The tech bellwether’s 4Q profits fell sharply, yet CEO Chambers said Cisco may have reached a "tipping point" in demand. But what about profit margins?, more  and Online Ad Revenue Continues to Drop  The worldwide market for online advertising fell 5% in 2Q, IDG News Service reports, more 
and Vonage Loses More Subscribers  Customer lines for the Web-calling [...]

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Oncothyreon Inc., which is developing drugs for the treatment of cancer, said that it has received commitments from investors to purchase stock and warrants valued at $15 million. The Seattle company also named Diana Hausman  — formerly of ZymoGentics — as vice president of clinical development.
Seattle’s Walk Score gets a positive review from Opposing Views, [...]

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Is Amazon’s Kindle store about to lose a bunch of content? News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is making noises about breaking ties with Amazon over its pricing terms for Kindle books. That could be significant, given that News Corp. owns publishing giant HarperCollins, the Wall Street Journal and a bevy of other newspapers.
Here’s a report [...]

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Seattle startup EnerG2, a University of Washington spinout that is developing a longer-lasting alternative to the battery, has scored $21 million in federal funding to build a manufacturing facility in Oregon.
The grant is part of a $2.4-billion U.S. stimulus package to accelerate the next generation of U.S. batteries and electric vehicles. EnerG2 will use its [...]

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The treeless new product from Taiwan requires little energy to produce. It’s recyclable—and biodegradable, more  and Best in Show: Nike’s Scrappy Trash Talk Shoes  The eco-friendly athletic shoe is made from scraps of leather and synthetic materials and attached to a recycled rubber sole, more 
and Why Outsourcing Innovation Makes Sense  Companies from Boeing to Sepracor are retaining [...]

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Microsoft’s Zune HD, scheduled for release this fall, is getting some positive buzz today after bloggers for CNet got some hands-on time with the device. After about an hour with the Zune HD, CNet’s Donald Bell declares that it has tentatively reaffirmed his faith in the product.
"Mind you, it’s not going to crush the iPod [...]

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Google’s Schmidt is out, and Apple COO Tim Cook may soon be in. That’s great, but Apple’s directors still need to rectify their track record of mishandled PR, more 

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A European Commission opinion on Oracle’s takeover bid is due Sept. 3, IDG News Service reports, more  and RadioShack Plans Reinvention  A new marketing campaign aims to make "The Shack" the place to buy mobile phones, more 
and Marines Ban Social Networking Sites  For fear of "malicious actors," content, and information exposure, leathernecks can no longer visit Facebook, [...]

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Two e-book readers due in late August aim to close Sony’s sales gap with Amazon, whose Kindle continues to sizzle, more  and Amazon.com’s 1984 Problems Are Just Beginning  The uproar, including a lawsuit, over the removal of copies of 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindle devices comes as Amazon faces renewed e-book competition, more 
and Palm’s Pre [...]

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In a deal of undisclosed size, Seattle’s WatchGuard Technologies has purchased BorderWare Technologies of Toronto. BorderWare, a15-year-old company that specializes in email and Web security products, employs 90 people.
"This acquisition is extremely complementary and will allow WatchGuard to accelerate and further deliver on its vision of extending security solutions to protect corporate data, networks and [...]

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