Briefly: Ballmer; TravelDock; Radio amp; Katrina....

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer vowed to "kill" Google in an expletive-laced, chair-throwing tirade when a senior engineer told him he was leaving the company to go work for Google.... Digital Lifestyle Outfitters today announced the DLO mini fm FM Radio and Headphone Amplifier for iPod mini.... Creative Technology has unveiled the TravelDock 900, a new portable speaker system designed for flash-based digital music players such as Apple's iPod shuffle.... Apple U.K. is searching for creative Mac users to work in its retail stores.... AudioOutfitters will donate 5 percent of sales from its online store to the Hurricane Katrina Relief fund at the American Red Cross.

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iolaire

Does this bother you?

09/06, 5:20pm, EDT

"xxxx will donate 5 percent of sales .... to the Hurricane Katrina Relief fund at the American Red Cross."

Does this bother you? It bothers me.

It seems like companies are saying if you buy my product, I'll take the additional income and give some (or maybe even most) of it to the Red Cross. In this case it seems to be a marketing ploy to increase sales - a company gets exposed to a bunch of Mac users due via exploiting a tragedy. If they were not doing this they would not be on macnn.com.

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Feathers

Need for Charity?

09/06, 5:37pm, EDT

Surely the richest country in the World can cope with this tragedy from it's own resources without the necessity for charity? How many billions were spent on the last shuttle mission?

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porieux

re: need for charity

09/06, 10:30pm, EDT

I wholeheartedly agree! This is what my tax money is for. NOT for propping up failed business models for multinational corporations in distant parts of the world.

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denim

Ballmer

09/07, 10:04am, EDT

Seems like Mr. Ballmer would be best served by an investment in an anger management class.

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