Online Shopper: Inside NanaÂs Lamp Was a Genie: Nana
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Repairing her torchier was a way of keeping faith with the old soul.
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By San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 23--HIGH-TECH TRY-ON ROOMS   Technology from IconNicholson allows shoppers to try on virtual garments in their dressing rooms. Here's how it works:   Dressing rooms are equipped with "magic mirrors" with interactive screens.
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LANNING a trip involves many difficult decisions, but near the top of my list is standing in a bookstore trying to choose from a daunting lineup of guidebooks, a purchase that brands the owner
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A new doll hitting retail shelves is familiar in many ways, but this Barbie is a roundabout way of charging for online content.
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Reader Shivani sends us her experiences.
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Ideeli, a new e-commerce Web site, will offer members a chance to buy heavily discounted luxury items â as long as they are quick enough.
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Business & money: The secret online codes you can use to obtain real discounts at some of Britain's biggest retailers
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Ever wish you could find directions to  the nearest bookstore or coffee shop without asking a stranger?  Maybe you're having trouble keeping tabs on your adventurous  children?
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Shopping site Boddit lets holiday spendthrifts quickly compare prices from online retailers. It also scours the web for coupons and promotional codes to help you save cash. In Monkey Bites.
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Where the shoppers are and what they're finding.
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Alexander Netkachev has a quick update posted on his blog concerning his one-click installer for a LAMP setup.   The installer has been updated to include newer packages:  Apache 2.2 PHP 5.2 PHP CHM Manual MySQL 5.0 MySQL GUI Tools 5.0  You can grab the latest download (and get the latest information) from his website.
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Sears Holdings has come under fire from privacy advocates for making the purchase history of its customers publicly available on its Managemyhome.com Web site.Manage My Home is a community portal where Sears shoppers can download product manuals, find product tips, and get home renovation ideas.The Web site has a feature called &quot;Find your products&quot; that lets users look up past purchases. Ostensibly, this is designed to help customers keep track of items they&#39;ve bought from the retailer, but the site also lets them look up the purchase histories of other people.&quot;Sears offers no security whatsoever to prevent a Manage My Home user from retrieving another person&#39;s purchase history by entering that person&#39;s name, phone number, and address,&quot; wrote Ben Edelman, an assistant professor with Harvard Business School, in a blog posting.This is a violation of Sears&#39; own online privacy policy, which does not allow the company to share users&#39; purchase history with the general public, Edelman said.The information could be misused by scammers, said Benjamin Googins, a CA senior engineer who has also written about the issue. &quot;A potential burglar or scam artist could quite easily sit at home with a phone book, checking to see what people in a given neighborhood had purchased,&quot; he wrote.Googins said that he was able to track purchases as far back as 1978 on the site.One Sears customer said he was upset by the disclosure.&quot;It&#39;s pretty amazing that in 2008 a major corporation such as Sears Roebuck can show such blatant disregard for the privacy of its customers. It definitely will make me think twice before ordering from them again,&quot; said Doug Fuller, an Oakland, Calif., realtor. &quot;It&#39;s not like it is some rinky-dink company. This is a major corporation. And with all the identity theft going on, this is the best they can do?&quot; he said via instant message.A Sears spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment. Sears Holdings, the owner of the Sears Roebuck and Kmart department stores, is the third-largest retailer in the United States.This is the second time Sears has come under fire for privacy concerns in recent weeks. In December and early January, Googins and Edelman blasted Sears for&#160;downloading invasive comScore Web tracking software&#160;to some users of its MySHCcommunity.com Web site without adequate disclosure.Sears has defended its use of the tracking software, pointing out that users are notified of the software&#39;s features before they download it.
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A glam mobile that turns heads, a laptop bag that turns you into a granny and an iPod accessory that turns you on. The girls of Wired take over. In Gadget Lab.
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The net brings sex-friendly stores to consumers, but nothing beats personal attention to your intimate shopping desires. Commentary by Regina Lynn. Plus: Japanese services recognize special needs  in Sex Drive Daily.
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Travel: Gear up for a Christmas spending spree with a spot of online window shopping.
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The book retailing superstore has new stories worth telling.
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Think exchanging Santaâs mistake will be quick and easy? Not if you donât know the storeâs rules on receipts, time limits, restocking fees, or opened electronic items.