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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q

x
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   
 
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010
   
 
Or
   
¨
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
   
 
For the transition period from           to           .

Commission File Number: 000-28369

Geeknet, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
77-0399299
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)

650 Castro Street, Suite 450, Mountain View, California, 94041
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

(650) 694-2100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
(Title of Class)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes x     No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes ¨     No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  (Check one):

Large accelerated filer ¨
 
       Accelerated filer x
Non-accelerated filer ¨
 
Smaller reporting company ¨
     
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes ¨ No x

The Registrant had 60,635,497 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding as of July 30, 2010.
 


 
 

 
 
Table of Contents

   
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(In thousands, unaudited)

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
ASSETS
           
Current assets:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 24,971     $ 28,943  
Short-term investments
    3,015       9,408  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $0 and $0, respectively
    4,694       4,299  
Inventories
    6,895       5,280  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    2,963       3,564  
Restricted cash
    -       1,000  
Total current assets
    42,538       52,494  
Property and equipment, net
    4,731       2,569  
Other long-term assets
    5,716       5,088  
Total assets
  $ 52,985     $ 60,151  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 4,919     $ 5,763  
Deferred revenue
    1,189       928  
Accrued liabilities and other
    2,377       3,854  
Accrued restructuring liabilities
    -       1,238  
Total current liabilities
    8,485       11,783  
Other long-term liabilities
    94       103  
Total liabilities
    8,579       11,886  
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 12 and 13)
               
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Common stock
    61       61  
Treasury stock
    (590 )     (492 )
Additional paid-in capital
    800,488       798,917  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    8       13  
Accumulated deficit
    (755,561 )     (750,234 )
Total stockholders’ equity
    44,406       48,265  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 52,985     $ 60,151  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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GEEKNET, INC.

(In thousands, except per share amounts, unaudited)

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
                         
Revenue:
                       
Media revenue, including $0, $200, $0 and $400 of related party revenue, respectively
  $ 4,751     $ 4,341     $ 9,046     $ 8,118  
E-commerce revenue
    10,558       7,444       20,942       14,038  
Revenue
    15,309       11,785       29,988       22,156  
Cost of revenue:
                               
Media cost of revenue
    1,831       1,718       3,612       3,625  
E-commerce cost of revenue
    8,792       6,152       17,610       11,762  
Cost of revenue
    10,623       7,870       21,222       15,387  
Gross margin
    4,686       3,915       8,766       6,769  
Operating expenses:
                               
Sales and marketing
    3,551       1,952       6,713       4,267  
Research and development
    1,613       2,078       3,143       3,672  
General and administrative
    2,049       2,244       4,173       4,349  
Amortization of intangible assets
    114       27       205       27  
Restructuring
    (101 )     -       (101 )     -  
Total operating expenses
    7,226       6,301       14,133       12,315  
Loss from operations
    (2,540 )     (2,386 )     (5,367 )     (5,546 )
Interest and other income (expense), net, including other than temporary impairment of non-marketable equity securities of $0, $0, $0 and $4,585, respectively
    22       (1,231 )     27       (5,561 )
Loss before income taxes
    (2,518 )     (3,617 )     (5,340 )     (11,107 )
Income tax benefit
    (12 )     (31 )     (13 )     (95 )
Net loss
  $ (2,506 )   $ (3,586 )   $ (5,327 )   $ (11,012 )
                                 
Net loss per share:
                               
Basic and diluted
  $ (0.04 )   $ (0.06 )   $ (0.09 )   $ (0.18 )
                                 
Shares used in per share calculations:
                               
Basic and diluted
    60,288       59,916       60,209       61,618  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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GEEKNET, INC.

(In thousands, unaudited)

   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Cash flows from operating activities:
           
Net loss
  $ (5,327 )   $ (11,012 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    1,089       1,158  
Stock-based compensation expense
    1,430       1,308  
Provision for bad debts
    -       87  
Provision for excess and obsolete inventory
    14       13  
Loss on sale of assets
    18       1,020  
Impairment of investments
    -       4,585  
Non-cash restructuring
    (101 )     -  
Changes in assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    (395 )     1,077  
Inventories
    (1,629 )     (13 )
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    83       260  
Accounts payable
    (844 )     (1,784 )
Deferred revenue
    261       124  
Accrued restructuring liabilities
    (1,137 )     (1,363 )
Accrued liabilities and other
    (1,477 )     (636 )
Other long-term liabilities
    (9 )     23  
Net cash used in operating activities
    (8,024 )     (5,153 )
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Change in restricted cash
    1,000       -  
Purchase of property and equipment
    (3,063 )     (250 )
Proceeds from sales of intangible assets, net
    -       172  
Purchase of  intangible assets
    (122 )     -  
Maturities or sale of marketable securities
    7,200       559  
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired
    (1,000 )     (2,613 )
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
    4,015       (2,132 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
    141       4  
Repurchase of common stock
    (98 )     (3,127 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    43       (3,123 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
    (6 )     -  
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (3,972 )     (10,408 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    28,943       40,511  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 24,971     $ 30,103  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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GEEKNET, INC.

(unaudited)

1.     Basis of Presentation

Overview
Geeknet, Inc. (“Geeknet” or the “Company”), is an online network for the global geek community which is comprised of technology professionals, technology enthusiasts and general consumers of technology-oriented goods, services and media.  The Company’s audience of technology professionals and technology enthusiasts relies on its web sites — SourceForge, Ohloh and freshmeat — to create, improve, compare and distribute Open Source software, on Slashdot to peer-produce and peer-moderate technology news and discussion and on Geek.com for technology news and resources.  The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, ThinkGeek, Inc., sells geek-themed retail products to these communities through its ThinkGeek web site.

Geeknet was incorporated in California in January 1995 and reincorporated in Delaware in December 1999.  From the date of its incorporation through October 2001, the Company sold Linux-based hardware systems and services under the name VA Linux Systems, Inc.  In December 2001, the Company changed its name to VA Software Corporation to reflect its decision to pursue Online Media, E-commerce, Software and Online Images businesses.  In December 2005, the Company sold its Online Images business to WebMediaBrands Inc. and in April 2007, the Company sold its Software business to CollabNet, Inc. (“CollabNet”).  On May 24, 2007 the Company changed its name to SourceForge, Inc. and in November 2009 changed its name to Geeknet, Inc.

The interim financial information presented in this Form 10-Q is not audited and is not necessarily indicative of the Company’s future consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.  The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2009 has been derived from audited financial statements included on Form 10-K, and the interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contained in this Form 10-Q have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and on the same basis as the annual financial statements.  Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted in accordance with such rules and regulations.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position as of June 30, 2010, its results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009 and its cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009 have been made.  These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC.

2.     Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Except as discussed below, there have been no significant changes to the Company’s critical accounting estimates during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to what was previously disclosed in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In January 2010, the FASB issued a new standard, Improving Disclosures About Fair Value Measurements, which requires reporting entities to make new disclosures about recurring or nonrecurring fair-value measurements including significant transfers into and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair-value measurements and information on purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements on a gross basis in the reconciliation of Level 3 fair- value measurements. This standard is effective for the Company’s 2010 calendar year reporting, except for Level 3 reconciliation disclosures which are effective for the Company’s 2011 calendar year reporting. The Company has no additional disclosures arising from the adoption of this standard.

 
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 In September 2009, the FASB issued an update to the existing multiple-element revenue arrangements guidance. The revised guidance primarily provides two significant changes: 1) eliminates the need for objective and reliable evidence of the fair value for the undelivered element in order for a delivered item to be treated as a separate unit of accounting, and 2) eliminates the residual method to allocate the arrangement consideration. In addition, the guidance also expands the disclosure requirements for revenue recognition. This update will be effective for the Company’s first quarterly reporting period of 2011, with early adoption permitted provided that the revised guidance is retroactively applied to the beginning of the year of adoption. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this new accounting update on its consolidated financial statements.

