RadioShack Swings to 2Q Profit
RadioShack Corp. said Monday it swung to a second-quarter profit from a year-ago loss, helped by lower costs, improved inventory management and a gain related to tax reserves.
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TheFunded embraces VCs still further, but Sequoia still hazed (Matt Marshall/VentureBeat)
TheFunded embraces VCs still further, but Sequoia still hazed — TheFunded.com, a forum that lets entrepreneurs dish dirt publicly about venture capitalists, has taken another step toward accommodating the VCs. — The site now lets VCs provide feedback on any public comment made about their firm.
Source: VentureBeat
Author: Matt Marshall
Link: http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/29/thefunded-embraces…
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Sony’s XAV-W1 head unit: SACD in your dash
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
For the handful of audiophiles who simply cover their ears with their uber-expensive cans when the rational crowd invites them to stop hoping for SACD to take off, here’s to you. Sony has launched the “world’s first” (we believe it, actually) in-car head unit that supports 5.1 SACD. The double-DIN [...]
Acer Offering Ubuntu!
In Singapore, Acer is offering the Aspire 5710Z with Ubuntu preinstalled.
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Match.com expands mobile online dating service (Reuters)
Match.com expands mobile online dating service — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Online dating service Match.com is launching a new application for cell phones, allowing subscribers to keep track of their paramours while on the go. — MatchMobile will first be made available in the United States …
Source: Reuters
Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070730/wr_nm/iac_match_dc
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Malware in Ads Is an Old Story - Channel Insider
Malware in Ads Is an Old StoryChannel Insider, NY -3 hours agoIt's because of an environment like this that it's easy to see why Google has such an interest in monitoring Web sites that issue malware. Google's Adsense…
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“Attempted infringment” appears in new House intellectual property bill (Nate Anderson/Ars Technica)
“Attempted infringment” appears in new House intellectual property bill — Back in May, the Justice Department issued some proposed legislation to tighten US intellectual property laws and to criminalize some forms of “attempted infringement.” Now, legislation based on the proposals …
Source: Ars Technica
Author: Nate Anderson
Link: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070730…
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Web 2.0 Worldwide: First Secure Social Networking Site for … - Social Computing Magazine
Web 2.0 Worldwide: First Secure Social Networking Site for …Social Computing Magazine, NY -6 hours agoAnne's Diary has formed a strategic alliance with Web Wise Kids (www.webwisekids.org), a renowned US-based organization dedicated to educating young people …
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More Information On That Secretive Twitter Financing
When Twitter announced a round of financing last week they mentioned most of the investors - an A list crowd that includes Union Square Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Marc Andreessen, Dick Costolo, Ron Conway, and Naval Ravikant. But they didn’t disclose the amount raised, even though it is customary to do so. We sniffed around [...]
Latest From Google Blogs: Dead Links and Foreign Languages - Search Engine Watch
Latest From Google Blogs: Dead Links and Foreign LanguagesSearch Engine Watch -1 hour agoGuess Mondays get a little busy at Google… I know it is the worse day to contact my PPC rep. So what did I come across? Well at AdSense they have added …
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CES 2008 going RFID
Filed under: Wireless
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/gadgets/CES_2008_going_RFID’;Betcha didn’t think our CES 2008 coverage would begin over five months prior to the magical event itself, but once we receive that email inviting us to register, it’s game on as far as we’re concerned. And speaking of the registration process, we happened to notice a little addendum at the [...]
Japanese revved up for car software standard
Japan’s economy, trade and industry ministry is planning to develop a standard operating system for car electronics, according to a leading Japanese newspaper.
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NowPublic Raises $10.6M in Venture Capital
NowPublic, a startup that lets nonprofessionals post news accounts and images on its Web site, said Monday it raised $10.6 million in venture capital.
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iPhone “Hello World” binary released (Michael Rose/The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
iPhone “Hello World” binary released — The busy beavers of the #iphone IRC channel, whose collective efforts have built the first unauthorized iPhone GUI application (it displays “Hello World” and does nothing else), have released the source for the demo app, buildable with the community-built toolchain and UIKit.
Source: The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
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Court says “no” to changing terms of service without notification (Jacqui Cheng/Ars Technica)
Court says “no” to changing terms of service without notification — Many of us have seen service agreements that specify that the terms could be changed at any time without notifying the user. Well, a recent court decision could change all that. Service providers should not be able …
Source: Ars Technica
Author: Jacqui Cheng
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