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OccasionalLabs presents the rise, the crash, and the assets sold separately.

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E05: Myspace — Everybody Was Friends With Tom

Then everybody left. Sal and Ara on the glitter pages, the Top 8, News Corp, and the songs that did not survive the move.

E04: CompUSA — Rise and Fall

Sal and Ara name the show, then walk CompUSA from Soft Warehouse to the clearance endcap.

E03: Exabyte — Rise and Fall

Sal and Ara on the Boulder tape company that put a camcorder cartridge in the server room, then sold the furniture to Tandberg.

E02: USRobotics — Rise and Fall

Sal and Ara on the company that made the modem scream: Chicago 1976, Courier HST, the 3Com merger, and the brand that outlived the handshake.

E01: AIM — Rise and Fall

Sal and Ara on AOL Instant Messenger: the door sound, the buddy list, and why the running man stopped running.