 In June 2009, the FASB issued a new standard which requires an analysis to determine whether a variable interest gives the entity a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity. This statement requires an ongoing reassessment and eliminates the quantitative approach previously required for determining whether an entity is the primary beneficiary. This standard is effective for 2011. The Company does not expect that the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Use of Estimates in Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements
The preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related notes requires the Company to make estimates, which include judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  The Company has based its estimates on historical experience and on various assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances and the Company evaluates its estimates on a regular basis and makes changes accordingly.  Historically, the Company’s estimates relative to its critical accounting estimates have not differed materially from actual results, however actual results may differ from these estimates under different conditions.

A critical accounting estimate is based on judgments and assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made.  Different estimates that reasonably could have been used, or changes in accounting estimates, could materially impact the financial statements.

Principles of Consolidation
The interim financial information presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes the accounts of Geeknet and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.  All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.  At June 30, 2010, the Company owned approximately 9% of CollabNet consisting of CollabNet’s Series C-1 preferred stock.  As the Company holds less than 20% of the voting stock of CollabNet and does not otherwise exercise significant influence over them, the investment is accounted for under the cost method.  CollabNet is a developer of software used in collaborative software development.

The Company had no related-party revenue from CollabNet for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010.

Related-party revenue associated with CollabNet was $0.2 million and $0.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009.

Foreign Currency Translation
The Company has wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Belgium.  The functional currency of these foreign subsidiaries is the local country’s currency, which is the primary currency in which the subsidiary generates and expends cash.  The Company translates the financial statements of consolidated entities whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar into U.S. dollars.  Assets and liabilities are translated at exchange rates prevailing at the financial statement date and income and expenses are translated using the average exchange rate for the period.  Gains and losses resulting from translation and the effect of exchange rate changes on intercompany transactions of a long term nature are reported in other comprehensive income as a component of stockholders’ equity.  As of June 30, 2010, the Company did not hold any foreign currency derivative instruments.

Segment and Geographic Information
Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision-maker, or decision-making group, in making decisions about how to allocate resources and assess performance.  The Company’s chief decision-making group is the Chief Executive Officer and the executive team.  The Company currently operates as two reportable business segments:   Media and E-commerce.

 
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The Company markets its products in the United States through its direct sales force and its online web properties and with respect to international Media sales, through its subsidiary in the United Kingdom and representatives in the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia.  Revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009, respectively, was generated primarily from sales to customers in the United States.

Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly-liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.  Cash and cash equivalents consist principally of cash deposited in money market and checking accounts.

Investments
Investments in highly-liquid financial instruments with remaining maturities greater than three months and less than one year are classified as short-term investments.  Financial instruments with remaining maturities greater than one year are classified as long-term investments.

Marketable securities classified as available-for-sale are reported at market value, with net unrealized gains or losses recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), a separate component of stockholders' equity, until realized.  Realized gains and losses on investments are computed based upon specific identification and are included in interest and other income (expense), net.  Investments designated as trading securities are stated at fair value, with gains or losses resulting from changes in fair value recognized currently in earnings.  Non-marketable equity securities are accounted for at historical cost.

Other-Than-Temporary Impairment
All of the Company’s available-for-sale investments and non-marketable equity securities are subject to a periodic impairment review.  Investments are considered to be impaired when a decline in fair value is judged to be other-than-temporary.  This determination requires significant judgment.  For publicly-traded investments, impairment is determined based upon the specific facts and circumstances present at the time, including a review of the closing price over the previous six months, general market conditions and the Company’s intent and ability to hold the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for recovery.  For non-marketable equity securities, the impairment analysis requires the identification of events or circumstances that would likely have a significant adverse effect on the fair value of the investment, including revenue and earnings trends, overall business prospects and general market conditions in the investees’ industry or geographic area.  Investments identified as having an indicator of impairment are subject to further analysis to determine if the investment is other-than-temporarily impaired, in which case the investment is written down to its impaired value.  In March 2009, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $4.6 million related to its investment in CollabNet, which is included in interest and other income (expense), net.

Inventories
Inventories related to the Company’s E-commerce business consist solely of finished goods that are valued at the lower of cost or market using the average cost method.  Provisions, when required, are made to reduce excess and obsolete inventories to their estimated net realizable values.

Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost and are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.  Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of the estimated useful lives or the corresponding lease term.

Goodwill and Intangibles
Intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated lives of three to five years.  The Company continually evaluates whether events or circumstances have occurred that indicate the remaining estimated useful lives of these intangible assets may not be recoverable.  When events or circumstances indicate that the goodwill and intangible assets should be evaluated for possible impairment, the Company uses an estimate of the related business segment's undiscounted net income over the remaining useful life of the intangible assets in measuring whether they are recoverable.  No events or circumstances occurred that would indicate a possible impairment in the carrying value of intangible assets at June 30, 2010. The Company will test goodwill and intangible assets for impairment on December 31, the last day of the Company’s fiscal year.

 
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Goodwill and intangible assets are as follows (in thousands):

   
June 30, 2010
 
   
Gross
   
Accumulated
   
Net
 
   
asset
   
amortization
   
asset
 
Goodwill
  $ 62,291     $ (60,362 )   $ 1,929  
                         
Identified intangible assets:
                       
Domain and trade names
    6,922       (5,991 )     931  
Purchased technology
    3,492       (2,881 )     611  
      10,414       (8,872 )     1,542  
Total goodwill and identified intangible assets
  $ 72,705     $ (69,234 )   $ 3,471  

   
December 31, 2009
 
   
Gross
   
Accumulated
   
Net
 
   
asset
   
amortization
   
asset
 
Goodwill
  $ 62,032     $ (60,362 )   $ 1,670  
                         
Identified intangible assets:
                       
Domain and trade names
    6,059       (5,946 )     113  
Purchased technology
    3,492       (2,721 )     771  
      9,551       (8,667 )     884  
Total goodwill and identified intangible assets
  $ 71,583     $ (69,029 )   $ 2,554  

The future amortization expense of identified intangibles is as follows (in thousands):

Year ending December 31,
 
Amount
 
2010
  $ 332  
2011
    646  
2012
    446  
2013
    118  
    $ 1,542  

Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue as follows:

Media Revenue
Media revenue is derived primarily from advertising on the Company’s various web sites.  These advertisements include various forms of rich media and banner advertising, text links and sponsorships.  The Company recognizes Media revenue as advertising is delivered over the period in which the advertisements are displayed, provided that persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, no significant obligations remain, the fee is fixed or determinable, and collection of the receivable is reasonably assured.  The Company’s obligations may include guarantees of a minimum number of impressions (the number of times that an advertisement is viewed by visitors to the Company’s web sites).  To the extent that minimum guaranteed impressions are not delivered in the specified time frame, the Company does not recognize the corresponding revenue until the guaranteed impressions are delivered.  Traffic to the Company’s Media web sites is seasonal, with relatively lower levels of traffic experienced during the summer months of the northern hemisphere.

 
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E-commerce Revenue
E-commerce revenue is derived from the online sale of consumer goods.  The Company recognizes E-commerce revenue from product sales when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the sale price is fixed or determinable, and collectibility is reasonably assured.  The Company generally recognizes E-commerce revenue when products are shipped and title transfers to the customer.  The Company grants customers a limited right to return E-commerce products. No reserve for returns was recorded at June 30, 2010. The Company recorded a returns reserve of $0.3 million at December 31, 2009.

The Company’s E-commerce business is highly seasonal, reflecting the general pattern associated with the retail industry of peak sales and earnings during the calendar year-end holiday shopping season.  In the past several years, a substantial portion of the Company’s E-commerce revenue has occurred in the Company’s fourth calendar quarter which begins on October 1 and ends on December 31.  As is typical in the retail industry, the Company generally experiences lower monthly E-commerce revenue during the first nine months of the year.  The Company’s E-commerce revenue in a particular period is not necessarily indicative of future E-commerce revenue for a subsequent quarter or its full year.

