Limited Time Offer

To get your copy of Microsoft Office Home and Student edition at this limited time price – visit CompUSA today. This price is only valid for a limited time – and you need these tools for Back to School – plus, one copy will serve most families – with three licenses. If you haven’t yet experienced Office 2007, it’s a whole new ballgame – making it easier than ever before to perform simple tasks with a few clicks – and yet have it look like you spent all day working on it!

The advanced “ribbon” feature of Office 2007 allows users to have the menu options necessary for their current task, based on their actual interaction with the program, right where they need to be. Users who haven’t previously migrated to Office 2003 and have been using prior versions may find themselves overwhelmed with the changes – but don’t fear. If you are a power user who used keyboard shortcuts (even alt key sequences), Office will recognize them and provide you the same functionality for most tasks.

The picture tools in Word and Office allow you to embed images and make the appear awesome – like they are jumping off the page if need be – and the new SmartArt tools allow your presentation to look like you hired a graphic design firm to assist in the expression of your data points.

Create reports and presentations like a rock star – and leverage the power of Microsoft One Note – especially if you are using the program in your classroom or have a tablet PC – computing has never been so easy. It’s like – an electronic notebook that can do anything! Get your copy of Microsoft Office Home and Student edition while this special price is available – before it’s time to turn in that first report to the teacher!

Thanks to Bauer from ComputerTV for his energetic appeal to your need for Microsoft Office.
Price and availability is shown on CompUSA website.

Several miami employees spoke with the students and several volunteers at the Center and talked a little tech with them too! Last year, CompUSA assisted the Latinos Unidos Center in Miami with a project, there providing 25 computer systems for the Center to aid in their educational efforts as many of these students do not have computers at home. The donated flash drives will provide a “transport” means to get homework from school and to the Overtown Youth Center, where the children can use on-site computers and printers to complete their homework and research.

Thanks to everyone who participated and assisted in the coordination of this event. Watch for an upcoming video summary about the event!

Below are a few photos from the event, including one of Nancy Brinker (the Founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure) who found out during our Dallas trip that she would be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her efforts in helping bring an end to breast cancer.

Stay tuned for details – this year’s Pink Friday is destined to be a very large promotion this year.

Be sure to stop by if you are in the Orlando area, or you can always watch at http://com.puter.tv The show for Saturday starts at 1PM with the 5PM drawing!

If you can’t make it to the Tampa location, be sure to tune in starting at 4PM at http://com.puter.tv/tour.

Be sure to stop by for live demonstrations, how-tos and of course the prizes – but we also have exclusive discounts on select products at 25% off – so be sure to stop in and get your coupon! Join in all the fun starting at 3PM at http://com.puter.tv/tour.

Tonight, we had quite the challenge declaring a winner – we called 1 winner, then another and finally, on selection 3, we were able to find a winner! It was Bryan from South Carolina – he took quite a drive to come and visit at the tour – and had a great time. Now, he has a Systemax Core 2 Quad to boot!

Tomorrow the tour takes us to Brandon, Florida with another day of how-to seminars and much more. Tune in and watch all day at http://com.puter.tv.

Then on to the grand prize winner of the Systemax Quad Core PC valued at $600.. First Bauer lets all those with gmail.com email address… they didn’t win. Then he calls up all the Bellsouth.net email address holders. Four gentlemen clamor to the broadcast area, then when he looks for the winner, Larry Valetutto was standing on the other side of the room. Why – Bauer was reading his info wrong – and Larry had a USA.NET email address! Sorry guys!

S. Jacksonville CompUSA Prize Winner Coverage

Be sure to join the ComputerTV on the road Monday, July 12th for some various events, and then they land at the Tampa CompUSA on Tuesday, July 13th for the next stop with more giveaways, broadcasts, how-tos and prizes! Keep up to date with the Systemax Rock Your Quad tour homepage.

Source: ComputerTV

Stop by the South Jacksonville CompUSA located at 9041 Southside Boulevard. The show will start at 1PM today and run through 5:30PM. Today’s events will include how-to seminars for upgrading your PC, Intel racing simulators powered by the Intel Core 2 Quad processor and free giveaways including Cyclone Energy Shot for everyone – and the daily grand prize – a Systemax Quad Core PC valued at $600, an Intel Core 2 Quad Processor and motherboard valued at $300 – and much more.

