Last year, the Radio Shack in my neighborhood burned to the ground. We waited months for it to be rebuilt, and at last (joy!) it was — now I can walk up the street and buy weird connector cables and ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. RadioShack is in trouble. The consumer electronics retailer, once America's leading seller of phones, ...

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RadioShack first opened its doors in 1921 to serve radio officers stationed on ships in Boston Harbor. On February 5, RadioShack filed for bankruptcy. We hate to see our beloved nerd emporium shut its ...

No, I can't believe Radio Shack can actually emerge from its '80s bunker. But you have to admire the effort. And, frankly, the honesty in admitting what it had become. Many chose the ad in which stars ...

Several generations of home electronics hobbyists, ham radio enthusiasts and computer nerds spent their growth-spurt years haunting their local RadioShack stores. They can’t be happy about the company ...

RadioShack is getting a marketing makeover. Starting August 6, the venerable electronics retailer will change its name to “The Shack,” a rebranding move designed to shed the last-century association ...

RadioShack is on its last legs, reportedly in talks to shut down and sell its storefronts to companies like Sprint and Amazon. For many technologists, this is much more than just the loss of another ...

You think that monstrous hand-me-down Dell laptop you used in college was old? Kyocera’s TRS-80 Model 100 dates all the way back to 1983. It’s considered to be one of the first true laptops. So ...