Concentrations of Credit Risk and Significant Customers
The Company’s investments are held with two reputable financial institutions; both institutions are headquartered in the United States.  The Company’s investment policy limits the amount of risk exposure.  Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and trade receivables.  The Company provides credit, in the normal course of business, to a number of companies and performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers.  The credit risk in the Company’s trade receivables is substantially mitigated by its credit evaluation process and reasonably short collection terms.  The Company maintains reserves for potential credit losses and such losses have been within management’s expectations.  As of June 30, 2010, no customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s gross accounts receivable.  As of December 31, 2009, one advertising agency accounted for 10.5% of gross accounts receivable.

For the three months ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009, no one customer represented more than 10% of revenue.  For the six months ended June 30, 2010, no one customer represented more than 10% of revenue while Google Inc. represented 11.1% of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2009.

3.    Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Components

Property and equipment, net, consist of the following (in thousands):

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Computer and office equipment (useful lives of 2 to 4 years)
  $ 5,672     $ 5,475  
Furniture and fixtures (useful lives of 2 to 4 years)
    226       210  
Leasehold improvements (useful lives of lesser of estimated life or lease term)
    126       93  
Software (useful lives of  2 to 5 years)
    553       390  
Distribution equipment in-progress
    2,624       -  
Total property and equipment
    9,201       6,168  
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (4,470 )     (3,599 )
Property and equipment, net
  $ 4,731     $ 2,569  

Distribution equipment in-progress represents partial payments on the equipment which is being installed at the Company's new third-party contract-fulfillment and warehouse provider.  This equipment is expected to be placed in service prior to September 30, 2010 at a total cost of $3.3 million.

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Other long-term assets consist of the following (in thousands):

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Equity investment
  $ 1,979     $ 1,979  
Goodwill
    1,929       1,670  
Intangible assets, net
    1,542       884  
Other
    266       555  
Other long-term assets
  $ 5,716     $ 5,088  

Accrued liabilities and other consist of the following (in thousands):

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Accrued employee compensation and benefits
  $ 1,943     $ 2,386  
Other accrued liabilities
    434       1,468  
Accrued liabilities and other
  $ 2,377     $ 3,854  

4. Investments

The Company classifies its investments as available-for-sale or trading at the time they are acquired and reports them at fair value with net unrealized gains or losses reported, net of tax, using the specific identification method as other comprehensive gain or loss in stockholders’ equity or other income in the statement of operations.  See Note 5 – Fair Value Measurements.

The Company’s cash, cash equivalents and investments consist of the following (in thousands):

   
June 30, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
               
Estimated
               
Estimated
 
   
Adjusted
Cost
   
Unrealized
Loss
   
Fair
Value
   
Adjusted
Cost
   
Unrealized
Loss
   
Fair
Value
 
Cash and cash equivalents:
                                   
Cash
  $ 3,263     $ -     $ 3,263     $ 6,000     $ -     $ 6,000  
Money market funds
    21,708       -       21,708       22,943       -       22,943  
Total cash and cash equivalents
  $ 24,971     $ -     $ 24,971     $ 28,943     $ -     $ 28,943  
                                                 
Short-term investments:
                                               
Corporate securities
    8       -       8       8       -       8  
Government securities
    3,550       (543 )     3,007       10,750       (1,350 )     9,400  
Total short-term investments
  $ 3,558     $ (543 )   $ 3,015     $ 10,758     $ (1,350 )   $ 9,408  
                                                 
Restricted cash
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 1,000     $ -     $ 1,000  

On June 30, 2010, the Company exercised its right to require UBS AG (“UBS”) to repurchase its Auction Rate Securities at par value ("ARS Right").  The transaction settled on July 1, 2010 and the sales proceeds of $0.5 million are reflected in other current assets.   In conjunction with the completion of the Company's facility lease in May 2010, the associated letter of credit was canceled and the cash restriction was released.

 
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5. Fair Value Measurements

  The following table represents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial assets (cash equivalents and investments) measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2010 (in thousands):

   
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
 
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Money market fund deposits
  $ 21,708     $ -     $ -     $ 21,708  
Corporate debt
    -       -       8       8  
Municipal bonds
    -       -       3,007       3,007  
                                 
Total
  $ 21,708     $ -     $ 3,015     $ 24,723  
                                 
Amounts included in:
                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 21,708     $ -     $ -     $ 21,708  
Short-term investments
    -       -       3,015       3,015  
                                 
Total
  $ 21,708     $ -     $ 3,015     $ 24,723  

  Level 3 assets consist primarily of municipal bonds with an auction reset feature (“auction-rate securities” or “ARS”) whose underlying assets are student loans which are substantially backed by the federal government.  Auction-rate securities are long-term floating rate bonds tied to short-term interest rates.  At June 30, 2010, all of the Company’s ARS were rated AAA, the highest credit rating, by at least one rating agency.  On June 30, 2010, the Company exercised its right to sell at par value, auction-rate securities with a par value of $3.6 million to UBS.  The transaction settled on July 1, 2010.

  The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for the assets measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) (in thousands):

   
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date
Using significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3) Financial Assets
 
   
ARS
   
ARS Right
   
Other
 
Balance at December 31, 2009
  $ 9,400     $ 1,350     $ 8  
Gain on other current assets
    -       (807 )     -  
Loss on investments
    807       -       -  
Sales/Maturities
    (7,200 )     (543 )     -  
                         
Balance at June 30, 2010
  $ 3,007     $ -     $ 8  

6.  Restructuring Costs

  In October 2007, the Company relocated its corporate headquarters to Mountain View, California.  In conjunction with this relocation, the Company recorded a restructuring charge of $2.2 million for the remaining facility space and leasehold improvements at its former corporate headquarters located in Fremont, California.  In conjunction with the sale of its Software business in April 2007, the Company accrued a restructuring charge of $0.6 million for the excess facility space used in the operation of its Software business, which was included in the gain on disposal of discontinued operations.  In fiscal 2001 and 2002, the Company adopted plans to exit its hardware systems and hardware-related software engineering and professional services businesses, as well as exit a sublease agreement and to reduce its general and administrative overhead costs. In May 2010, the Company completed its payments under the facility lease.  The $0.1 million restructuring gain during the three months ended June 30, 2010 relates primarily to proceeds from the sale of office furniture at the facility.  In conjunction with the completion of the lease, the $1 million letter of credit was cancelled and the cash restriction was removed.

 
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  Below is a summary of the changes to the restructuring liability (in thousands):

   
Balance at
Beginning of
Period
   
Cash
Payments
   
Other
   
Restructuring
Charges
   
Balance at
End of
Period
 
                               
For the six months ended June 30, 2010
  $ 1,238     $ (1,141 )   $ 4     $ (101 )   $ -  

7.  Computation of Per Share Amounts
 
  Basic earnings per common share is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (adjusted for treasury stock and common stock subject to repurchase activity) during the period.  Diluted earnings per common share is computed using the weighted-average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period.  Common equivalent shares are anti-dilutive when their conversion would increase earnings per share.  Dilutive common equivalent shares consist primarily of stock options and restricted stock awards.
 
  Employee equity share options, nonvested shares, and similar equity instruments granted by the Company are treated as potential common shares outstanding in computing diluted earnings per share.  Diluted shares outstanding would include the dilutive effect of in-the-money options, calculated based on the average share price for each period using the treasury stock method, had there been any during the period.  Under the treasury stock method, the amount the employee (or purchaser of the written call options) must pay for exercising stock options, the amount of compensation cost for future service that the Company has not yet recognized, and the amount of tax benefits that would be recorded in additional paid-in capital when the award becomes deductible are assumed to be used to repurchase shares.  Additionally, under the treasury stock method the amount the purchaser of the written call options must pay for exercising stock options is assumed to be used to repurchase shares.

