Amazon: XBOX 360 Core for $100

Thanksgiving day starting at 11am PST, Amazon will begin selling XBOX 360 Core systems for $100. That’s $200 off the retail price. So, grab an extra one for yourself or for an xmas present for someone else. There will be limited quantities according to Amazon, so don’t hesitate.

Spammers looking to purchase large MySpace profiles

Need some extra cash? Sell your MySpace profile to spammers. Waxy linked to a blog of a MySpace user, which received a message in his inbox from a company looking to purchase MySpace profiles, of users who have at least 20,000 friends.

From: Jessica
Date: Jun 14, 2006 7:55 PM
Subject: TOP CASH FOR YOUR MYSPACE ACCOUNT
Body: If you have over 20,000 myspace friends in your account and would like to sell it, please contact me
I’m offering top dollar for these accounts. So, if you or someone you know wants to sell, then I’m looking to buy. ;-)

RIAA sues XM Satellite Radio

The Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA) sued XM Satellite Radio on Tueday alleging its Inno device(an iPod like device) that can store music infringes on copyrights.

The suit accuses XM Satellite of “massive wholesale infringement,” and seeks $150,000 in damages for every song copied by XM customers using the devices, which went on sale earlier this month. XM, with more than 6.5 million subscribers, said it plays 160,000 different songs every month.

XM said the Inno, which is manufactured by Pioneer Corp., are legal devices that allow consumers to listen to and record radio just as the law has allowed for decades.

XM said it will vigorously defend this lawsuit on behalf of consumers and also called the lawsuit a bargaining tactic.

It was only a matter of time before the RIAA tried to get their greedy hands in the pockets of Satellite radio.

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Nintendo Wii Price and release date Announced

Nintendo just announced the Wii price at the E3 press conference. The Wii will go on sale on , 2006, at the price of .

:)

ThinkVitamin.com is Live!

This morning ThinkVitamin.com was launched. Vitamin is “A resource for web designers, developers and entrepreneurs.”

From the email that was sent out this morning:

Here’s a quick summary of the content we’ve put together for you:

Interviews
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Jason Fried
www.thinkvitamin.com/interviews/webapps/jason-fried/Eric Meyer
www.thinkvitamin.com/interviews/css/eric-meyer/Thomas Fuchs
www.thinkvitamin.com/interviews/ajax/thomas-fuchs/Dave Shea
www.thinkvitamin.com/interviews/css/dave-shea/

Features
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“How to Shut up and Get to Work!” By Jason Fried
www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/how-to-shut-up-and-get-to-work

“Making Popular Layout Decisions” By Eric Meyer
www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/making-popular-layout-decisions

“How C.R.A.P is Your Site Design?” By Mike Rundle
www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/how-crap-is-your-site-design

“Create your own Ajax effects” By Thomas Fuchs
www.thinkvitamin.com/features/ajax/create-your-own-ajax-effects

“Will Your Web App Make Money?” By Ryan Carson
www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/will-your-web-app-make-money

Training Podcasts
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“The Secret to Perfect Version Control” By Cal Henderson
www.thinkvitamin.com/training/webapps/enterprise-web-apps/

“Ruby Basics” By Geoff Grosenbach
www.thinkvitamin.com/training/ruby/ruby-basics/

“Scaling Web Apps on a Budget” By Ryan Carson
www.thinkvitamin.com/training/webapps/scaling-web-apps-on-a-budget/

Reviews
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Fluxiom – AJAX based digital asset manager
www.thinkvitamin.com/reviews/webapps/fluxiom/

TextMate – Advanced text editor for OS X
www.thinkvitamin.com/reviews/dev/textmate/

Xyle Scope – Powerful CSS debugger for OS X
www.thinkvitamin.com/reviews/css/xyle-scope/

.. and lots more. Be sure to check it out!

Google expands into Arizona. Now hiring!

Google is now hiring at their new Phoenix, Arizona facility.

Built close to the Arizona State University, the brand new Google faciliy will employ 600 people, focusing mainly on engineering. Google will be recruiting computer science and network engineering graduates from the near by University.

As of late last year, the company was hiring at an average rate of 10 people a day.