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David Seaman defines buzz as the process of getting people to discuss you, your company, or your product ... for free. In his new book, "Dirty Little Secrets of Buzz," Seaman lays out 61 tactics for creating buzz. Seaman shares some of his general secrets for creating buzz, and also provides specific tactics for tech industry firms and executives to create and keep buzz.

Getting reliable and reasonably priced tech support for an ailing computer is time-consuming and frustrating. PC users at home, school and work face malfunctions caused by human error, software failure and hardware configuration glitches. On top of these problems are the increasing daily threats posed by malware and virus infections. The typical home or office user has no IT support to rescue them.

Profits at the three largest U.S. phone carriers are being squeezed by steep discounts on advanced cell phones, triggered by AT&T's hefty subsidy for the iPhone. AT&T, Verizon Communications and Sprint Nextel are expected to show a drop in wireless profit margins when they report third-quarter results in coming weeks.

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Spending a couple million dollars doesn't guarantee commercial success.

Lorelle VanFossen has written a fantastic series of articles on Blog Herald about the professional blogging industry. The series is helpful for both employers looking to hire bloggers and...

All the major studios are on board. Is Apple's iTunes store in trouble?

Wigix, an eBay alternative that provides a unique stock-market style method for buying and selling goods online, today announced new storefronts and affiliate plans.

This week in eBay alternative news Etsy gets new hardware and Bonanzle offers optional membership plans. Meanwhile, on eBay, the new policy prohibiting paper payments takes effect.

Just one day after saying it would slash its 15,000-employee workforce by 10 percent, struggling internet giant Yahoo announced Wednesday that its profit dropped by a whopping 64 percent during the third quarter. It also announced that revenue would be lower than it had expected for the remainder of 2008 and told Wall Street that it was too early to make any financial projections for 2009.