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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010
Weird places to live ... an abandoned missile silo?
Washington has a few weird places to live in Zillow.com' list of 10 one-of-a-kind homes.

Photos: Microsoft at PAX Prime in Seattle
Today I explored the exhibition area of the Penny Arcade Expo at Seattle's downtown Convention Center, where thousands of video-game fans amassed -- many in costume -- to get sneak peeks of upcoming games. Among the most popular, of course, was "Halo: Reach," which comes to Xbox 360 on Sept. 14.

Facebook is an increasingly used hook in phishing attacks, report says
Security researchers have long advised that if you get an e-mail Facebook notification and you don't recognize the person contacting you or are otherwise suspicious about the message, don't touch it and check it out directly on your Facebook account.

Seattle housing market hitting the skids
Prices for single-family homes in Seattle fell 4.55 percent to $420,000 in August compared with July, according to the latest statistics from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.

Twitter now has 145 million users after growth spurt
Twitter Inc. says it now has 145 million registered users, a big jump from the 105.8 million registered users the company had in April. The San Francisco micro-blogging service credits the 27 percent growth spurt on its move to make accessing Twitter on mobile devices more consumer friendly.

This Labor Day Weekend, Stay Safe Despite The Hurricane
If you're located in the Northeast, Labor Day might be more about power outages and fallen branches than the last barbeque of summer. But fear [...]

11 Money Links We Love (9/3/10)
We've scoured the web and brought you our favorite money-related articles. We read everything so you don't have to! One reason to look forward to fall: [...]

From Snow Day To Beach Day: Wine For Every Season
Some people don't care what the thermometer says--they are red wine drinkers. Whereas a Napa Cabernet or a Cote-Rotie would prove a waste of money [...]

I Need Money, But How Can I Ask For A Loan From My Folks Without Seeming Immature?
Dear Farnoosh, I've never had to ask my parents for financial help, but I'm afraid the time has come and I am so annoyed with [...]

Top Tips To Make Your Car Last Longer
How long can a car really last? Scott Chazdon is a mechanic in Wyoming who is very passionate about this subject.� He has a website [...]

Xconomy: Emerald BioStructures Forms Deal
Emerald BioStructures, the contract research firm in Bainbridge Island, WA, said today it has formed a new collaboration with Boulder, CO-based SomaLogic. The deal calls for Emerald to provide its expertise in determining precise crystal structures of protein targets on cells, so that SomaLogic can make specific "aptamer" drugs, and small molecules, that bind tightly ...

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
Microsoft at PAX Prime in Seattle: booths, schedule, map
On my plane Monday from L.A. to Sea-Tac, I sat next to a nerdy gentleman who was visiting Seattle for the first time. His destination? The Penny Arcade Expo.

Gartner cuts second-half PC shipment growth outlook
Research firm Gartner has cut its PC-shipment outlook for the second half of the year, but still expects worldwide PC sales to grow 19.2 percent over last year -- from 308.3 million in 2009 to 367.8 million in 2010. That prediction is down from earlier this year, when Gartner said it expected 376.6 million PCs to ship in 2010. "Recent dramatic shifts in the PC supply chain were in no small part a reaction to fears of a sharp slowdown in mature-market demand," Ranjit Atwal, Gartner research director ...

The Real Housewives Of New Jersey And The Top 10 Reality Star Salaries
This week the reality television world has been holding their breath over concern that a possible strike by the Real Housewives of New Jersey is [...]

A Labor Of Love On Campus: I'm A Senior Struggling To Save My College Newspaper
We know the newspaper industry has suffered since the dawn of electronic media, but odds are that the newspaper of your alma mater hasn't escaped [...]

Lenovo to enter gaming with Ebox, an Xbox Kinect clone
It's a gaming console that uses sensors, cameras and sophisticated software to capture and record a gamer's movements, allowing them to play without controllers. It's Microsoft's Xbox 360 with Kinect the Ebox system from Beijing eedoo Technology, a Lenovo spin-off firm.

Q&A with Microsoft's China boss: Bing, Xbox, Apple, piracy
The Wall Street Journal caught up with Simon Leung, president and chief executive of Microsoft Greater China Region, to ask about Microsoft's expansion in what will likely soon be the world's largest software market. On the interview docket: Bing, Xbox 360, piracy, smart phones and Apple. Here's an excerpt.

