Online holiday shopping is trickier this year

For online holiday shopping this season, get your Facebook and Twitter on, consider expanding your repertoire of retailers and bring your most comfortable slippers. It’s going to be a more challenging effort this year than last when the recession was “new,” and retailers were frantically pushing heavily discounted products from HDTVs to clothing.

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Giving the gift of tech service

Maybe you won’t be splurging on a new computer or TV this holiday season because of the economy, instead trying to keep your existing tech gear running as smoothly as possible. Buying tech service as a gift itself can be a good idea.

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E-readers' high prices may hinder adoption

Tech holiday gift checklist: LCD TV — maybe. New BlackBerry or iPhone — possible. E-reader — are you kidding?

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Blu-ray hopes for a green season

Will it be a blue season for Blu-ray? Retailers and movie studios aren’t sure yet, even though prices on some players are expected to plummet from several hundred dollars to as low as $125 to $150 on Black Friday, and perhaps stay at bargain levels during the holiday season.

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Digital TV, real or converted, is holiday priority

Want a digital TV this holiday season? You can get one pretty cheaply, without changing your set.

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Kindle: Great service needs a better device

Seven years ago I took the novels of Jane Austen with me to Egypt. As my companion read and reread her sole paperback, I simply turned on my Rocket eBook and made my way from "Sense and Sensibility" to "Persuasion." The backlit screen was easy to read, the interface simple — I was hooked.

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Digital frames getting cheaper, better

Take this digital photo frame quiz and test your knowledge: The prices of the frames keep: a) falling b) increasing c) both.

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TODAY financial editor Jean Chatzky sorts through the list and offers some guidelines on how much to tip people who help in your daily life.

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For the geek parent or the geek child, there's no lack of holiday goodies from which to choose, with some under-$100 options including a Batman laptop, Lego digital camera and more.

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Santa's little helpers have been busy cranking out some great stuff, from connected media players and multitouch screens to wafer-thin HDTVs and groovy netbooks.

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These gadgets help gamers play longer, better, more efficiently and more comfortably. Here are a few game-enhancing peripherals that the gamer on your list is sure to enjoy.

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When it comes to gadgets and gear, smaller is better, high fashion is in vogue, and affordability will be king this holiday buying season. That's the message from tech firms.

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Want to be the best Santa ever? Here's a look at the game machines that will make that special someone on your holiday list very, very happy.

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\'Today\' financial editor Jean Chatzky went shopping for the hottest gifts of the season and found a high and low alternative for each. Here\'s her list.

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These are the best Cinderella games of 2008. If it's the new and innovative you seek, don't overlook these hidden gems.

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With improved reliability and a new low price of $199, there's no reason to miss the top 10 Xbox 360 games of 2008.

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While this year's game lineup for the Wii may not have been as spectacular as last year's seemed to be, there's no shortage of enjoyable and unique games that make the most of what the Wii is all about.

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Here's a list of Nintendo DS games that have been very,

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Not sure whether that special someone on your shopping list has the latest video game console? Chances are, they've got a perfectly good gaming machine on their desk - the PC.

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Not sure whether that special someone on your shopping list has the latest video game console? Chances are, they've got a perfectly good gaming machine on their desk - the PC.

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Portable media players are almost essential for any music, video or photo fan - which could be just about anyone on your holiday gift list.

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Three years after its release, and the PSP is still lacking games - most people use it to watch movies on the go. But a nice mix of sports, arcade, shoot-'em-ups, creative and traditional titles have made their way to the handheld this year.

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Movie studio executives on Friday presented the best-case scenario for a winter holiday surge in the purchase of high-definition Blu-ray players as their best hope to keep the U.S. home video market's decline from accelerating past 3 percent or 4 percent this year.

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