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- Latest News Update News Sunday, September 7, 2008 @ 2:31AMSHANGHAI, Sept 7, 2008 (AFP) - In scenes reminiscent of a generation ago, Chinese are tapping friends and relatives travelling abroad to bring back electronic devices that are unavailable in China.
- Ex-high-tech exec heard siren song of music Thursday, September 4, 2008 @ 4:14PMn Vacuum tube repair really amps him up
- Clean-tech group forms to support Obama Thursday, September 4, 2008 @ 2:50PM"Clean Tech and Green Business for Obama" aims to raise $1 million for the Democratic presidential nominee while elevating issues of climate change and alternative energy.
- Too posh for popcorn Thursday, September 4, 2008 @ 5:19AMIndependent cinemas once provided affordable art for all. Now, a growing number offer audiences a luxury experience
- Microsoft boosts shopping search with Ciao buy Monday, September 1, 2008 @ 8:21AMMicrosoft has agreed to buy Greenfield Online, owner European price comparison website ciao.com, for about $486m (£242m) to boost its Internet search and e-commerce business in Europe.
- Advantage: Amazon Monday, September 1, 2008 @ 1:13AMAcing the competition with free shipping, low prices, broad selection and new technology, Amazon is growing faster than e-commerce as a whole. How can other online retailers stay in the game?
- Microsoft buys Europe Internet search website Saturday, August 30, 2008 @ 1:30AMLONDON: Microsoft has agreed to buy Greenfield Online, owner of popular European price comparison website ciao.com, for about $486mn to boost its Internet search and e-commerce business in Europe.
- CRH Medical Corporation Hires Hydrogen Advertising Thursday, August 28, 2008 @ 1:00PM SEATTLE----Fast-growing CRH Medical Corporation , the leader in the treatment of hemorrhoids and other colorectal health issues, has selected Hydrogen as its advertising and marketing partner.
- The Mob Rules Facebook Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 4:07PMBeacon or no, social applications pull in profits.
- CORRECTING and REPLACING Best Western Gives Race Fans a Chance to "Swap" Jobs with NASCAR Driver Michael Waltrip Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 2:22PMThe URL in the graph about the Best Western International boilerplate should read www.auctionjam.com/fanswap (sted www.auctionjam/fanswap).
- The Armada Group Earns Place on Prestigious Inc. 5,000 List for Second Year Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 11:00AM SANTA CRUZ, Calif.----The Armada Group, a premier Silicon Valley IT consulting and technical staffing firm, is proud to announce that it earned a place on the Inc. 5,000 list for the second year in a row.
- Latte art no longer an obscure skill Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 6:57AMFor the past eight months, Wayne Mathias has been perfecting his pour.
- Best Western Gives Race Fans a Chance to "Swap" Jobs with NASCAR Driver Michael Waltrip Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 6:00AM PHOENIX----NASCAR fans who dreamed about overseeing their own race team now have the opportunity to do so – at least for one day. Best Western International, The Official Hotel of NASCAR®, and Michael Waltrip Racing, are offering one race fan the opportunity to “swap” jobs for a day with two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip.
- VoIP Goes Mobile Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 12:38AM
- iTKO LISA and dynaTrace Partner for Federated SOA Testing, Validation and Performance Solution Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 9:39AMiTKO LISA, the leading provider of testing, validation and virtualization solutions for SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) and enterprise software, and dynaTrace software, the leader in lifecycle application performance management for complex SOA-based systems, today announce a combined solution that offers defense customers complete visibility into the quality and reliability of key software ...
- iTKO LISA and dynaTrace Partner for Federated SOA Testing, Validation and Performance Solution Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 9:00AM DALLAS----iTKO LISA, the leading provider of testing, validation and virtualization solutions for SOA and enterprise software, and dynaTrace software, the leader in lifecycle application performance management for complex SOA-based systems, today announce a combined solution that offers defense customers complete visibility into the quality and reliability of key software applications.
- Evaluating response of ads on social networking sites Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 7:42AMAer Arann has run campaigns on YouTube, MySpace, Bebo and eBay over the past few months. Overall, the airline has witnessed limited results compared to the information-based sites.
- A Future for S.U.V.?s Saturday, August 9, 2008 @ 1:17AMAmericans should consider selling their suddenly redundant S.U.V.?s to the scrap market or to a foreign country. If all else fails, there?s always art.
