If you haven’t noticed, our country survives when we buy stuff. We buy houses and the economy booms. Black Friday is the new Fourth of July in America. Love it or hate it, it’s reality.  If you missed out on waiting in line at 4 am last Friday, here are some shopping tips for helping get our country back into the black.
HDTVs
TVs are this year’s game system. Last year, people were choking their neighbors for a Wii. This year, folks will be braving the swine flu …

Tablet PCs have been around for a while. HP made a touchscreen interface for a desktop PC a few yearrs ago and no one cared. We already have ebook readers from Sony, Amazon, and more on the way this holiday season. So why does an Apple tablet spark such curiosity and desire? I think there are clues to be found in other consumer products that help us understand the demand for an Apple tablet.
First, the existing tablets. Take a laptop, then spin the monitor and lay …