  The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share data):

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
                         
Net loss
  $ (2,506 )   $ (3,586 )   $ (5,327 )   $ (11,012 )
                                 
Weighted average shares - basic and diluted
    60,288       59,916       60,209       61,618  
                                 
Net loss per share:
                               
Basic and diluted
  $ (0.04 )   $ (0.06 )   $ (0.09 )   $ (0.18 )

  The following potential common shares have been excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share for all periods presented because they are anti-dilutive (in thousands):

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
Anti-dilutive securities:
                       
Options to purchase common stock
    6,126       6,181       5,475       6,267  
Unvested restricted stock purchase rights
    16       402       164       702  
Total
    6,142       6,583       5,639       6,969  

 
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8.  Comprehensive Loss

  Comprehensive loss is comprised of net loss and other non-owner changes in stockholders’ equity, including foreign currency translation gains or losses and unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale marketable securities.  The following table presents the components of comprehensive loss (in thousands):

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
Net loss
  $ (2,506 )   $ (3,586 )   $ (5,327 )   $ (11,012 )
Unrealized gain on marketable securities and  investments
    -       -       -       4  
Foreign currency translation loss
    (4 )     -       (6 )      -  
Comprehensive loss
  $ (2,510 )   $ (3,586 )   $ (5,333 )   $ (11,008 )

9.  Stockholders’ Equity and Stock-Based Compensation

  Stock option plans
  In December 2007, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (“2007 Plan”).  The 2007 Plan replaced the Company’s 1998 Stock Plan (the “1998 Plan”) and the 1999 Director Option Plan (the “Directors’ Plan”), which are collectively referred to as the “Equity Plans”.  The Equity Plans will continue to govern awards previously granted under each respective plan.  There were initially 5,250,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2007 Plan, subject to increase for stock options or awards previously issued under the Equity Plans which expire or are cancelled.  At June 30, 2010, a total of 1,476,665 shares of common stock were available for issuance under the 2007 Plan.  The 2007 Plan provides that each share award granted with an exercise price less than the fair market value on the date of grant will be counted as two shares towards the shares reserved and each such share award forfeited or repurchased by the Company will increase the shares reserved by two shares.

  Under the 2007 Plan, the Board of Directors may grant to employees, consultants and directors an option to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock and/or awards of the Company’s common stock at terms and prices determined by the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors approved that each non-employee director who has been a member of the Board of Directors for at least nine months prior to the date of the annual stockholders’ meeting will be granted a right to purchase 10,000 restricted shares at $0.001 per share at such annual stockholders’ meeting.  The restricted shares will vest 50 percent immediately and the remaining 50 percent on the one year anniversary of the grant.

  The 2007 Plan will terminate in 2017.  Options granted under the 2007 Plan must be issued at a price equal to at least the fair market value of the Company’s common stock at the date of grant.  All vested options granted under the 2007 Plan may be exercised at any time within 10 years of the date of grant or within 90 days of termination of employment, or such other time as may be provided in the stock option agreement, and vest over a vesting schedule determined by the Board of Directors.  The Company’s policy is to issue new shares upon exercise of options under the 2007 Plan.

 
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The following table summarizes option and restricted stock purchase rights activities from December 31, 2008 through June 30, 2010:
 
               
Stock Options Outstanding
 
   
Available
for Grant
   
Restricted
Stock
Outstanding
   
Number
Outstanding
   
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price per
Share
   
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
($ 000's)
 
Balance at December 31, 2008
    1,905,725       866,664       8,650,821     $ 2.91       6.27     $ 611  
Granted
    (1,977,050 )     49,000       1,879,050     $ 1.21                  
Exercised
    -       -       (205,196 )   $ 1.26                  
Restricted stock  released
    -       (426,505 )     -     $ -                  
Restricted stock repurchased
    153,332       (76,666 )     -     $ -                  
Cancelled
    3,027,628       -       (3,067,462 )   $ 3.92                  
                                                 
Balance at December 31, 2009
    3,109,635       412,493       7,257,213     $ 2.09       7.58     $ 1,291  
Granted
    (2,122,750 )     74,000       1,974,750     $ 1.51                  
Exercised
    -       -       (118,237 )   $ 1.19                  
Restricted stock  released
    -       (260,331 )     -     $ -                  
Restricted stock repurchased
    5,000       (2,500 )     -     $ -                  
Cancelled
    484,780       -       (513,202 )   $ 4.73                  
                                                 
Balance at June 30, 2010
    1,476,665       223,662       8,600,524     $ 1.81       7.71     $ 1,446  
Exercisable at June 30, 2010
                    3,843,267     $ 2.54       6.06     $ 539  

Stock Based Compensation Expense
 
The following table summarizes employee stock-based compensation expense resulting from stock options and stock purchase rights (in thousands):
 
   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
Included in cost of revenue:
                       
Media cost of revenue
  $ 44     $ 68     $ 99     $ 118  
E-commerce cost of revenue
    32       19       58       36  
Total included in cost of revenue
    76       87       157       154  
Included in operating expenses:
                               
Sales and marketing
    202       107       350       261  
Research and development
    110       94       185       164  
General and administrative
    363       339       738       729  
Total included in operating expenses
    675       540       1,273       1,154  
                                 
Total stock-based compensation expense
  $ 751     $ 627     $ 1,430     $ 1,308  

 
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The fair value of the option grants has been calculated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  The expected life for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009 was based on historical settlement patterns.  Expected volatility was based on historical implied volatility in the Company’s stock.  The interest rate for periods within the contractual life of the award is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.  The following table summarizes the weighted-average assumptions for stock options granted:

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
Expected life (years)
    5.90       5.81       5.89       5.80  
Risk-free interest rate
    2.77 %     2.96 %     2.76 %     2.89 %
Volatility
    62.7 %     68.9 %     62.8 %     68.4 %
Dividend yield
 
None
   
None
   
None
   
None
 
Weighted-average fair value at grant date
  $ 0.90     $ 0.80     $ 0.89     $ 0.78  

As stock-based compensation expense recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009 is based on awards ultimately expected to vest, it has been reduced for estimated forfeitures based on historical experience.

10.  Acquisitions

Geek.com
In May 2010, the Company acquired the Geek.com web site for $1.0 million in cash.  Geek.com is an online technology resource and community for technology enthusiasts and professionals.  Geek.com is an important addition to the Geeknet network of owned and operated web sites. It expands traffic and provides a platform to penetrate Geeknet's mainstream consumer advertising categories. Adding Geek.com to the Geeknet network further demonstrates the Company's commitment to the global geek community.

The Company has allocated the $1.0 million purchase price to the intangible assets acquired based on their estimated fair values.  The excess purchase price over those fair values was recorded as goodwill. In determining the purchase price, the Company considered the audience and traffic patterns of Geek.com and the opportunity for the Company to monetize Geek.com through its direct and indirect sales channels as well as through its E-commerce business.

The fair values assigned to intangible assets acquired are based on management estimates and assumptions, including third-party valuations that utilize established valuation techniques appropriate for internet domains and web sites.  The fair value of the domain name and web site was estimated by applying the cost approach.  This fair value measurement is based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market and thus represents a Level 3 measurement.  Key assumptions include the estimated costs to develop the web site.  The purchase price has been allocated as follows (in thousands):

Identified intangible assets
  $ 746  
Goodwill
    254  
    $ 1,000  

 
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The identified intangible assets are comprised of Geek.com's domain name and have a useful life of three years.

Geek.com’s revenue and earnings included in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2010, and the revenue and net loss of the combined entity had the acquisition date been January 1, 2009 or January 1, 2010 are as follows (in thousands):

   
Revenue
   
Net income
(loss)
 
Actual from May 12, 2010 to June 30, 2010
  $ 34     $ 1  
                 
Supplemental pro forma:
               
January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010
    30,085       (5,314 )
January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
    65,891       14,139  

Ohloh Corporation
In June 2009, the Company acquired 100% of Ohloh Corporation (“Ohloh”) for $2.6 million in cash.  Visitors to Ohloh's web site, Ohloh.net, supply data regarding open source projects and developers.  Ohloh augments this user-contributed data with data gleaned from its web-crawling technology.  The Company utilizes Ohloh's database of open source software and developers to enhance its understanding of the Open Source Software (“OSS”) community and generate additional revenue from advertisers who utilize Ohloh’s data to reach their desired audience.  The acquisition of Ohloh enhances the Company’s position in and reach into the OSS community.