- Microsoft To Share More Security Information Wednesday, August 6, 2008 @ 6:00PMThe Microsoft Exploitability Index aims to help IT administrators prioritize patches by rating the likelihood that vulnerabilities will be exploited.
- Cities grapple with Internet taxation dilemmas Monday, August 4, 2008 @ 6:52PMSearch, click, pay: Booking travel online has become pretty simple for many consumers.
- AJAX World: The Business Value of Social Networking on Corporate Intranets Monday, August 4, 2008 @ 3:27PMThis Session will demonstrate why social networking is more than just marketing buzz; it is a relational model that has been used for years to define the way human beings interact, and it is the next step in the natural evolution of the Web. read more
- When to Buy Dead-Money Stocks Saturday, August 2, 2008 @ 8:32AMThe time to buy is when the business shows more life than its stock.
- Green Machine Wednesday, July 30, 2008 @ 6:23PMWhat happened when one Tucsonan set out to create a super-efficient biodiesel motorcycle
- Freeiphoneswap.com Offers Even More Cash for Used iPhones Thursday, July 24, 2008 @ 1:27PM NEW YORK----After signing up thousands of existing iPhone owners for cash trade-ins, Freeiphoneswap.com today announced an even greater incentive for customers to trade their 2G iPhones for the new 3G model.
- Confirmed: Twitter Acquires Summize Search Engine Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:08PMUpdate: Full transcript of video interview is here. It turns out those rumors last week were accurate. Microblogging site Twitter has acquired the Summize search engine, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams confirmed to me. The size of the transaction is not being disclosed, although the transaction price was paid “mostly in stock.” Twitter has also hired 5 of [...]
- Purple Wave Appoints CEO, Announces Record First Quarter Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 10:00AM Purple Wave, the "click and mortar" auction company, today announced it has appointed Mark S. Strauch as President and CEO.
- Techspin: The (Hot) War of Words in Microsoft-Yahoo! Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:34AMThe language among Microsoft, Yahoo and Carl Icahn gets harsh as the sides position themselves for a possible showdown.
- Business news briefs Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:31AMShares of Allegheny Technologies jumped 9 percent yesterday after the Pittsburgh specialty metals producer raised its second-quarter earnings ...
- The Business Value of Social Networking on Corporate Intranets Thursday, July 10, 2008 @ 3:33PMThis Session will demonstrate why social networking is more than just marketing buzz; it is a relational model that has been used for years to define the way human beings interact, and it is the next step in the natural evolution of the Web. Learn how organizations can improve workflow and productivity by utilizing social software and online collaboration. See how social networking can be used ...
- Diamond I Secures First Funding for Its US-BX Thursday, July 10, 2008 @ 8:30AM Diamond I, Inc., a reporting company trading on the OTCBB that is to change its name to "US BioFuels Exchange, Inc.," announced today that it has obtained the first round of funding for its online biofuels exchange, USBiofuelsExhange.com.
- Local auction teams with Purple Wave Tuesday, July 8, 2008 @ 1:31PMGrowth Purple Wave is expanding rapidly through organic growth and business combinations with like-minded auction houses that see the power of the Purple Wave platform.
- Self-serve salvage on rise Saturday, July 5, 2008 @ 6:36AMCustomers gladly pay to remove their own parts from junked cars.
- Reuters Technology Summary Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @ 5:55PM New iPhone to sell for $599-$699 without contract NEW YORK - U.S. consumers who want the new iPhone but cannot or do not want to sign up for a two-year contract with AT&T Inc will eventually be able to buy it for an extra $400. Apple Inc has said the new iPhone will go on sale July 11 at $199 for the model with 8 gigabytes of storage and $299 for the 16-gigabyte version. ...
- Acorn Energy Equity Affiliate Paketeria AG Gets Volksbank Investment Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @ 1:19PM ACORN ENERGY, INC. , a holding company focused on intelligent energy infrastructure and restructuring retail electricity markets, today announced that its Paketeria affiliate in Germany has deepened its partnership with the Volksbank network this week with the execution by Volksbank Meissen of an agreement to open 12 "shop-in-bank" locations in Meissen -- two in August and the remaining ten in ...
- EBay Fined $61 Million for Fake-Goods Auctions Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @ 10:29AMFrench court holds auction site liable for permitting sales of counterfeit luxury clothes, handbags, perfumes.
