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Archive for June, 2010

The Audacity of Hope, Ark. The $20,000 Klipsch Pa

30 Jun 2010

Klipsch may be one of the oldest American speaker companies, but that doesn’t stop it from manufacturing
iPod, computer, stereo and home theater speakers, along with a full line of professional cinema and music speakers.
The Audiophiliac and the P-39F
Paul W. Klipsch founded the company that bears his name in Hope, Ark. in 1946. And incredibly [...]

YouTuber ‘Trashman’ charged over threats to poison

28 Jun 2010

A New York man known for stirring up controversy on YouTube was arrested Thursday by federal authorities after allegedly claiming he had instructed Gerber employees to lace baby food with cyanide.

Some found his videos funny, but others were offended and plenty of “response” videos pepper the site.
Critics will likely say it’s a case of authorities [...]

Nike asks Chinese government to identify Yahoo blo

23 Jun 2010

The story begins with tears and might end in many more.
“We have immediately asked relevant government departments to investigate those that started the rumor,” said Nike spokesman Charlie Brooks.
Yes, Nike, the brand that prides itself on the iconoclastic and fantastic, has asked the not fantastically democratic Chinese government to root out this rogue and, [...]

Digg raises $28.7 million in Series C round

22 Jun 2010

Social news site Digg has raised $28.7 million in a Series C venture round led by Highland Capital Partners, and has in turn announced a major site expansion.
Digg had long been rumored to be up for sale, with buyers from both the media and Silicon Valley sides of the aisle reportedly interested. The company walked [...]

Q&A Long before there was Twitter, there was AOL

18 Jun 2010

• We may accept low quality service cell phones. But when we pick up the phone, we expect a dial tone. When you send e-mail, you expect it will be delivered. So this clearly is something Twitter has to take seriously. If they do go ahead and understand that they need to have a bullet proof [...]

Microhoo By the numbers

16 Jun 2010

Six days have passed since Microsoft’s “deadline” for Yahoo to come to the negotiating table. Despite the promise that Microsoft would take action, very little of substance has happened this week.

Search metrics
Number of searches performed on Google: 1.21 billion
Number of searches performed on Yahoo: 441 million
Number of searches performed on MSN/Live Search: 197 million

Revenue
Revenue taken [...]

Uncov returns to heap scorn on tech companies

04 Jun 2010

Uncov creator Ted Dziuba has a day job and says he doesn’t have the time to produce the snark on a daily basis, so he’s added a “peanut gallery” feature to the site. Users who register at Uncov can write their own posts; everyone can read these submissions in the site’s sidebar. The stories [...]