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Slacker Unveils New Site, Simplified Design

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Slacker , the online music and Internet radio streaming services based in San Diego, has long suffered from being the Rodney Dangerfield of online music streaming. The makeover is the first major redesign of the site's logo since its launch back in 2007. View Slacker's video about its service in our video section.

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Amazon's New AutoRip Converts CDs To MP3, Echoes AnywhereCD

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Online e-commerce giant Amazon.com just announced a new service this morning, which looks to be one of the biggest moves the company has made in digital music recently: it is now automatically providing MP3 format tracks for CDs sold on its site, including every single CD a user has purchased since 1998.

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StockTwits Trumpets Usage Surge

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San Diego-based StockTwits , the online, real-time stock discussion site run by Howard Lindzon, said today that it has seen a spike in its usage on its site. The firm said it has seen an increase in message volume on the site grwo by 227 percent over the last 12 months. READ MORE>>.

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SciVee Ties With Thomson Reuters

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San Diego-based SciVee , which operates an online Internet video site focused on advancing scientific knowledge, has inked a deal with Thomson Reuters, the firms said Monday. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed.

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Internet Brands Brisco: Deal Will Allow More Focus On Long Term Growth

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The firm was originally known as CarsDirect, the automotive buying site of Idealab, and was headed by Scott Painter--who is now head of both Zag Automotive and TrueCar. The firm changed its name to Internet Brands in June of 2005, and hit the markets with its IPO in November of 2007.

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Veoh Claims Win Over Universal Music

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Los Angeles- and San Diego-based video sharing site Veoh is claiming a major win today over Universal Music group, saying that a federal judge has thrown out a copyright infringement lawsuit against the firm. Veoh had been sued over user videos using music from the label in September of 2007. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Rob Farrow, Chi.mp

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Rob Farrow is one of the co-founders of Chi.mp , a new startup which is getting set to launch a service to allow users to manage their profiles across the many sites on the Internet. In late 2007, we had a group of guys were creating concepts about social identity. In late 2007, Chi.mp Meebo is another powerful site.