like an iPod 8GB Nano or a LEGO Star Wars Republic Gunship.

OfficeDepot.com is offering deals like, buy one and get the second at 50% off.

Overstock.com has some good prices too.  For example, they have a large selection of LCD TV’s, some refurbished units and some brands I’ve never seen before, like the Hannspree Flora 12-inch LCD TV.  Like amazon, overstock offers savings on a wide variety of merchandise including furniture, clothing, shoes, jewelry, electronics and home items like bedding and housewares.

Sears.com is advertising online only specials like 10 to 50 percent off Tools, 15 percent off Appliances, and an extra ten percent off Fine Jewelry and Watches.

A lot of sites like Target.com are offering Free Shipping on orders of $50 and up, depending on what you’re buying, like clothing or furniture.  Target makes it easy to shop online by offering specials by price, where you can select gifts for under $25, $50 or $100.

Walmart.com has 2-for-$30 Game Bundles for Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and Xbox 360.  They also have the cool new Flip Video MinoHD 60-Minute High Definition Digital Camcorder bundled with a free tripod and case for $219.88.

KeepCash.com also features daily product deals and has online coupon codes for most major retailers.  They’re one of many sites that are tracking all the holiday sales like Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

MP3 Albums currently listed on amazon.com as of this writing:
#1 “Viva La Vida”  Coldplay
#2 “We sing. We dance. We steal things.”  Jason Mraz
#3 “Narrow Stairs”  Death Cab For Cutie
#4 “Sleep Through The Static”  Jack Johnson
#5 “Paper Trail”  T.I.
#6 “Death Magnetic”  Metallica
#7 “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”  High School Musical Cast
#8 “Fleet Foxes”  Fleet Foxes
#9 “Flight Of The Conchords”  Flight Of The Conchords
#10 “Modern Guilt”  Beck

Love gadgets and games like Guitar Hero, PlayStation3, Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360?  eBay is offering One Dollar Holiday Doorbusters until December 8th.  eBay also has other great deals on iPod nano, Garmin GPS, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Fit and Nintendo DS Lite.  Check it often, their specials change constantly.

Browsing for a bargain?  Best Buy has great deals on CD & DVD, like the Beatles LOVE documentary “All Together Now” and “Chinese Democracy” the new album from Guns N’ Roses.  Best Buy is usually my choice if I’m buying a new album locally because they simply have the best prices on new release CDs and DVDs.

The big day has arrived, and Black Friday has the Big Deals you’ve been shopping for!

If you’re shopping for electronics like I am, you’ll appreciate these shopping tips from Consumer Reports on the big items being sought after this holiday season.  It’s always helpful to arm yourself with a little knowledge so you can avoid any buyer’s remorse later on.  Scoping out the prices online can help narrow down the number of stores you actually have to shop at too.

If you’re looking for any of these items, chances are you can probably find a better price by comparison shopping at least two other stores. 
blackfriday.info has items indexed by category like:
Cell Phones
Digital Cameras

Game Consoles like the Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3 or the XBOX 360 are really hot, and most stores are offering a bundle package with 3 or 4 games.

Laptop and LCD HDTV prices have really dropped with several models priced at or below $500.

Best Buy:  Samsung 32-inch 720p LCD HDTV $499

Circuit City:  Apple 8GB iPod Touch $229

Office Depot:  HP Laptop 15.4-inch, Dual-Core, 3GB Memory, 160GB Hard Drive, $349

Sam’s Club:  32-inch Vizio LCD 1080i HDTV $448

The video game version of the new hit Disney movie “Bolt” is already available for Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, Xbox 360 and Toys R Us has it as low as $29.

Sears has a Sony 32-inch Bravia 720p LCD HDTV $499

Target is advertising Guitar Hero World Tour $59

Walmart has some incredible deals advertised:
Xbox 360 Thanksgiving Day Value Bundle $288
7-inch Digital Photo Frame with 2GB SD Memory Card Bundle $39

more info at http://www.blackfriday.info/online/

Here’s the other store openings I’ve heard and read of…

Stores opening at 5:00 am:
Best Buy
Circuit City
Old Navy
Sam’s Club
Sears
Toys R’ Us
Walmart

Stores opening at 6:00 am:
Kmart
Office Depot
Radio Shack
Staples
Target

Stores opening at 7:00 am:
Office Max

The online specials start much earlier, and some are posted now.  Not everything will be available until Black Friday officially starts.  Best Buy online specials will start at 1:00 am this Friday, with other stores following suit.  Be sure to check for the advance doorbuster specials; those will probably sell out first and fast.

www.blackfriday.info has more information on all these Black Friday deals, in-store and online.

Even with a national economic downturn, this coming weekend looks like a full-out retail blockbuster full of great deals.  Forget the financial forecasters for this week.  If you’re looking for a great bargain, a super sale price or a big deal, this is the week to find it.  

I was reading another post about Black Friday yesterday and they used the phrase Brown Thursday.  I thought…”Brown Thursday?  OK, then there’s Black Friday, so what color is Saturday?”  I guess the color would be green, as in cash.  Cashing in on the Christmas sales.

So I’m going to share some of these advance sales with you, so you too can take advantage of the early sales being offered in the next week…

Walmart Sales Deals
like this one…SanDisk 4GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive $9.00

Best Buy Sales Deals
good bargain…Western Digital 1TB My Book Home Edition External Hard Drive (1 TeraByte!)
The usual price $259.99 – Black Friday sale price $149.99

Kmart also has all day Black Friday Deals that also are valid on Saturday.  Here’s a good example: Sony Bravia 32-inch LCD Integrated HDTV (720p) On Sale $599.99 Friday Nov. 28 and Saturday Nov. 29 only!

Target Stores are advertising the ASUS Eee 8GB PC Netbook Computer with Windows XP for $349.99 right now.  They also have Black Friday Sales Deals, but many have already started!

Find many more Black Friday deals at www.blackfriday.info