Chasing down the latest Cyber Monday tech deals

By Tim Conneally | Published December 1, 2008, 2:01 PM

2:56pm PT: Geeks.com includes some less commonly seen devices in its holiday sale such as a cassette-to-MP3 convertor, and the Dell Axim PDA.

2:47pm PT: While not precisely a "Cyber Monday" deal, Amazon Web Services has announced a new free tier on its SimpleDB service today.

At the conclusion of the public beta of Amazon Web Services' SimpleDB database, the group has announced it will offer a free usage tier for at least the next six months. Calling it an "unlimited beta," Amazon Web Services' SimpleDB free tier will give users 25 machine hours, 1GB of in/out data transfer, and 1GB of storage per month at no cost. The per gigabyte charge per month for paying customers has also dropped more than 83% to 25ยข per gig.y (and sometimes more, in the case of Best Buy) online sales are the hallmark of "Cyber Monday," so BetaNews is keeping track of some sales most pertinent to our readers' interests.

Long-running New York City technology retailer Sixth Avenue Electronics is one of a handful of select retailers featuring the TomTom One 125 GPS for under $100.

Direct sales pioneer Dell's Cyber Monday Sale includes the XPS M1530 for $1,199, Inspiron 1525 for $519, and Studio 15 for $699.

HP is having its own Cyber Monday sale.

Adobe has reduced prices on its popular software today.

New Jersey computer mailorder giant Newegg is having "Mega Monday Madness," with a long list of products that's increasingly going "Sold Out."

Wal-Mart is offering a package deal with a Compaq CQ50-139QM Laptop and HP Printer/Scanner/Copier for $498.

The VMware Store is offering 50% off of VMware Fusion for CyberMonday.

View comments by with a score of at least

Breakthrough: AMD and Intel settle antitrust dispute, reach new cross-license agreement

UPDATED Only exclusionary business practices, not some rebates, may be covered by a new agreement on Intel's future business conduct.

Windows Marketplace for Mobile now available in browser, iTunes' App Store still not

You can now check out what Windows Marketplace for Mobile has to offer without a Windows Phone.

Microsoft damage control after marketer claims Win7 inspired by Mac

Have you ever said anything you wish you could take back? Ever? No? Not even once? Well then, you won't sympathize with a mid-level Microsoft manager today.

Facebook for iPhone developer goes from Apple supporter to 'I quit!' in 3 months

Fed up with Apple's App Store policies, the developer of Facebook for iPhone has bailed on the iPhone.

Google acquires Gizmo5, builds IP telephony portfolio

Google Voice today confirmed rumors that it would acquire IP telephony company Gizmo5

'A pivot from war to peace:' The AMD + Intel armistice, in their own words

An extraordinary day in technology history is recognized by two long-time rivals that mutually decided it's futile to fight anyplace else except the marketplace.

PS3, Xbox to soon get Twitter, Facebook integration

Both Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 will integrate with Facebook in the near future.

The iTunes App Store at 100,000: Can we stop counting, already?

Carmi Levy | Wide Angle Zoom: Is a six-digit number truly reflective of a healthy applications ecosystem? Or is it another type of bloat?

Analysis: The end of business-by-litigation?

The AMD v. Intel case ended neither with a bang nor a whimper, but almost with a song. Is it catchy enough for the rest of the PC world to sing in perfect harmony?

The agreement: Intel and AMD 'wipe the slate clean'

As the Securities and Exchange Commission document shows, AMD did indeed make some compromises in favor of Intel, especially with regard to conduct.

EC still holds Intel accountable even after AMD settlement

Though the future of relations between AMD and Intel may be peaceful now, the EC believes Intel may still owe restitution for its past conduct.