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Oh, Radio Shack. You have been grossly undervalued as a valuable asset to the DIY community. After all, when I need a battery case or a couple LEDs, I can always count on your ever-shrinking supply cabinet to give me what I need.

So in an effort to make more cash, ’cause wires and lights ain’t workin’, the Shack will now accept video game console trade-ins. You can get “as much as” $76.50 for a Pro 360, $113.79 for a Wii and $175.44 for an 80GB PS3. Not bad, but nothing entirely special. You can then use your trade-in toward a future purchase at Radio Shack. Good to know, but what the hell am I going to buy with $100+ at that store? I’m all ears.

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Tonight, MySpace kicked off its new commercial free music service which doesn’t include any of that bullshit DRM business.  Using its ever popular Flash player, users can purchase songs or add them to a playlist. It’s now possible to create a streaming playlist of as many as 100 songs each that can be shared and ranked.  MySpace music will also offer on-demand, ad-subsidized playback of full tracks in addition to allowing users to purchase unprotected MP3s of songs through Amazon.

Could MySpace music be another competitor for iTunes? It’s certainly looking that way. Just wait until Facebook joins with iTunes commercially. The “Great Social Networking” war is upon us.

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