October 30th, 2009

Woot! Refurbished 11.6-inch Acer Aspire One netbook for $250

Friday, huh? Just got paid, did you? Why not divert $250 of that check toward this 11.6-inch netbook?

Come on, you’re making good money now right? When’s the last time you bought something nice for yourself? Think of this as an investment! With the portability that this netbook provides, you’ll finally be able to start up that emu farm that you’ve always been talking about. → Read More

October 19th, 2009

Woot! Refurb 19-inch Philips HDTV for $150

Maybe you need a 19-inch HDTV for your den, office, or rumpus room. I don’t know. I really don’t want to get in the middle of a conversation that should definitely be happening solely between you and your domestic partner. If price is a concern, though, then please feel free to reference this $150 TV from Philips being sold on Woot.com today (and today only). → Read More

October 15th, 2009

Woot! Pioneer Blu-ray player for $135

Some people are jerks about their AV gear. They simply must have certain brands. If that’s you and Pioneer is your company of choice, head over to Woot for a surprisingly good deal on a modern Blu-ray player. → Read More

October 12th, 2009

Woot! Loaded Gateway desktop PC for $480

Remember desktop PCs? People used to use them before laptops were powerful. Some people still use them today, believe it or not! I have one – ha! If you want to see what all the fuss is about in regards to desktop PCs, then Woot! has a pretty stellar deal on a quad-core Gateway system with 8GB of RAM for $480 – it’s refurbished but carries a 90-day warranty. → Read More

October 5th, 2009

Woot! 1GB RCA MP3 player for $8

Sometimes you just want a sack o’ crap MP3 player to take to the gym. If that’s the case, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better deal than the “RCA Jet 1GB Sport Media Player with FM Tuner” being sold for $8 plus $5 shipping at Woot.com (today only). → Read More

September 16th, 2009

Woot! Philips Prestigo universal remote with 1.4-inch LCD for $20

Woot.com is selling the 8-device Philips “Prestigo” universal remote for $20 plus $5 shipping, today only. It normally sells for $70 and up elsewhere, so this is a pretty nice deal if you have too many remotes in your life and you’re looking to simplify. → Read More

September 9th, 2009

Woot traffic as an indicator of financial stability: A treatise

When in the course of human events people lose their jobs and their ways to pay for bags of random stuff and close-out smoke detectors, it behooves all good men to approach shopping site Woot.com with trepidation and distrust. The result? A steady decline in traffic from the post-holiday period of 2009 until about May 2009. Now, however, that is changing. If I can draw your attention to this graph, you’ll notice that yes, traffic is going up. Everything is going to be OK. The general trend at Woot has been heading down since 2008 and seems to be rolling back up this summer. Obviously none of this stuff is set in stone and absolutely accurate but it’s fairly clear that Woot is turning around. But what does this mean? → Read More

August 30th, 2009

CrunchDeals: Kodak Zi6 HD Pocket Video Camera

Pocket video cameras might eventually be killed off by the iPod horde, but that doesn’t mean that the current crop aren’t worth your time. The Kodak Zi6 HD is a nice little camera and Woot has a nice deal one ‘em today. → Read More

August 10th, 2009

CrunchDeals: Eee PC 900 w/ 20GB SSD for $189

Sellout.woot.com has a decent deal on the Eee PC 900 today. This model sports the slightly more expensive 20GB SSD option along with the standard assortment of a 900MHz Intel Celeron, 1GB of RAM and 8.9-inch screen. Not to shabby for $189 plus $5 for shipping. → Read More

August 9th, 2009

Woot! Wireless meat thermometer for $20

This kind of takes the fun out of grilling but it’s indeed a good way to make sure everything’s cooked properly. Woot! has the Maverick Remote BBQ Thermometer and Timer for $20 plus $5 shipping. The thing is wireless — wireless! — and works up to 100 feet away. So you can just slap everything on the grill, then go inside and read the paper. → Read More

August 5th, 2009

Woot: 8GB iPod Touch clone for $45

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July 29th, 2009

Woot! Philips noise-canceling headphones for $8

My, my, what do we have here? Noise-canceling headphones for $8? That’s insanity in a box! → Read More

July 22nd, 2009

CrunchDeals: Woot Off!

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July 21st, 2009

Six pack o' Star Wars bobble heads over at Woot.com today

Star Wars fans with ample desk space may want to pick up a cool six pack of bobble head figures over at Woot.com today. The site is selling all six for $30 plus $5 shipping. → Read More

July 15th, 2009

Woot! Refurbished 80GB Zune + home AV dock for $150

Forget media-streaming set-top boxes and plunk down $150 on this 80GB Zune with free Home AV Pack deal that Woot! has going on (today only). → Read More

June 8th, 2009

CrunchDeals: Asus Eee PC 900 for $169

Netbooks are getting cheaper and Woot! is here to push their prices even lower. The get-it-while-it-last site currently has an Eee PC 900 Netbook up for only $169. That, folks, is cheap for a quality netbook but that deal won’t be around forever. → Read More

May 15th, 2009

CrunchDeals: Woot Off!

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May 13th, 2009

Woot! Refurbished 30GB Zune for $80

You can get 30 gigabytes worth of refurbished Zune for just $80 over at Woot.com today. Available in black, white, or brown, the Zune “stores up to 7,500 songs, 25,000 pictures or 100 hours of video (128 Kbps).” → Read More

May 8th, 2009

Woot! Refurbished 8.9-inch Eee for $160

You can get a refurbished 8.9-inch Eee PC for less than you’d spend on wining, dining, and general merrymaking over the weekend. Sellout.Woot! offers the omnipresent netbook for a namby-pamby $159.99 with $5 shipping and a 90-day warranty which almost makes this seem like an impulse buy. → Read More

March 30th, 2009

Woot! Refurbished 30GB iPod Video for $99

Head over to Woot.com for a $99 iPod Video with 30GB of storage in your choice of white or black. These are refurbished with 90-day warranties that can be extended to one year for $13. → Read More

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Durham Graphene Science — Received £1.2M in Seed funding from IP Group Plc
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OpenLabel — Company added to CrunchBase
2.13.2012
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Cidade Internet — Acquired by Populis.
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Jive Software — Went public with stock symbol NASDAQ:JIVE.
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Cidade Internet — Acquired by Populis.
2.1.2012
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LetsBuy.com — Acquired by Flipkart.
2.9.2012
Cocoafish — Acquired by Appcelerator.
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Durham Graphene Science — Received £1.2M in Seed funding from IP Group Plc
2.13.2012
ClevrU — Received $550k in Unattributed funding
2.10.2012
OpenLabel — Received $80k in Seed funding from Peter Kirwan, Tim Drees, and Doug Taylor
2.10.2012
sneakpeeq — Received $2.67M in Unattributed funding from Bain Capital Ventures, Metamorphic Ventures, Keith Rabois, Tim Kendall, Mike Murphy, and Vikas Gupta
2.10.2012
Noble Biomaterials — Received $8M in Series B funding from Northwater Capital, TL Ventures, and DuPont Capital Management
2.10.2012
2.13.2012
Peter Kirwan — Invested in OpenLabel.
2.10.2012
Doug Taylor — Invested in OpenLabel.
2.10.2012
Tim Drees — Invested in OpenLabel.
2.10.2012
Metamorphic Ventures — Invested in sneakpeeq.
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Jive Software — Went public with stock symbol NASDAQ:JIVE.
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OpenLabel — Company added to CrunchBase
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Bookt — Company added to CrunchBase
2.12.2012
Kigo.Net — Company added to CrunchBase
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LiveRez — Company added to CrunchBase
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