If you aren’t local to the South Jacksonville store, be sure to tune in, right here at ComputerTV. There is a player on the right hand side of the page which is live anytime the cameras are on, which is pretty much from 9:00AM until 8:00PM daily so far. As this article is posted, the crew just got done eating breakfast at their hotel and were getting on the road to the store.

Keep tuned in, and keep track of the team at the Systemax Rock Your Quad Tour homepage. There you can also watch archived videos from the tour which are being cross posted from UStream to YouTube and all right there for you on ComputerTV.

Special thanks to tour sponsors: Intel, Cyclone Energy Drink, Trendnet, Simplexity, Patriot, XFX, and Coolermaster.

Crossposted from ComputerTV

Plus, we’ll be giving away a Systemax Core 2 Quad PC at each store during the store, and an Intel Core 2 Quad processor and motherboard – and even more at each stop. We have lots of Intel goodies as well as Cyclone Energy Shots to fuel the day! You can watch it all from the comfort of your home as well, just visit the Rock Your Quad Tour page on ComputerTV. There, you can see not only what’s going on live, but every time they are on the move the launch the QuadCam to give you a glimpse of the action on the road, as well as a great gadget from Google that provides you the exact location of the ComputerTV team.

Be sure to check the schedule so you don’t miss out on the Systemax Rock Your Quad tour when it comes to your town. You can receive EXCLUSIVE coupons for 25% off select brands of components and networking products, plus we have special deals for the whole two weeks! Just another great way the All-New CompUSA is providing you with additional information and excitement when it comes to buying your electronics and computers.

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Venesia was presented with the laptops, some diapers, and a $10,000 Savings Bond courtesy of CA and CompUSA to kick-start a savings fund for the unborn child’s education.

CBS channel 4 reports, “A soldier serving in Afghanistan will be with his wife ‘virtually’ on the day she gives birth to their child.

Vanesia Butler, who is six months pregnant, has been preparing for the birth knowing that her husband Darvin’s military service will keep him overseas. Wednesday the Coral Springs couple received an unexpected gift from CompUSA and Forgotten Soldiers Outreach.

“I was overwhelmed with happiness when I found out that my husband will get to be by my side in the hospital room, at least virtually, to experience the birth of our baby,” said Vanesia. “Now he’ll be able to hear the baby’s first cry, even from thousands of miles away from home.”

CompUSA donated two Hewlett-Packard ProBook 4510s with built-in webcams to Vanesia and showed her how to make video and voice calls using Skype.

“It is so wonderful to see CompUSA take the initiative to join our program in support of America’s troops,” said Lynelle Chauncey Zelnar, Executive Director of FSO in a written statement. “This donation will ensure that a soldier does not have to miss the birth of his child while serving our country overseas. I can’t even imagine delivering without my spouse by my side. This will truly make a lifelong difference in this military family’s life.”

In addition to the laptops CompUSA and IT management software company CA donated a $10,000 savings bond for the Butler family to open a college savings account for their new baby.

“We wish Vanesia and her husband only the best as they embark on their exciting new adventure in parenthood and we are happy to provide technology to bring them together during these special times,” said Gilbert Fiorentino, Chief Executive of Systemax Technology Group which includes CompUSA.”

Source: CBS 4

If you haven’t purchased your converter box yet, and if you have a coupon better yet – you can pickup a box for only 99 cents at CompUSA right now!

Video Source: WSFL

The CompUSA store in Dadeland is hosting the AMD Overclocking World-Record Breaking Attempt on Tuesday, May 26th at both 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Snacks and beverages will be provided, as well as a great show complete with liquid helium and liquid nitrogen to get it “super cool.”

