Around the Web 9.17.08: Electronics dumps, EBay shopping sprees, Zune kudos
-- Electronics products are still going overseas to die, causing harm to the environment and the foreign workers who break them down, according to a government report. WashPost
-- An Internet security firm warns about the website of China's state news agency. Web Scout
-- EBay is going shopping for undervalued start-ups. WSJ
-- For all the talk about digital downloads being the future of movie and TV distribution, DVDs still bring home the bacon. LAT
-- So it's not just us newspaper folks worried about layoffs. Cutbacks may be afoot at some of the Internet giants. Silicon Alley Insider
-- Kudos for Microsoft's Zune: It's no iPod, but it gets lots of things right. CNet
-- SanDisk says, "Thanks but no thanks" to Samsung's hostile takeover offer. SiliconValley.com
-- Google is reportedly poised to buy Valve, maker of the top-notch distribution network for PC games, Steam. Inquirer
-- Chris Gaither
Photo: Discarded electronics products at a digital dump in Lagos, Nigeria. Credit: Sunday Alamba / For The Times