The Company has allocated the purchase price to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair values.  The excess purchase price over those fair values was recorded as goodwill.  The acquisition provided the Company with a web crawling technology, including the data collected, its team of engineers and equipment to operate the business.  The Company believed that the data gathered by Ohloh enhances its position as a leading OSS company and provides valuable insights into the markets its customers are targeting.  The Company also believed that there was a market to sell the data generated by the technology.  These opportunities were significant contributing factors to the establishment of the purchase price.

The fair values assigned to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed are based on management estimates and assumptions, including third-party valuations that utilize established valuation techniques appropriate for the high-technology industry.  The fair value of the developed technology was estimated by applying the income approach and a market approach.  This fair value measurement is based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market and thus represents a Level 3 measurement.  Key assumptions include the expected cash flows to be generated from this developed technology over its remaining life and the discount rate of 35 percent.  The purchase price has been allocated as follows (in thousands):

Financial assets
  $ 5  
Equipment
    23  
Identified intangible assets
    958  
Financial liabilities
    (43 )
Total identifiable net assets
    943  
Goodwill
    1,670  
    $ 2,613  

A summary of the allocation of identified intangible assets is as follows (in thousands):
 
 
Useful life
 
Fair Value
 
Developed technology
3 years
  $ 958  
Total intangible assets
    $ 958  

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11.  Segment and Geographic Information

The Company’s operating segments are significant strategic business units that offer different products and services.  The Company has two operating segments:  Media and E-commerce.

The Company’s Media segment consists of web sites serving technology professionals and technology enthusiasts and the Company’s E-commerce segment provides online sales of a variety of retail products of interest to these communities and general consumers.  The Company’s websites that comprise the Media segment include: SourceForge, Slashdot, Geek.com, Ohloh and freshmeat.

(in thousands)
 
Media
   
E-commerce
   
Total
Company
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2010
                 
Revenue from external customers
  $ 4,751     $ 10,558     $ 15,309  
Cost of revenue
  $ 1,831     $ 8,792     $ 10,623  
Gross margin
  $ 2,920     $ 1,766     $ 4,686  
Loss from operations
  $ (1,836 )   $ (704 )   $ (2,540 )
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 500     $ 61     $ 561  
Three Months Ended June 30, 2009
                       
Revenue from external customers
  $ 4,341     $ 7,444     $ 11,785  
Cost of revenue
  $ 1,718     $ 6,152     $ 7,870  
Gross margin
  $ 2,623     $ 1,292     $ 3,915  
Income (loss) from operations
  $ (2,447 )   $ 61     $ (2,386 )
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 522     $ 33     $ 555  
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010
                       
Revenue from external customers
  $ 9,046     $ 20,942     $ 29,988  
Cost of revenue
  $ 3,612     $ 17,610     $ 21,222  
Gross margin
  $ 5,434     $ 3,332     $ 8,766  
Loss from operations
  $ (4,134 )   $ (1,233 )   $ (5,367 )
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 970     $ 119     $ 1,089  
Six Months Ended June 30, 2009
                       
Revenue from external customers
  $ 8,118     $ 14,038     $ 22,156  
Cost of revenue
  $ 3,625     $ 11,762     $ 15,387  
Gross margin
  $ 4,493     $ 2,276     $ 6,769  
Loss from operations
  $ (5,432 )   $ (114 )   $ (5,546 )
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 1,095     $ 63     $ 1,158  

During the time period covered by the table above, the Company marketed its Media products in the United States through its direct sales force, its E-commerce products through its online web site and with respect to international Media sales, through its subsidiary in the United Kingdom and representatives based in the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia. 

12.  Litigation

In January 2001, the Company, two of its former officers, and Credit Suisse First Boston, the lead underwriter in the Company's initial public offering ("IPO"), were named as defendants in a shareholder lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, later consolidated and captioned In re VA Software Corp. Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, 01-CV-0242.  The plaintiffs' class action suit seeks unspecified damages on behalf of a purported class of purchasers of the Company's common stock from the time of the Company's initial public offering in December 1999 through December 2000.

Among other things, this complaint alleged that the prospectus pursuant to which shares of common stock were sold in the Company's initial public offering contained certain false and misleading statements or omissions regarding the practices of the Underwriters with respect to their allocation of shares of common stock in these offerings and their receipt of commissions from customers related to such allocations.  Various plaintiffs have filed actions asserting similar allegations concerning the initial public offerings of approximately 300 other issuers.  These various cases pending in the Southern District of New York have been coordinated for pretrial proceedings as In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, 21 MC 92.

 
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In April 2002, plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended complaint in the action against the Company, alleging violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Defendants in the coordinated proceeding filed motions to dismiss.  In October 2002, the Company's officers were dismissed from the case without prejudice pursuant to a stipulation.  On February 19, 2003, the Court granted in part and denied in part the motion to dismiss, but declined to dismiss the claims against the Company.

In June 2004, a stipulation of settlement and release of claims against the issuer defendants, including the Company, was submitted to the Court for approval.  On August 31, 2005, the Court preliminarily approved the settlement.  In December 2006, the appellate court overturned the certification of classes in the six test cases, which included the Company's case, that were selected by the underwriter defendants and plaintiffs in the coordinated proceedings.  Because class certification was a condition of the settlement, it was unlikely that the settlement would receive final Court approval.  On June 25, 2007, the Court entered an order terminating the proposed settlement based upon a stipulation among the parties to the settlement.

Plaintiffs filed amended master allegations and amended complaints and moved for class certification in the six focus cases.  Defendants moved to dismiss the amended complaints and opposed class certification.  On March 26, 2008, the Court denied the defendants' motion to dismiss the amended complaints.

The parties have reached a global settlement of the litigation.  On October 5, 2009, the Court entered an order certifying a settlement class and granting final approval of the settlement.  Under the settlement, the insurers will pay the full amount of settlement share allocated to the Company, and the Company will bear no financial liability.  The Company, as well as the officer and director defendants who were previously dismissed from the action pursuant to a stipulation, will receive complete dismissals from the case.  A group of objectors has appealed the Court's October 5, 2009 order to the Second Circuit of Court Appeals.  If for any reason the settlement does not become effective and litigation resumes, the Company believes that it has meritorious defenses to plaintiffs' claims and intends to defend the action vigorously. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has not yet a schedule for briefing on the appeals.

On October 3, 2007, a purported Geeknet shareholder filed a complaint for violation of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which prohibits short-swing trading, against the Company's IPO underwriters.  The complaint, Vanessa Simmonds v. Credit Suisse Group, et al., Case No. C07-1583, in District Court for the Western District of Washington, seeks the recovery of short-swing profits.  The Company is named as a nominal defendant.  No recovery is sought from the Company.  The plaintiff, Vanessa Simmonds, has filed similar lawsuits in the District Court for the Western District of Washington alleging short-swing trading in the stock of 54 other companies. On July 25, 2008, a majority of the named issuer companies, including Geeknet, jointly filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff's claims.  On March 12, 2009, the Court issued an order granting the motion to dismiss and a judgment in the favor of the moving issuers. On April 10, 2009, Ms. Simmonds appealed the order and judgment dismissing her claims to the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit.  The appeal is pending.

The Company is subject to various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business.  The Company reviews all claims and accrues a liability for those matters where it believes that the likelihood that a loss will occur is probable and the amount of loss is reasonably estimable.

13.  Guarantees and Indemnifications

The following is a summary of the Company’s agreements, including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others, some of which are specifically grandfathered because the guarantees were in effect prior to December 31, 2002. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any liabilities for these agreements as of June 30, 2010.