There will also be door prizes of things like motherboards, processors and much more from AMD, plus exclusive discounts will be available from 4PM to 10PM that day only – on select instock products – fifty percent off exactly – so stop by, check out the overclocking event hosted by ComputerTV – and if you can’t be there, then watch it live: http://com.puter.tv/live-events/

What is the Wheelmobile?
The Wheelmobile is a 39-foot Winnebago that tours nationwide in search of contestants for television’s #1 game show. The Wheelmobile team is coming your way to find contestants in South Florida!

Where and when will the Wheelmobile event take place?
The Wheelmobile event will take place during two special days of contestant searches.
When: Saturday & Sunday, May 16th & 17th from 12 PM – 4 PM
Where: Comp USA World Headquarters
Mall of the Americas*
7795 W. Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33144

* The event will be held outdoors on the South side of the Mall of the Americas. Our Miami events may be modified and/or cancelled due to inclement weather. If poor weather causes the cancellation of an event day, efforts will be made to accept applications at the location during the event hours. Applicants will be randomly-selected for a chance to participate in a final round of auditions.

We will begin handing out applications one hour before each show begins. Shows will begin at 12:00 PM, 1:30 PM, and 3:00 PM, with each show lasting about an hour. There is no need to arrive hours in advance of the event. Everyone who attends the event will be able to submit an application. We will select participants to come to the stage and audition via a random draw.

How does it work?
• There are three Wheel of Fortune shows during each day of a Wheelmobile event. Each show lasts approximately one hour.

• Everyone who comes to a Wheelmobile event will receive a color-coded application. The color of the application tells you what time the game you are eligible for will begin.

• Fill out your application and drop it in a nearby receptacle. Just before show time, we will put all the applications in a big golden drum that sits on the stage.

• When the show begins, our Wheelmobile host will pick applications at random from the drum and call participants up to the stage (in groups of five) to play the game.

• On stage, we will do a brief interview with each contestant and play a version of the Wheel of Fortune Speed-Up Round.

• Each person who comes up to the stage will be evaluated as a potential contestant for the show. At the end of the puzzle all contestants on stage will be awarded a prize. (Wheel of Fortune hats, t-shirts and duffle bags are just some of the stuff you might win.)

• Wheel of Fortune is looking for good game players who are energetic, enthusiastic and fun. This is your opportunity to shine. Show us what you’ve got!

• After the Wheelmobile event in your area has been conducted, we will choose the people we believe will be the best candidates for the show (based on their overall performance on stage) to take part in a final round of auditions. These final auditions will take place in the Miami area within a few months after our last event date.

• We will get as many people up to the stage as we can. However, we know there will be many more folks at our Wheelmobile events than we can possibly audition. For this reason, we will reserve some slots in the final auditions for those individuals who attended Wheelmobile events but did not make it up to the stage. After all Wheelmobile events have been conducted, we will draw a number of names at random from all the applications we receive in the Miami area for these slots.

• If you are invited to the final auditions, you will receive a letter or email within a few weeks of our last Wheelmobile event.

What are the contestant eligibility requirements?
• You must be at least 18 years of age.

• You are not eligible to be a contestant on Wheel of Fortune if you work for, or are related to, anyone who works for Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Sony Pictures Television Inc., Sony Pictures Television International, Quadra Productions, Inc., CBS Television Distribution Group, game show prize suppliers, WPLG-TV (including its advertisers and affiliated radio stations), or any TV stations or networks broadcasting Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy!.

• You are not eligible to appear on Wheel of Fortune if you have appeared on another game show, dating-relationship show or reality show in the last year or three game shows, dating-relationship shows or reality shows in the last ten years.

• You are not eligible if you have appeared on any version of Wheel of Fortune.

• All expenses incurred while interviewing and (if selected as a contestant) appearing on the show, including airfare, hotel, etc. are the responsibility of the applicant.

• A contestant audition does not guarantee a spot on the show. The applicant understands that Wheel of Fortune is under no obligation to use him/her as a contestant. It is entirely at the producer’s discretion.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS SHALL BE MADE FOR PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS AND/OR DISABILITIES.

WATCH WHEEL OF FORTUNE WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 PM ON WPLG, LOCAL 10.

This gps features speech recognition, widescreen display, preloaded maps, FM transmitter and more. Just speak the menu option and nuvi obeys your comand! Now, a GPS you can talk back to!!!

