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How Pandora Slipped Past the Junkyard [Voices]

UlricheDmond — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:30:19 +0000

By Claire Cain Miller, Staff Writer, New York Times Tim Westergren recently sat in a Las Vegas penthouse suite, a glass of red wine in one hand and a truffle-infused Kobe beef burger in the other, courtesy of the investment bankers who were throwing a party to court him. It was a surreal moment for Mr

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Fake Intel Chips Disappoint Newegg Customers [Voices]

fickbrother — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:26 +0000

By Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal Some people hoping to get a boost in PC performance recently got a rude surprise: the microprocessors they bought were not only not genuine Intel products–they weren’t even chips at all. Intel (INTC) confirms that online retailer Newegg passed along some pretty crude facsimiles of the chip maker’s Core i7 920 microprocessors. According to reports and video links supplied by news sites such as HardOCP, the customers received a box (with some misspelled text) that contained a fake cooling fan, blank paper stapled together as a “manual” and a piece of plastic that looked vaguely like a chip.

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TiVo Tops Guidance [Voices]

Simana — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:39 +0000

By Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron’s TiVo this afternoon reported revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter ended January 31 of $45.3 million, ahead of guidance at $43 million to $45 million, although below the Street at $47.5 million. Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $3.2 million, beating guidance of a loss of $5 million to $7 million. The company lost 9 cents a share; the Street had expected a loss of 12 cents

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Cellphone Industry Sparks the Most Complaints [Voices]

Werypieme — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:30:46 +0000

By Mary Pilon, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal When times get tough, complain. If the newest numbers from the Better Business Bureau for company complaints are any indication, that’s exactly what consumers are doing

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"All Things Digiphobic": Walt and Kara As Cartoon Vampires [BoomTown]

etedeMoocapse — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:38:45 +0000

Well, I did call myself a “sparkly vampire” recently, due to my late-night blogging hours, but now it’s in a cartoon. I am not quite sure what to make of the comic by Newsvetter’s Andrew Fowler, who also created Guhmshoo cartoons, but it is definitely worth checking out. So, here is “All Things Digiphobic,” which you can click on to make larger:

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"All Things Digiphobic": Walt and Kara As Cartoon Vampires [BoomTown]