Submission + - Panasonic to Sell JVC to Kenwood
VE3OGG writes: "Not that it will effect many this holiday season, but reports are beginning to trickle in that Matsushita, one of the Japanese heavy hitters (better known as Panasonic) is looking to offload its controlling interest in the Victor Company of Japan (JVC) and that Kenwood may be the proposed buyer. It is all very hush-hush, as this has supposedly been in the works for some weeks now with both parties refusing official comment either way."
Submission + - Disaster Planning for The Suburban Home
herbal_rub writes: With all the talk of terrorists on the loose, global warming chaos, terrorism threats, and rumors of the world's demise, Justin Oldham has written a timely piece on Defending you Suburban Castle in the event of catastrophe. Everything from stocking the right food to avoiding the attention of marauders is covered. All the stuff never covered when you ravage your town with disasters in SimCity. What are /.er's doing to prepare for the apocalypse beyond a UPS and backups?
Submission + - PS3s Being Traded For Wiis
master0ne writes: "Jason McMaster at GigaGamez writes "So, first people camp out in front of Best Buys for days at a time to get the PS3, and then they trade them for Nintendo Wiis. Seriously. Tony Conrad, CEO and Founder of Sphere, pointed this out to us and we had to see it to believe it. There are people out there trying to trade their PS3s for Nintendo Wiis and some of them are offering to take a loss.""
