Around the Web 10.21.08: Songs for a dime, phones for $2,000 and search for $20 million

-- Motorola's $2,000 AURA phone boasts 700 components and 16-million color circular display. Engadget

-- Site sells song for a dime. LAT

-- EBay bans ivory trades. ChannelWeb

-- RIM sales expected to slow as companies cut back. Wired

-- Portland turns streets into Pac-Man grid. WebMonkey

-- DARPA dedicates $20 million to develop tool to search surveillance video. Ars Technica

-- Blip.tv snags second round of funding from Bain Capital. TechCrunch

-- Microsoft delays launch of Xbox Live Primetime. Forbes

-- ASUS has sold 4 million of its pint-sized Eee PCs within a year of launching the $250 laptop. Laptop Magazine

-- Alex Pham

Photo: AURA phone. Credit: Motorola 

Comments

[shelby]

i think that's the best $2,000 phone i have seen. usually it seem like they're just a regular phone with gold or diamonds stuck on it or a fancy designer brand name. this one actually has a unique design.