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Boom Times Already Here for Netbooks? [November 5, 2009] Research firm forecasts close to 35 million global shipments of netbooks for 2009.

From karaoke to kickball, some things just don't work without a group of people.

Cheezburger Network retained its No. 1 position in Seattle 2.0's monthly rankings of local startups' Web traffic.

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Sketch of suspect in this morning's reported attempted abduction. The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office has released this sketch of a man being sought in connection with a reported attempted abduction in Startup.

INVESTORS wanting a piece of the 10 first companies to list on China's new Nasdaq-style board sought 128 times more shares than the amount on offer, but oversubscriptions fell short of the average for businesses listing on the main boards this year.

Deputies here are asking for help identifying a man who may have tried to abduct a young girl Tuesday morning.

In its ongoing investigation of how to open a municipal court -- to save residents and police officers the trip to the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles -- Sequim has come to a bend in the road.

Eleven new companies were added to the list of Web-oriented ventures, which now totals 345 companies in the greater Seattle area.

You may have noticed the recession. What you might not have noticed is that, notwithstanding the difficult market conditions - or perhaps because of them as the result of losing employment - many people are starting new businesses.

Georgia prides itself in being set apart from other states for its diversity and innovation, but a sore thumb is its lack of diversification in investment through state employee pension funds.

Georgia prides itself in being set apart from other states for its diversity and innovation, but a sore thumb is its lack of diversification in investment through state employee pension funds.

Yesterday Mary and I went sightseeing 50 miles east of Monroe to Stevens Pass. It has been many years since I've been here.

Clallam County's three commissioners Tuesday extended interim zoning rules on the Carlsborg Urban Growth Area and 21,926 acres of moderately dense rural lands after the first of two public hearings on the multi-faceted Growth Management Act compliance strategies.

A startup planning to sell news online is hoping to get money from about 10 percent of internet readers accustomed to mostly free access to newspaper and magazine websites since the 1990s.

A startup automobile company plans to assemble a new fuel-efficient vehicle in Louisiana, creating an estimated 1,400 jobs.

Q: I have a 5-year-old Dell Inspiron 600 M laptop. The laptop has been crashing more and more frequently lately, and I've basically been... Patrick Marshall Q: I have a 5-year-old Dell Inspiron 600 M laptop.

Customers of the Startup Water District are being advised to boil their water following a water main break this morning.

Q: I have an HP Pavilion a600y with 1. 5 gigabytes of memory running Windows XP Home at my mountain cabin.

Water commissioner Karen Eaton doesn't mince words when she talks about the 50-year-old water pipes under Startup.