Get it now at the All-New CompUSA!

Yep, you got it – based upon the information provided, Asus will enable you to kill your PC remotely in the event of loss or theft. This will allow you to ensure prying eyes don’t get to your private data.

In the commercial world where businesses operate with the strictest level of confidentiality, and where notebooks belonging to highly mobile business professionals are likely to contain confidential company or personal information, the theft of vital information may be costly. ASUS addresses this concern with its new P Series notebooks, which are equipped with Intel® Anti-theft PC Protection Technology. This new technology provides users with the ability to send a “poison pill” remotely, rendering the notebook inoperable by comprehensively shutting it down. As such, the risk resulting from a stolen or lost notebook is eliminated. Once the notebook has been recovered, a local passphrase or recovery token can be used to reactivate the notebook.

“With the incorporation of Intel® Anti-Theft PC Protection technology in ASUS P30 and P80 notebooks, professionals can now conduct their businesses with greater assurance and without the fear of dire ramifications in the event of theft or loss,” said Mr. Henry Yeh, General Manager of ASUS’ Notebook Business Unit. “This added security capability in our P Series commercial notebooks makes it the definitive mobile companion for the professionals of today’s fast-paced market.”

The ASUS P30 and P80, with innovative built-in security capabilities based on Intel® Anti-Theft Technology, are available immediately.

“With the growth of laptop sales increasing, theft management has become an important requirement for our customers,” said George Thangadurai, director of Strategic Planning and general manager, Intel Anti-theft Services, Intel Mobile Platforms Group. “Our collaboration with ASUS will bring to customers new worldwide scalable hardware-based security solutions using Intel® Anti-Theft Technology that will deter theft.”

CompUSA carries a wide array of Asus laptops, check them out at the All-New CompUSA.com here.

Just click on the banner above to be transported to the registration page – all you need is complete the basics – and you are eligible to win one every single week!

Enter now!

Yes, CompUSA. The once-bankrupt electronics retailer is making a comeback, with about 30 new CompUSA stores nationwide and a new strategy that includes aggressive prices, remodeled stores, improved lighting and in-store web access for comparison shopping.

“We have invented this idea of retail 2.0,” says Gilbert Fiorentino, chief executive of the Technology Products Group at Systemax, now parent company of CompUSA. Fiorentino is also the founder of Tiger Direct, a web only electronics retailer and another subsidiary of Systemax. “Every screen in every CompUSA store is now connected to the internet and making buying a richer experience for customers,” he says.

It was price that brought Alkalay the store. She wound up buying a 32-inch flat panel TV for $200 — a real steal, she says.

“I had never heard of the brand. But given the price and size, I thought this is a great bargain,” says Alkalay.

Once part of the big three electronics retail stores in the country, CompUSA filed for bankruptcy two years ago. It was not alone: High overheads and the inability to compete with low online prices forced companies such as Circuit City and Ritz Camera into bankruptcy, too. Meanwhile, online players such as Amazon, Buy.com and NewEgg have been growing.

But after a reorganization and a buyout in January last year by Systemax, a major electronics retailer, CompUSA is back in business.

The in-store web access may be the biggest gamble, since it raises the possibility that you might use a CompUSA floor model to find a better deal on Amazon.com for the very computer you’re using to get that information.

Say you are in a CompUSA store trying to decide if that big plasma TV is the one you want. Just tap the keyboard in front of the screen and go online to check out the specs and reviews an even the recommended mounting brackets. There’s also custom information for that particular store, such as how many are in stock.

“We do the same thing with laptops, desktops and monitors,” says Fiorentino. “We are using tech to change the retail experience for the customer and giving them access to all the information on the internet anytime they want during the buying process.” And there are no restrictions. Users can surf the internet, check their Facebook or even Twitter if they want, says Fiorentino.

It may sound like a small change but it is quite different from how Best Buy, Office Depot or other brick-and-mortar stores display information to their customers, says Doug Fleener, president of retail consulting firm Dynamic Experiences and former director of retail for Bose.