- AmeriResource Update: BizAuctions Consignment Services Sells More Industrial Items in May, 2008 Tuesday, June 24, 2008 @ 6:20AM AmeriResource Technologies, Inc., a diversified holding company, announced today that its subsidiary, BizAuctions, Inc.,, a prime provider of commercial eBay liquidation services, consignment services sells additional industrial units for the month of May.
- Seesmic Raises Another $6 Million Round Friday, June 20, 2008 @ 12:33PMVideo conversation startup Seesmic raised another $6 million in a series B financing. The round was co-led by Omidyar Network and Wellington Partners. The series A financing last February, which was also for $6 million, was led by Atomico (the investment vehicle of Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis), and included angel [...]
- Dating Your Prospects? Seth Godin Shows eBayers How to Get Clicks for Free Friday, June 20, 2008 @ 7:52AM"How not to get married" may seem a strange piece of advice to be giving at an eBay session, but top blogger, author, and Squidoo.com founder Seth Godin found a way to tie it in to promoting your eBay business.
- Treasure Hunters Make Stop In Spring Hill Friday, June 20, 2008 @ 12:11AMSPRING HILL - Carolyn Bloom and her sister needed a luggage cart.
- Treasure Hunters Make Stop In Spring Hill Thursday, June 19, 2008 @ 8:41PMSPRING HILL - Carolyn Bloom and her sister needed a luggage cart. They were seeking the dollar value of all their old coins — along with some decades-old toys, dolls, comic books and a 1940s-era rotary phone.
- Review: Firefox 3 Burns Up The Web Thursday, June 19, 2008 @ 6:00PMOverall, Firefox 3 is a triumph, faster and more memory-efficient than its predecessors, with improvements to make Web surfing easier. But security is a problem.
- richrelevance: Product Recommendation Platform [The Startup Review] Thursday, June 19, 2008 @ 3:29PMEditor’s Note: If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion in “The Startup Review” series, please see the details here. STARTUP DETAILS: Company Name: richrelevance 20 word description: richrelevance powers next-generation merchandising and personalized recommendations on eCommerce sites, optimizing every stage of the shopping experience from homepage to follow-up emails. ...
- Overstock.com Employs "Searchandising" Through Omniture Genesis Integrations With Bazaarvoice and Mercado Thursday, June 19, 2008 @ 12:00PM Omniture, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMTR), Bazaarvoice and Mercado today announced that Overstock.com is using integrated solutions from the three companies through Omniture Genesis to employ a strategy called "searchandising" -- the utilizing of on-site search terms, user-generated product reviews and analytics to optimize product merchandising and relevance.
- iPhone 3G Only Looks Cheaper Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 12:35PMApple has a history of carriage trade pricing, and, although such practices cost it the PC market - while imbuing it with a certain cachet - the policy was enshrined in the original iPhone. For the first time Monday Apple sorta kinda changed its tune, so to speak, and started chasing the mass market with an entry-level $199 iPhone 3G with 8GB of memory and $299 for a model with 16GB of memory, ...
- EBay signs deal with Vietnam start-up Tuesday, June 17, 2008 @ 10:41AMIn a move to expand its global reach, eBay is inking a partnership with a Vietnamese start-up to cash in on the growing millions of Internet users in the Southeast Asian country.
- R.E.M. Signed Guitar To Be Auctioned To Benefit Music and Arts Education Friday, June 13, 2008 @ 1:03AMA guitar signed by all four of the original members of R.E.M. will be auctioned to benefit music and arts education.
- Cable Ad Sales Fail At eBay Thursday, June 12, 2008 @ 6:03PMAfter a year, eBay closed down its Internet-based TV and radio ad selling platform, as cable channels avoided it due to fears of commoditizing ads. read more
- German Obamamania Spreads to Dolls Thursday, June 12, 2008 @ 2:27PMBarack Obama dolls sell like hot cakes in Germany.
- The Shrinking Web Thursday, June 12, 2008 @ 6:53AMWith the world currently facing an economic downturn, many are waiting for a second Web bubble to burst. What will come of the huge amount invested in social networks and what will the future landscape of the Web look like?
- GlassDoor.com: TripAdvisor for the Workplace Thursday, June 12, 2008 @ 2:08AMGet the digital dirt on jobs, salaries, and employers on GlassDoor.com, a free site from Hotwire and Expedia alumni
