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Archive for July, 2008

28 Jul 2008

NextWave Wireless announced in April that it would be selling off a big chunk of the AWS Spectrum that it has had (but not been using) for years. That sale has been completed, netting over 0 million for NextWave. The company kept one third of its spectrum, primarily in Florida and California, but plans to [...]

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TorrentSpy Hacker Spied on The Pirate Bay for MPAA – Illegally obtained information cost the MPAA a lot of money

In: Hardware|Site Feeds|VoIP

28 Jul 2008

The MPAA has gone to extreme lengths to obtain information on illegal filesharing in an effort to shut down popular BitTorrent sites. This included paying ,000 to a hacker to illegally retrieve information about TorrentSpy that ultimately assisted the MPAA in a court case leading to TorrentSpy s demise. New information indicates that the MPAA [...]

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Public Safety Groups Question E911 Achievements – Backtracking on hard-won rules regarding emergency cell calls

In: Hardware|Site Feeds|VoIP

28 Jul 2008

Public safety groups lobbied hard in the past to strengthen FCC regulations regarding E911 services on cell phones. Their efforts were rewarded when stricter rules were adopted by the FCC last year. The rules related to such things as the accuracy with which operators must be able to pinpoint emergency calls, rules which resulted in [...]

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FCC Majority Plans To Punish Comcast For Throttling – Official vote pending announcement next week

In: Hardware|Site Feeds|VoIP

28 Jul 2008

Earlier this month, FCC Chief Kevin Martin announced that he believes Comcast should be punished for the actions that they have taken to throttle P2P traffic. That punishment is pending agreement from the other FCC commissioners which won t be official until August 1st. However, rumors indicate that a majority of the members intend to [...]

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Qualcomm / Nokia Settle Patent Dispute – Fifteen-year deal works out for both sides

In: Hardware|Site Feeds|VoIP

27 Jul 2008

Qualcomm and Nokia have been in court battling each other regarding patents for awhile now. As of this week, they have settled their disputes in a move that seems to have benefits to them both. “Nokia will pay less in royalties to Qualcomm perhaps half of what it previously paid under Wednesday’s surprise litigation settlement [...]

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Tees announced on June 16

In: Fashion|T-Shirts

27 Jul 2008

Yeah Attitude Print by Yoann Plard This Is Not A Pipe Print by Genée Cosden Party Goblin Print by The Impossible Escape by Alex Purdy Playing God by Aaron Hogg Self-Sufficient by Aled Lewis Bedrest by Yoshi Andrian Amtha Lemon Aid by Jeff Battocletti A Rustic Hat Rack by Michael Blaine Myers Jr. Stupid Raisins, [...]

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Tees announced on June 02

In: Fashion|T-Shirts

27 Jul 2008

Fur Ladies Print by Chow Hon Lam Magical Powers Print by Ray Fenwick Victor Terrintop Print by Nicholas Tassone Inside You Print by Matt Palmer More Reasons Not To Go Camping Print by Chris Thornley Downpour Print by Scott Giblin Object Lesson by Dan Rule Nemesis by Gamma Bedtime Stories by Philip Tseng Our Secret [...]

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Tees announced on June 09

In: Fashion|T-Shirts

27 Jul 2008

Really Exist Print by Chow Hon Lam Face Basics Print by Damien Correll Money Shot Print by Cody Petruk Headhunter by Joshua Prince aka Dust LA Rock Misplaced Divinity by Rocky Davies And How Are You Feeling Today? by Jan Avendano Squeegee Clean by Reilly Stroope Uprising by David Creighton-Pester Ticket To Ride by Olly [...]

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New Feature: Inventory Reserve

In: Fashion|T-Shirts

27 Jul 2008

In the past, a few stores have run into the issue of overselling a product. This could happen when the product had only one left in stock and two people went to buy it at the same time. That’s a pretty frustrating experience since it usually means emailing one of the customers explaining that they [...]

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Featured Store: Backseat Vintage

In: Fashion|T-Shirts

27 Jul 2008

Backseat Vintage combines great vintage products, top notch photography, and a beautifully handcrafted theme. View store » Link to the original article…

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New Feature: Larger Product Images

In: Fashion|T-Shirts

27 Jul 2008

One of the big requests from our last customer survey was for the ability to show larger images in your store. While the newest theme, Blocks, had this functionality already, the default theme did not. Until now! We’re happy to announce larger images for the Sexy theme! Your customers will now be able to see a [...]

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Featured Store: Leesa Leva

In: Fashion|T-Shirts

27 Jul 2008

Incredible work by the talented Lessa Leva. View store » Link to the original article…

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Big Cartel on Flickr

In: Fashion|T-Shirts

27 Jul 2008

For those Flickr lovers out there, the Big Cartel Group is the place to be! Post photos of your awesome stores and products. Link to the original article…

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Throwing starfish into the sea

In: Fashion|T-Shirts

27 Jul 2008

Agent44 joins the cartel with a lovely blog post and a lovely store. Link to the original article…

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Featured Store: Turn Nocturnal

In: Fashion|T-Shirts

27 Jul 2008

Turn Nocturnal uses our HTML API to make some beautiful design updates. View store » Have you done something awesome with your store? Tell us! Link to the original article…