Warner Bros. decided to play hardball with Netflix, Blockbuster, and Redbox by demanding they each wait 56 days after a title is released before making it available for rent, which is twice is long as the 28-day waiting period film studios typically impose. While Netflix and Blockbuster begrudgingly accepted WB's terms, Redbox decided it can do better on its own and decided not to renew its contract, which expired on January 31, 2012.

The PC market isn't growing as fast as it once was (though still expanding), economies in the U.S. and Europe aren't fostering lavish lifestyles for the masses, and good paying jobs are hard to come by. Some would argue that any job is hard to come by, period. Despite all this, consumers will still march into Best Buy to get their fix of electronics, and many will walk out with an Asus notebook in tow.

Hey, guess what? Walmart has an MP3 store! Some of you already know that, and for others, you're just now finding out. There's a good chance the latter outnumbers the former, which would help explain why Walmart is closing its MP3 store by the end of the month. Or maybe music listeners were just too settled with iTunes, Amazon, and other music marts to pluck MP3s from Wally World.