NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shoppers ignored Best Buy Co Inc's promotion of pricey 3D televisions and other high-end gadgets this holiday season as they chased bargains elsewhere, hammering the company's profits.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A weaker-than-expected quarterly profit from electronics bellwether Best Buy Co Inc <BBY.N> led to a decline in shares across multiple platforms.

Rare opportunity to shape online video as Comcast, NBC deal nears end of regulatory review. It won't be long before video from the Internet is always within reach ? whether it's on a smart phone, a tablet computer or a high-end television in your living room.

Rare opportunity to shape online video as Comcast, NBC deal nears end of regulatory review. It won't be long before video from the Internet is always within reach ? whether it's on a smart phone, a tablet computer or a high-end television in your living room.

Electronics Giant Snags Cameron Epic. Looking for Avatar in 3D? Look to Panasonic By Jim Bray TechnoFile.com The biggest blockbuster in history is already available on Blu-ray in two versions, but if you're looking for the supposed "ultimate" version of James Cameron's "Avatar" you'll have to visit your local Panasonic dealer to find it. That's because the Japanese electronics giant has snagged the rights to the 3D Blu-ray version of "Avatar", elbowing out the other manufacturers and making an end run around video stores. Panasonic is bundling the 3D Blu-ray with its Viera Full 3D Plasma TV's as part of a promotion that can also feature an instant rebate, two pairs of Panasonic rechargeable 3D eyewear (the darn glasses) and a Panasonic BDT-100 Blu-ray disc player. If you're an early adopter of 3D reading this with increasing alarm because you're not about to shell out for another system just to get "Avatar" in 3D, relax: Panasonic also says current owners of their Viera 3D TV's can get

Qualcomm offers refunds for mobile TV gadgets, sets shutdown date for service. Qualcomm is offering to refund customers who bought its portable TV sets, ahead of shutting down the broadcasts on March 27.

Qualcomm offers refunds for mobile TV gadgets, sets shutdown date for service. Qualcomm is offering to refund customers who bought its portable TV sets, ahead of shutting down the broadcasts on March 27.

Analysts: LCD TV sales to fall in 2010 for first time, as economy curbs consumer appetite. Shipments of LCD flat-panel TVs will fall this year from the year before, the first such decline since the popularity of such TVs took off in 2006, according to a research firm.

Atlanta City Council member's home burglarized while she attends crime prevention meeting. Four teens have been arrested after an Atlanta City Council member's home was burglarized while she was at a crime prevention meeting.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Smartphones and Twitter were the hottest products in Japan in 2010 and travel and leisure were back on the menu, an ad agency survey showed, as penny-pinching consumers rediscovered their fun side.

Prices for LCD TVs to drop for holidays, then stabilize as demand picks up. If you're in the market for a new flat-panel TV, it's a good time to buy.

South Korean giant Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it would hire 1,000 new employees in Slovakia to boost production of LCD TV sets.

Apple released the latest version of its mobile operating system Monday bringing multitasking, folders, a unified inbox and wireless printing to the iPad.

Japan has reported signs of improvement in the pace of Chinese exports of rare earth minerals, nearly two months after it said shipments were being stalled amid a bitter territorial row.

Yahoo! on Thursday said it will let software makers sell programs known as widgets at a Connected TV store for televisions embedded with the firm's Internet technology.

Japan's first 3-D television series -- an airport drama called "Tokyo Control" -- will air from January on a satellite television channel, Fuji Television Network Inc. said.

Vatican going HD: Pope to get high-definition treatment with new HD mobile van. The pope is going HD.

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The Pay TV industry has heatedly debated this fall whether consumers are dropping their cable or other TV subscriptions to watch more TV content online. A new study by Nielsen, commissioned by the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, argues that most people who watch at least some content from the Web on their TV sets are "cord keepers" rather than "cord cutters."

4 Albanian children die from fumes after their mother left them home alone. Albanian police say four children have died in their beds, apparently poisoned by fumes caused by a small fire, after their mother left them alone to sing at a nightclub.

The faded Internet star and the South Korean consumer electronics giant announced they will sell Yahoo! Connected TV sets in 26 more countries in Europe.