Is Your High Speed Internet Too Slow? Here's Why, And How You Can Fix It
If your internet keeps loading and loading every time you go to a different website, you can feel good in the knowledge that at least [...]

Seattle's Best Coffee sold at 30,000 locations
Starbucks announced Thursday that its Seattle's Best-branded coffee just reached a milestone -- it's sold in 30,000 locations.

Bill Gates pushes for R&D on renewable energy
Bill Gates is pushing for research into and investment in multiple energy solutions, not just one or two. "Without R&D investments, we are not going to be able to address climate problems in time," he told The New York Times. "We need solutions that are economic, reliable in almost all conditions and that work at scale." My colleague Amy Rolph wrote at more length about Gates' recent remarks over on The Big Blog.

The Jobs I Want Are Out Of Town--How Can I Search For Jobs From Here?
Looking for a job is hard enough, but looking for a job in one city while you're living in another is even harder. Here's what [...]

Boeing predicts $700 billion airplane market in N. America
Boeing has predicted that airlines in North America will get about 7,200 new planes in the next 20 years. That would represent an investment of $700 billion.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
Want to get married Vegas-style? Visit Pioneer Square
Shotgun Ceremonies, a Vegas-style wedding destination, opened last month in Seattle's Pioneer Square.

Author Neal Stephenson releases digital novel
Seattle author Neal Stephenson is promoting Subutai, a new platform for digital literature.

Xconomy: Marketfish Nabs $1.5M More
Seattle-based online marketing startup Marketfish has raised $1.5 million in venture financing in a round led by Rustic Canyon and Accelerator Ventures, according to a report by TechFlash. As part of the deal, Rustic Canyon principal Neal Hansch will join the Marketfish board of directors, while Accelerator Ventures founder and managing partner Alex Lloyd will ...

Xconomy: Zillow Partners with Apartments.com
Seattle-based real estate website, Zillow, said today that it has partnered with Chicago-based Apartments.com. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but through the partnership Apartments.com's national database of some 90,000 managed apartment rental listings will be syndicated on Zillow.com, bringing the total number of listings for single-family homes and apartments on the site ...

Xconomy: DreamBox Learning Hires New CEO
Bellevue, WA-based online education company DreamBox Learning has hired Jessie Woolley-Wilson as its new chief executive. Woolley-Wilson previously served as president of K-12 at Blackboard (NASDAQ: BBBB), as executive vice president of LeapFrog Enterprises (NASDAQ: LF), and as president of LeapFrog SchoolHouse. She has also held executive ...

Xconomy: Amazon Plans Digital TV/Movies Service
Seattle-based Internet retailer Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is working on a new online digital TV and movies subscription service, challenging established competitors such as California-based Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). The e-commerce company has been pitching the Web-based service to media companies including General Electric's NBC Universal (NYSE:GE), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), News Corp. (NasdaqGS: NWSA) and Viacom ...

TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2010
Swedish doctors to climb Mount Rainier for organ donors
A team of doctors from Swedish Medical Center will attempt to summit Mount Rainier this week. And the doctors willl be live streaming the climb, talking about the need for organ donors.

Xconomy: Bing Powers Yahoo Search, City Teams Up With Ford, Startup Investments Drop from June to July, and More Seattle-Area Deals News
Most of the local tech deals we've seen recently have involved strategic partnerships, rather than financings. Over the last week, two big Internet and software players made some strides in a search partnership that was over a year in the making, a couple of partnerships were forged in the clean energy space, and a local ...

Xconomy: BigDoor Rolls Out Badge-O-Matic Tool
Seattle-based web "gamification" company BigDoor Media rolled out a new tool today called Badge-O-Matic to help online publishers integrate game-like mechanics into websites. Badge-O-Matic allows virtual economy administrators to quickly customize and create a series of badges, popularized by applications like Foursquare, that users automatically receive as rewards for leveling up, performing certain actions, and ...

MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2010
Starbucks will offer flavored instant coffee
Starbucks is adding flavor to VIA instant coffee. Starting this fall, customers can buy the company's "Ready Brew" product flavored with vanilla, mocha, caramel and cinnamon.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 2010
Striking Coke workers left without health care
BREMERTON -- It's an anxious weekend for hundreds of families who've been told they no longer have medical coverage as a strike involving workers at Coca-Cola continues.