As permitted under Delaware law, the Company has agreements whereby the Company’s officers and directors are indemnified for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was, serving at the Company’s request in such capacity. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, the Company has obtained director and officer liability insurance designed to limit the Company’s exposure and to enable the Company to recover a portion of any future amounts paid. As a result of the Company’s insurance policy coverage, the Company believes the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal. Accordingly, the Company has no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of June 30, 2010.

 
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The Company enters into standard indemnification agreements in the ordinary course of business. Pursuant to these agreements, the Company indemnifies, holds harmless, and agrees to reimburse the indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party, generally, the Company’s business partners, subsidiaries and/or customers, in connection with any patent, copyright or other intellectual property infringement claim by any third party with respect to the Company’s products. The term of these indemnification agreements is generally perpetual any time after execution of the agreement. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited. The Company has not incurred significant costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification agreements. As a result, the Company believes the estimated fair value of these agreements is insignificant. Accordingly, the Company has no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of June 30, 2010.

14.  Subsequent Event

On August 3, 2010, the Board of Directors approved a 1:10 reverse stock split of the Company's common stock.  This stock split is subject to stockholder approval.

Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.  Words such as “may,” “could,” “anticipate,” “potential,” “intend,” “expect,” “believe,” “in our view,” and variations of such words and similar expressions, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, which include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our expectations and beliefs regarding future revenue growth; and sources of revenue; gross margins; financial performance and results of operations; technological trends in, and demand for online advertising; management's strategy, plans and objectives for future operations; our ability to attract and retain highly qualified personnel; our investment in our brand recognition and developing of our web properties; competition, competitors and our ability to compete; liquidity and capital resources; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; the outcome of any litigation to which we are a party; our accounting policies; timing of charges related to our new third party contract-fulfillment and warehouse provider; and sufficiency of our cash resources and investments to meet our operating and working capital requirements and to make any share repurchases.  Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements due to various factors, including those set forth in the Risk Factors contained in the section of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q entitled "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."  We undertake no obligation to update the forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Critical Accounting Estimates
 
There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting estimates during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to what was previously disclosed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of  Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
 
Overview

We are an online network for the global geek community which is comprised of technology professionals, technology enthusiasts and general consumers of technology-oriented goods, services and media.  Our sites include: SourceForge, Slashdot, ThinkGeek, Geek.com, Ohloh and freshmeat.  We provide our audience with content, culture, connections and commerce.

 
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We were incorporated in California in January 1995 and reincorporated in Delaware in December 1999.  From the date of our incorporation through October 2001, we sold Linux-based hardware systems and services under the name VA Linux Systems, Inc.  In December 2001, we changed our name to VA Software Corporation to reflect our decision to pursue Media, E-commerce, Software and Online Images businesses.  In December 2005, we sold our Online Images business to WebMediaBrands Inc. and in April 2007, we sold our Software business to CollabNet, Inc. (“CollabNet”).  On May 24, 2007 we changed our name to SourceForge, Inc.  In June 2009, we acquired Ohloh Corporation, a directory of open source projects and developers and in November 2009, we changed our name to Geeknet, Inc.  In May 2010, we acquired Geek.com, an online information resource and community for technology enthusiasts and professionals.

Our business consists of two operating segments:  Media and E-commerce.  Our Media segment is comprised of a network of web sites targeted at the global geek community.  Our audience of technology professionals and technology enthusiasts relies on our web sites — SourceForge, Ohloh and freshmeat — to create, improve, compare and distribute Open Source software, on Slashdot to peer-produce and peer-moderate technology news and discussion and on Geek.com for technology news and resources.  Our E-commerce segment sells geek-themed retail products to technology enthusiasts and general consumers through our ThinkGeek web site.

Our Media revenue is derived primarily from advertising products delivered on our web properties.  The strategy for our Media business is to increase our awareness, improve our sites and capture, analyze and draw insights from our data.  We are investing in awareness by targeting the media community, who are the primary buyers for our advertising services.  We believe this investment will improve our brand recognition in the marketing and advertising communities.  We continue to invest in our web properties, primarily SourceForge where we launched a more modern platform in July 2009.  In order to offer more software to our visitors, in April 2010, we launched our new Download service on SourceForge.  Downloads have always been a part of SourceForge.  They generate a significant amount of traffic and allow us to target highly relevant advertisements at visitors who visit SourceForge to download software.  The new Download service is intended to be more appealing to a broader group of free, open source projects.  We also improved our project statistics system, to provide additional information to the engineers who write open source software and use these statistics to develop enhancements to projects.  In July 2010, we launched a series of improvements to our platform for developers of Open Source projects.  These improvements provide a completely redesigned set of tools, including an issue tracker, wiki, source code management, and discussion system. This updated forge also offers flexibility by allowing developers to integrate and use third party tools directly on the platform.

We currently use the following key metrics which are derived from data provided by Google Analytics to measure our Media business:

   
Three Months Ended
 
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
 
             
Unique Visitors per Month (in thousands) (1)(2)
    38,868       35,109  
Visits per Unique Visitor per Month
    1.8       1.7  
Visits per Month (in thousands) (2)
    68,740       60,101  
Pages per Visit
    2.3       2.4  
Page Views per Month (in thousands) (2)
    158,697       144,375  
                 
Revenue per Thousand Pages (RPM)
  $ 9.98     $ 10.02  
Revenue per User (RPU) (3)
  $ 0.49     $ 0.49  

 
(1)
– Unique Visitor is the aggregate average unique visitors for all Online Media sites during the period presented. This does not consider possible duplicate visitors who may visit more than one of our web sites during the month.
 
(2)
– Per month amounts are the average calculated as the total amount for the period divided by the months in the period.
 
(3)
– Revenue per User (“RPU”) is an annualized amount based on revenue and unique users during the period presented.

A key element of our growth plans is to increase engagement.  Our metrics around engagement per user are an important measure, and we are focused on both growing the number of unique visitors and deepening the average levels of engagement. 

 
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Media companies have historically reported page views as a metric seeking to measure users’ level of engagement.  A web technology, known as asynchronous JavaScript and XML (“AJAX”) allows users to browse web sites without loading a new page, page views have generally declined for the same, or even higher, level of activity.  We have begun to implement this technology, and as we increase our adoption and change our sites to continue to make them easier to use and more accessible, we may experience associated fluctuations in page views.  As the measures of engagement utilized by media companies evolve to include elements such as time spent per visit or number of visits per month in addition to or in lieu of page views, we expect that our reported metrics may also evolve.  In addition, as we modernize and insert more intelligence into our web properties to enhance the user experience, we remove pages from the user flow which decreases page views.

Our E-commerce business strategy is to increase revenue by expanding the range of new and innovative products we sell, including products developed by us, and by attracting increased traffic to our site.  We have recently increased the pace at which we launch new products and target the launch of at least one new product each business day.  We attract traffic to our sites using a variety of traditional online and direct retail marketing channels, direct mail and email to our customers and followers.  We also publish and communicate with our customers and followers using Twitter (twitter.com/thinkgeek) and Facebook (facebook.com/thinkgeek).

Our E-commerce sales continue to be primarily attributable to customers located in the United States of America.

Results of Operations

The application of accounting standards is central to a company's reported financial position, results of operations and cash flows.  We review our annual and quarterly results, along with key accounting policies, with our audit committee prior to the release of financial results.  We do not use off-balance-sheet arrangements with unconsolidated related parties, nor do we use other forms of off-balance-sheet arrangements such as research and development arrangements.

