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Daily Tech Deal: Samsung ES19 digital camera from Currys

To get the tech deals up and running this week we have the Samsung ES19 digital camera from Currys, who has seen fit to price the product at £69.99.

For your 70 notes you get a pretty straightforward specifications list, but one that should be fine for no nonsense...

Daily Tech Deal: iPod touch with £15 iTunes credit and charger

It is rare that you find an Apple product associated with any kind of discount or offer. However, Currys appears to be doing just that with the offer of a free iTunes gift card and charger with the 8GB iPod touch.

Currys are suggesting that the free charger...

Daily Tech Deal: Bargains to be had at Currys' new megastore

Currys has announced that it is opening another shop today... but this is no ordinary shop, it's Currys' new megastore - and it's a mutha.

With over 6000 products in-store, including 100 TVs, 100 digital cameras, 70 MP3 players and 120 netbooks, laptops and...

DSGi plans Best Buy-beating Currys super megastores

DSGi is due to reveal plans for Currys "megastores", described as "very large format".

Although Currys already offers what most would call large shops, usually in out of town purpose built retail centres, the new, bigger shops are said to be "designed to combat...

Credit Crunch Christmas: Buy iPod nano, get half price JBL speaker

Yesterday for our Credit Crunch Christmas bargain we told you about a one-day-only discounted iPod nano offer. Today we're carrying on the Apple theme with another iPod offering.

Rather than any discounts, Currys is offering a 4th gen iPod nano for £107, all...

Free Tiscali+ set top box offered

Curry's and PC World stores are offering a free Tiscali+ digital recorder set top box to customers signing up to Tiscali TV and broadband.

With Tiscali+ you can pause and rewind live TV. The box offers 50 hours of programme recording and the ability to record...

Cdiscount to launch in UK

French retail giant Casino is about to launch what's being called a "major assault" on the UK market.

The chain will launch its online brand "Cdiscount" in the UK, apparently setting its sights on stealing market share from DSGi, Comet, Tesco and Amazon amongst...

Dixons reports sharp downturn in sales

DSGi, the Dixon's group of companies, has reported what's being called a "sharp downturn" in sales across two of its chains.

Chief executive John Bowkett has been quoted as stating: "It's probably the most difficult trading environment we have seen almost within...

VIDEO: Tech week in view on Megawhat News

Switch on Megawhat TV now for our round-up of the biggest news stories of the week; and what we thought of them in a nice, neat, and concise vid.

This week we tackle which retailer is Best Buy after next; is Icahn the man for Microsoft against Yahoo; is Google...

VIDEO: Megawhat news - Is the Apple iTablet on the way?

Want to know the latest news but don't have time to read the stories we've written. Don't panic - here are the top stories on video.

In today's headlines: News of the next gen Newton dropped but not by Apple; 77 Currys.digital stores to close; Yahoo is in...

DSGi group undergoes "radical" review

In the biggest review of its business to date, DSGi will close 77 Currys.digital stores, trial new retail formats and is even re-thinking product lines.

Chief executive John Browett says the review offers "radical and detailed plans" and will "transform the...

VIDEO: Megawhat news - BlackBerry beckons in the Bold

Want to know the latest news but don't have time to read the stories we've written. Don't panic - here are the top stories on video.

In today's headlines: BlackBerry beckons in the Bold; Apple iPhone is officially out of stock; Microsoft launches MSN Messenger...

VIDEO: Megawhat news - Apple updates iMacs

Katie Scott summarises the tech world headlines in the very latest, newest, bang up to date-est instalment of Megawhat's daily news show, live now.

Highlights include Apple updates imac line-up; Wii Fit is breaking sales records; Currys brings in family friendly...

Wii Fit sold every 4 seconds on launch day

It looks as if Wii Fit is well on its way to becoming the fastest selling Wii game ever with retailers telling Pocket-lint that Friday was a blockbusting day for the new fitness game.

Since its launch in Japan on 1 December 2007, Wii Fit has already sold...

Currys to launch "family friendly" ratings for games

Following the recent government review which highlighted confusion amongst parents towards the existing certification system, Currys is to classify video and PC games according to their suitability for family viewing, under a new scheme to be trialled in five locations in...

Currys to stop selling patio heaters

Currys has announced it is to stop selling patio heaters.

The move, which has already been carried out online, is to be implemented across the retailer's 550 stores nationwide, with no further orders placed for the obviously not that profitable products.

Dell closes all of its US kiosks

Following on from its decision to start selling its PCs in a range of highstreet chains across Europe and the US, Dell has now opted to close all of its US kiosks.

Reuters is reporting that the 140 kiosks, which are mainly in shopping malls around the country,...

Today's big stories on Megawhat TV NEWS

Switch on Megawhat TV now for the biggest stories of the day from the world of gadgets and technology.

In the headlines today - in with the new and out with the old - a major retailer stops selling analogue TVs; a breakthrough for mobile phone enthusiasts; the...

DSG Group dumps analogue televisions

The end of the analogue television is upon us, as major electrical retailer, the DSG group who owns Currys, PC World and Dixons.co.uk, has said that it will no longer be selling analogue televisions in the UK.

Following a similar decision in 2004 when the company...

DSGi issues £50 million profit warning

DSG International the retailer which owns Currys and PC World, has issued a profit warning.

A Christmas sales period described as "dire" has been the main explantion for the drop in profits.

It has been announced that full year profits before...

2007: A year in review, December

While O2 relished the ever-rising iPhone sales in the UK, Vodafone attempted to prevent its rival T-Mobile enjoying the same glory in Germany.

A German court overturned an injunction which would have forced T-Mobile to sell unlocked iPhones.

Vodafone...

Dell announces massive European retail deal with DSGi

Dell and DSG international plc (DSGi) have announced the imminent availability of Dell notebook and desktop computers in DSGi stores.

From January 2008, DSGi and Dell customers will be able to buy a range of Dell notebooks and desktops through PC World, Currys...

Swedx "Tree-V" televisions available now

Currys and Dixons are to offer exclusive "Tree-Vs" from Swedish manufacturer, Swedx. These wooden televisions and are built with natural Ash, Sapele or Beech wood from sustainable forest sources.

DeVere Forster, eCommerce director for Dixons.co.uk said: "We’re...

Fly Mobile SLT100 touchscreen slider available now

We brought you news of this device earlier in the year, but Fly Mobile has now announced the launch of the SLT 100 mobile phone in the UK market.

The third Fly-branded mobile launched this year, this 14.9mm tri-band slider is available on the Virgin Mobile...

Currys group blames Vista for poor profits

DSG, the group behind Currys and PC World, has issued a profit warning, stating that poor sales of Vista could see its profits slashed by around £20 million.

Apparently the group had predicted a surge of uptake for Microsoft's new operating system, with customers...