“It’s an untested concept,” says Fleener. “We will have to see if customers like to spend their time gathering information while shopping rather than doing it at home.”

Systemax’s TigerDirect online shopping site has benefited first hand from the online shopping trend. But Fiorentino says customers still want to go stores to buy electronics.

And Fiorentino says CompUSA can keep its prices low despite the additional overhead costs associated with a physical store. CompUSA’s inventory now ties into Tiger Direct and the company offers the same prices whether consumers buy a product online or in a store.

Customers such as Robert Oschler, a New York resident who runs a site for robotics enthusiasts, are seeing the difference.

About a month ago Oschler found a CompUSA store near him running offering 48-hour special deals. “They seem to be doing a lot of that,” he says. Oschler bought a Novint Falcon gaming mouse for $99 that otherwise retails for $180.

He says he’s also noticed the changes in the store’s layout, “They seem more organized,” says Oschler. “Earlier, their aisles used to cluttered, almost supermarket-like, where they wanted to shove as much stuff as possible in your face as you walked by. But now there are more categories and better displays.”

Still, the revived CompUSA is a shadow of its former self. At its peak about three years ago, CompUSA posted about $5 billion a year in sales and had more than 216 stores nationwide. Now it posts a fraction of that in sales and has just about a tenth of its former reach.

If CompUSA can survive through the recession and manage its costs—rent, salaries, inventory–the chain can hope for a future, says Fleener. As other big box retailers disappear, consumers are looking for alternative places to go to and the thrill of walking into a store and looking at products is not easily replaceable for shoppers.

“Stores like Circuit City going out does leave an opportunity in the market,” says Fleener. “With less brick and mortar competition around, people will give CompUSA a chance.”

Source: Wired

• Lenovo Notebook PC – fully featured – only $399.99
• Digital TV Converter Boxes – Just 1¢ with Federal Coupon
• 8GB SDHC/Micro SDHC Card – only $19.99!

See all the deals for a store near you: click here for CompUSA In-Store Deals for 3/22/09

Without letting the cat out of the bag – first, be sure to follow us on Twitter – that way you can be sure you will get every message from CompUSA – including special opportunities that are exclusive ONLY to Twitter subscribers.

Watch for more news from CompUSA in the coming week (and if I didn’t mention it already, be sure to follow us on Twitter.) – and thanks for visiting your friends at the All-New CompUSA.

With the widespread proliferation of Wi-Fi, you can get online quick and fast with this great computer. Update your MySpace and Facebook pages, and tweet your new location -quick and easy.

While you can, get the Vivienne Tam HP Mini-Note from CompUSA, it’s a great computer – and an incredible fashion statement!

If you routinely shop at the same stores, sign up for their e-mail newsletters. Borders, CompUSA, and eReader are among the e-tailers that offer exclusive discounts to subscribers.

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One grand prize winner will receive a complete makeover with nearly $2500 in gear to make your life a lot easier – and wireless – including a new PC from Acer and a wireless All-In-One Printer from HP.

All you have to do is make a video showing off why you need this office makeover – upload it to YouTube, be sure you are following ComputerTV on Twitter, and send out a tweet announcing your entry – and you are good to go. If you aren’t in the mood to make a video, don’t think we left you out – you can enter our Second Chance drawing just by following us on Twitter and sending out a Tweet.

Get all the details then enter – the D-Link and ComputerTV Home Office Network Makeover. There is even a sample video that Bauer made to show you what it’s all about (and he needs some help!).

Be sure to check out all the D-Link Gear at TigerDirect.com and CompUSA.

ComputerTV’s Bauer gives you a look at all the various Bluetooth devices and how they can all work together – you might even learn a trick how to turn any USB printer into a Bluetooth ready device!

Be sure to check out all the great Bluetooth Products at the All-New CompUSA.com or at a local CompUSA Retail Store.

CompUSA has stores in Florida, Puerto Rico, Texas – and soon in North Carolina and Illinois – so keep watching for a CompUSA near you!

To check out the ad for the store nearest you, visit the CompUSA Local Ad site and punch in your zip code. Remember, these deals are available only in our retail stores – and are not available at these prices online!