The following table sets forth our operating results for the periods indicated as a percentage of revenue, represented by selected items from the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.  This table should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 
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Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
                       
Media revenue
    31.0 %     36.8 %     30.2 %     36.6 %
E-commerce revenue
    69.0       63.2       69.8       63.4  
Revenue
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
Media cost of revenue
    12.0       14.6       12.0       16.4  
E-commerce cost of revenue
    57.4       52.2       58.7       53.0  
Cost of revenue
    69.4       66.8       70.7       69.4  
Gross margin
    30.6       33.2       29.3       30.6  
Operating expenses:
                               
Sales and marketing
    23.2       16.6       22.4       19.3  
Research and development
    10.5       17.6       10.5       16.6  
General and administrative
    13.4       19.0       13.9       19.6  
Amortization of intangible assets
    0.7       0.2       0.7       0.1  
Restructuring costs
    (0.7 )     -       (0.3 )     -  
Total operating expenses
    47.1       53.4       47.2       55.6  
Loss from operations
    (16.5 )     (20.2 )     (17.9 )     (25.0 )
Interest and other income (expense), net
    0.1       (10.5 )     0.1       (25.1 )
Loss before income taxes
    (16.4 )     (30.7 )     (17.8 )     (50.1 )
Income tax benefit
    (0.1 )     (0.3 )     -       (0.4 )
Net loss
    (16.3 )%     (30.4 )%     (17.8 )%     (49.7 )%

Revenue

The following table summarizes our revenue by business segment:

   
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
   
% Change
       
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
   
Three
Months
   
% Change
Six Months
 
($ in thousands)
                                   
Media revenue
  $ 4,751     $ 4,341     $ 9,046     $ 8,118       9 %     11 %
E-commerce revenue
    10,558       7,444       20,942       14,038       42 %     49 %
Revenue
  $ 15,309     $ 11,785     $ 29,988     $ 22,156       30 %     35 %

Sales for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009 were primarily to customers located in the United States of America.

For the three months ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009, no one customer represented more than 10% of revenue.  For the six months ended June 30, 2010, no one customer represented more than 10% of revenue while Google Inc. represented 11.1% of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2009.

 
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Revenue by Segment

 Media Revenue
   
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
    
% Change
          
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
   
Three
Months
   
% Change
Six Months
 
($ in thousands)
                                   
Direct sales
  $ 3,363     $ 3,030     $ 6,452     $ 5,255       11 %     23 %
Ad Networks
    1,029       1,075       1,991       2,434       (4 )%     (18 )%
Other
    359       236       603       429       52 %     41 %
Media revenue
  $ 4,751     $ 4,341     $ 9,046     $ 8,118       9 %     11 %

Our Media revenue is derived primarily from advertising products delivered on our web properties.  Direct sales revenue is generated from orders received by our United States based sales team, which may also include advertisements to be delivered globally.  Ad Networks revenue represents revenue from our Ad Network partners who sell our inventory globally to customers through automated systems and includes revenue from international resellers who use automated systems.  Other revenue represents orders received from our international resellers, sales of reports on data underlying the open source community as well as referral fees and revenue earned from subscriptions to our web properties.

Direct sales revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2010 increased $0.3 million as compared with the three months ended June 30, 2009.  The increase was primarily due to increases in revenue of $1.0 million from customers who increased their advertising levels during the three months ended June 30, 2010 as compared with the three months ended June 30, 2009 and $0.6 million from customers who did not advertise in the three months ended June 30, 2009, offset in part by a $1.3 million decrease in revenue from advertisers whose campaigns were not renewed or who chose to advertise at lower levels during the three months ended June 30, 2010.  Since we obtain higher prices for direct sales revenue, we allocate our available ad units first to direct sales campaigns and then to ad networks.  To the extent that direct sales campaigns decline, we would allocate additional ad units to ad networks, which would increase revenue from ad networks.  The increase in Other revenue during the three months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2009 was primarily due to an increase in revenue from our international resellers.

Direct sales revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2010 increased $1.2 million as compared with the six months ended June 30, 2009.  The increase was primarily due to increases in revenue of $2.7 million from customers who increased their advertising levels during the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared with the six months ended June 30, 2009 and $0.6 million from customers who did not advertise in the six months ended June 30, 2009, offset in part by a $2.1 million decrease in revenue from advertisers whose campaigns were not renewed or who chose to advertise at lower levels during the six months ended June 30, 2010.  The decrease in Ad Networks revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009 was due to decreased revenue from Google primarily due to a decrease in the number of ad units we made available to Google.  Since we obtain higher prices for direct sales revenue, we allocate our available ad units first to direct sales campaigns and then to ad networks.  To the extent that direct sales campaigns decline, we would allocate additional ad units to ad networks, which would increase revenue from ad networks.  The increase in Other revenue during the three months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2009 was primarily due to an increase in revenue from our international resellers.

The demand for traditional online advertising, which are those advertising units defined by The Interactive Advertising Bureau, is not growing at a rate sufficient to meet our revenue growth plans.  We have supplemented this traditional online advertising by introducing higher-priced premium advertising products.  We believe that in order to grow revenue, we must continue to focus on creating new and innovative advertising products.

 
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E-commerce Revenue

   
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
   
% Change
Three
Months
   
% Change
Six Months
 
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
         
                                     
E-commerce revenue (in thousands)
  $ 10,558     $ 7,444     $ 20,942     $ 14,038       42 %     49 %
Percentage of total revenue
    69 %     63 %     70 %     63 %                
Number of orders shipped
    178,833       124,776       363,380       240,562       43 %     51 %
Average order size (in dollars)
  $ 63     $ 63     $ 62     $ 62       0 %     0 %

E-commerce revenue is derived from the online sale of consumer goods, including shipping, net of any returns and allowances.  The increase in E-commerce revenue during the three months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2009, was primarily due to a 43% increase in the number of shipments year-over-year.  The increase in the number of shipments was primarily driven by increased demand for ThinkGeek’s innovative products.

The increase in E-commerce revenue during the six months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009, was primarily due to a 51% increase in the number of shipments year-over-year.  The increase in the number of shipments was primarily driven by increased demand for ThinkGeek’s innovative products.

Cost of Revenue/Gross Margin

   
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
   
% Change
       
($ in thousands)
 
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
   
Three
Months
   
% Change
Six Months
 
Cost of revenue
  $ 10,623     $ 7,870     $ 21,222     $ 15,387       35 %     38 %
Gross margin
    4,686       3,915       8,766       6,769       20 %     30 %
Gross margin %
    31 %     33 %     29 %     31 %                

Cost of revenue consists of personnel costs and related overhead associated with developing and delivering external content for our media sites, cost of equipment and co-location costs to deliver external media content and product and operating costs associated with our E-commerce business.

Gross margins declined for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared with the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, primarily due to the revenue mix between Media and E-commerce revenue.  E-commerce revenue has significantly lower gross margins than Media revenue.
 
Cost of Revenue/Gross Margin by Segment

Media Cost of Revenue/Gross Margin

   
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
   
% Change
       
($ in thousands)
 
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
   
Three
Months
   
% Change
Six Months
 
Media cost of revenue
  $ 1,831     $ 1,718     $ 3,612     $ 3,625       7 %     0 %
Media gross margin
    2,920       2,623       5,434       4,493       11 %     21 %
Media gross margin %
    61 %     60 %     60 %     55 %                
Headcount
    18       19       18       19                  

 Media cost of revenue consists of personnel costs and related overhead associated with maintaining and supporting the sites, delivering advertising campaigns and developing the editorial content of the sites, co-location and depreciation costs for delivering site content, and the costs of serving and running advertising campaigns.

 
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The increase in Media gross margin percentages for the three months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2009, was primarily driven by the increased Media revenue, offset in part by increased cost of revenue, primarily due to increased co-location costs and personnel costs.

The increase in Media gross margin percentages for the six months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009, was primarily driven by increased Media revenue.

E-commerce Cost of Revenue/Gross Margin

   
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
   
% Change
Three
Months
       
($ in thousands)
 
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
       
% Change
Six Months
 
E-commerce cost of revenue
  $ 8,792     $ 6,152     $ 17,610     $ 11,762       43 %     50 %
E-commerce gross margin
    1,766       1,292       3,332       2,276       37 %     46 %
E-commerce gross margin %
    17 %     17 %     16 %     16 %                
Headcount
    27       24       27       24                  

E-commerce cost of revenue consists of product costs, shipping and fulfillment costs and operating costs, and includes personnel costs associated with the E-commerce operations and merchandising functions.  E-commerce gross margin percentages remained essentially flat for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2009.

