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Microsoft (MSFT) is no stranger to criticism these days, and the company’s new Windows 8 platform is once again the target of a scathing review from a high-profile user. Well-known Internet entrepreneur and MIT professor Philip Greenspun handed Windows 8 one of its most damning reviews yet earlier this week, calling the new operating system a “Christmas gift for someone you hate.” Greenspun panned almost every aspect of Microsoft’s new software, noting that Microsoft had four years to study Android and more than five to examine iOS, but still couldn’t build a usable tablet experience. See more tech stories on [...]

When should stores start on the Christmas season? Is November too early?When should stores start on the Christmas season?For one Canadian drugstore chain, the first week in November is too soonAfter hearing complaints from customers, it pulled Christmas music from stores across Canada It’s a question most of us seem to have pondered at some point: When should stores start on the Christmas season?For one Canadian drugstore chain, the first week in November is too soon, at least for the sounds of the season.Shoppers Drug Mart pulled Christmas music from its almost 1,200 stores across Canada at midnight Friday after [...]

If you’ve been to your local Macy’s (M) or Kohl’s (KSS) recently you might be feeling a bit like Rip Van Winkle. The wreaths are hung, Christmas trees line aisles and the tables full of flannel pajamas, ornaments and berry-scented candles are ready to get picked over.  Target (TGT) has already started airing a holiday-themed TV commercial. Rest assured, you did not sleep through Halloween. Hanukkah and Christmas are not just around the corner, in fact, Thanksgiving and the infamous Black Friday is still more than a month away!  It might seem as if retailers have conspired to lead us [...]