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CrunchPad Dead? Delayed By Higher-Than-Expected Costs?

Nov 4, 2009
The CrunchPad, TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington's entry into the gadget business, is still missing in action. Read the rest of this story » See Also: 20 Guesses About What The Apple Tablet Will Look Like (AAPL)Where's The CrunchPad?A...

Wall Street Journal Closes Boston Bureau

Oct 29, 2009
The Wall Street Journal is closing its Boston bureau, affecting nine reporters. The bureau was responsible for the Wall Street Journal's Pulitzer Prize winning series on backdated stock options, which might explain why managing editor Robert Thomson...

Nintendo Profits Plunge, And Forecast Is Slashed As The Wii Profit Fizzles

Oct 29, 2009
Nintendo Co.'s first-half profit plunged by more than half as sales of its hit Wii home console fizzled in a saturated market, forcing the maker of Super Mario and Pokemon games to slash its forecast for the full year.

Gawker Scammed By Malware Crew Pretending To Be Suzuki

Oct 26, 2009
Gawker Media just got scammed by a malware company pretending to be Suzuki.  The "ads" crashed readers' browsers, and, in some cases, installed spyware.  Read the rest of this story » See Also: CHART OF THE DAY: Mac Us...

Newspaper Circulation Keeps Tanking -- Down 10.6%

Oct 26, 2009
Newspaper circulation's decline accelerated from April to September, says the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Here's the numbers: 10.6%--amount average daily circulation dropped. That's compared to 7.6% from October 2008 to March 2009...

The Strongest Evidence Yet That Google Has Too Much Time, Money (GOOG)

Feb 10, 2010
Google is taking a sliver of its $25 billion in cash and throwing it at the Google street view snowmobile. The snowmobile will ride around mountains in Vancouver and display all the trails. It's related to the Olympics. Via VentureBeat/Andy...

AOL And Facebook Team Up On Instant Messaging (AOL)

Feb 10, 2010
Facebook friends will be added to AOL's AIM buddy lists. This is good news for iPhone users like ourselves. Read the rest of this story » See Also: AOL Just Hired The Guy Who Couldn't Get CBS On YouTubeGoogle's Lame Facebook-Killer Is Called...

Andy Warhol's Interview Magazine Preps For Apple's iPad

Feb 10, 2010
Interview is ready for Apple's iPad. Interview, a magazine founded by Andy Warhol that features celebrities interviewing other celebrities, will debut its 40th anniversary issue on the device by shipping day. Perhaps if Andy himself was around to...

Just How Popular Was Google's Super Bowl Ad? (GOOG)

Feb 10, 2010
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Occasionally the disconnect between conversation on the web and, well, real conversation, becomes abundantly clear. Take the Super Bowl. As you've no doubt heard, Google ran an ad in the third quarter, which wouldn't be...

Howard Stern To American Idol? One Big Hoax, Sources Say (SIRI)

Feb 10, 2010
Howard Stern has been teasing his Sirius listeners, and the media, about "possible" plans to ditch satellite radio for a spot at Fox's American Idol. But two Idol insiders told The Daily Beast that it's simply not true. No offers have been made to...


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