The increase in E-commerce cost of revenue during the three months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2009, was primarily due to increases in product costs of $1.4 million, shipping and fulfillment costs of $0.8 million and operating costs of $0.4 million.

The increase in E-commerce cost of revenue during the six months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009, was primarily due to increases in product costs of $3.3 million, shipping and fulfillment costs of $1.8 million and operating costs of $0.8 million.

The increase in product, shipping and fulfillment costs was due to an increase in revenue.  The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to additional headcount and related costs to provide customer service and to identify and source new products.

We expect E-commerce cost of revenue to increase in absolute dollars as E-commerce operating costs increase in the future, while E-commerce gross margin percentages may decline as we incur additional operating costs to support our strategy of increasing revenue.

Operating Expenses

Sales and Marketing Expenses

Sales and marketing (“S&M”) expenses consist primarily of personnel and related overhead expenses, including sales commission, for personnel engaged in sales, marketing and sales support functions, and includes costs associated with market research, promotional activities, events and trade show attendance.

   
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
   
% Change
Three
Months
   
% Change
Six Months
 
($ in thousands)
 
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
     
Media S&M
  $ 2,364     $ 1,548     $ 4,664     $ 3,466       53 %     35 %
E-commerce S&M
    1,187       404       2,049       801       194 %     156 %
Sales and marketing
  $ 3,551     $ 1,952     $ 6,713     $ 4,267       82 %     57 %
Percentage of total revenue
    23 %     17 %     22 %     19 %                
Headcount
    33       25       33       25                  

 
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The increase in S&M expenses in the three months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2009, was primarily due to an increase in headcount and related expenses of $0.9 million, an increase in discretionary marketing expenses of $0.5 million and an increase in credit card fees of $0.1 million.  The increase in headcount was primarily due to an increase in E-commerce headcount of 8 heads as well as the transfer of 3 Media R&D heads into our product marketing group earlier in 2010 and severance costs of $0.2 million related to a reorganization of our Media sales and product marketing team.  The increase in discretionary expenses was primarily due to increased E-commerce direct mail and online marketing expenses and Media market research and trade show event expenses.

The increase in S&M expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009, was primarily due to an increase in headcount and related expenses of $1.5 million, an increase in discretionary marketing expenses of $0.8 million and an increase in credit card fees of $0.1 million.  The increase in headcount was primarily due to an increase in E-commerce headcount of 8 heads and the transfer of 3 Media R&D heads into our product marketing group earlier in 2010.  The increase in discretionary expenses was due to increased E-commerce direct mail and online marketing expenses, expenses associated with our name branding and Media market research and events.

We expect future S&M expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to expand our discretionary marketing, programs, primarily for our E-commerce business.  In addition, credit card processing expenses for our E-commerce business will increase due to increased revenue.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development (“R&D”) expenses consist primarily of personnel and related overhead expenses for software engineers involved in our Media segment.  We expense all of our R&D costs as they are incurred.

   
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
   
% Change
Three
Months
   
% Change
Six Months
 
($ in thousands)
 
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
       
Media R&D
  $ 1,285     $ 1,948     $ 2,493     $ 3,416       (34 )%     (27 )%
E-commerce R&D
    328       130       650       256       152 %     154 %
Research and development
  $ 1,613     $ 2,078     $ 3,143     $ 3,672       (22 )%     (14 )%
Percentage of total revenue
    11 %     18 %     10 %     17 %                
Headcount
    29       43       29       43                  
 
R&D expense decreased by $0.5 million in the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2009.  The decrease in R&D expenses primarily was due to lower personnel and related costs and lower consulting costs.  Personnel and related costs decreased due to a decrease of 17 heads in Media, including 3 of our R&D personnel who assumed positions in product marketing, offset in part by an increase of 3 heads in E-commerce.  The decrease in consulting costs is due to expenses incurred in the redesign of our SourceForge.net platform, which was released in July 2009.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses consist of salaries and related expenses for finance and accounting, human resources and legal personnel, professional fees for accounting and legal services as well as insurance and other public company related costs.

   
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
   
% Change
Three
Months
   
% Change
Six Months
 
($ in thousands)
 
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
       
General and administrative
  $ 2,049     $ 2,244     $ 4,173     $ 4,349       (9 )%     (4 )%
Percentage of total revenue
    13 %     19 %     14 %     20 %                
Headcount
    20       21       20       21                  

 
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G&A expenses decreased by $0.2 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 primarily due to decreases in legal and accounting fees, resulting from our fiscal year change in 2009.

Restructuring Costs

In October 2007, we relocated our corporate headquarters to Mountain View, California.  In conjunction with this relocation, we recorded a restructuring charge of $2.2 million for the remaining facility space and leasehold improvements at our former corporate headquarters located in Fremont, California.  In conjunction with the sale of our Software business in April 2007, we accrued a restructuring charge of $0.6 million for the excess facility space used in the operation of this business, which was included in the gain on disposal of discontinued operations.  In fiscal 2001 and 2002, we adopted plans to exit our hardware systems and hardware-related software engineering and professional services businesses, as well as exit a sublease agreement and to reduce our general and administrative overhead costs.  In May 2010, we completed our payments under the facility lease.  The $0.1 million restructuring gain in the three months ended June 30, 2010 relates primarily to proceeds from the sale of office furniture at the facility.  In conjunction with our completion of the lease, the $1 million letter of credit was cancelled and the cash restriction was removed.

Below is a summary of the changes to the restructuring liability (in thousands):

   
Balance at
Beginning of
Period
   
Cash
Payments
   
Other
   
Restructuring
Charges
   
Balance at
End of
Period
 
                               
For the six months ended June 30, 2010
  $ 1,238     $ (1,141 )   $ 4     $ (101 )   $ -  

Interest and other income (expense), net

Below is a summary of Interest and other income (expense), net (in thousands):

   
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
   
% Change
Three
Months
   
% Change
Six Months
 
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
       
                                     
Interest income
  $ 29     $ 34     $ 60     $ 88       (15 )%     (32 )%
Interest expense
    (1 )     (19 )     (5 )     (41 )     (95 )%     (88 )%
Other than temporary impairment of non-marketable equity securities
    -       -       -       (4,585 )     *       (100 )%
Loss on disposal of asset
    -       (1,246 )     -       (1,246 )     (100 )%     (100 )%
Other income (expense), net
    (6 )     -       (28 )     223       *       (113 )%
Interest and other income (expense), net
  $ 22     $ (1,231 )   $ 27     $ (5,561 )     (102 )%     (100 )%

    * – Not meaningful

The decrease in interest income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, was primarily due to lower investment balances.

Interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009 results primarily from accretion of our accrued restructuring charge.

 
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The other-than-temporary impairment of non-marketable equity securities relates to our investment in CollabNet, Inc. (“CollabNet”). In March 2009, we determined an impairment indicator existed for this investment and as a result we performed a fair value analysis of this investment. In determining whether a decline in value of our investment in CollabNet had occurred and was other than temporary, we considered available evidence, including the general market conditions, CollabNet’s financial condition, near-term prospects, market comparables and future financing requirements.  The valuation also takes into account CollabNet’s capital structure, liquidation preferences for its capital and other economic variables, which require management’s judgment to evaluate. Based on the results, we determined that the estimated fair value of our investment in CollabNet was $2.0 million and accordingly, we recognized an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $4.6 million.

Loss on disposal of asset is due to our deprecation of the Marketplace platform from the SourceForge.net platform during the three months ended June 30. 2010.

Other income (expense), net for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 is primarily due to the write-off of obsolete computer equipment, while other income (expense) net for the six months ended June 30, 2009 is primarily due to the $0.2 million gain on our sale of the Linux.com domain name to The Linux Foundation.

Income Taxes

   
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
   
% Change
Three
Months
       
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
   
June 30,
2010
   
June 30,
2009
       
% Change
Six Months
 
($ in thousands)
                                   
Income tax benefit
  $ (12 )   $ (31 )   $ (13 )   $ (95 )     (61 )%     (86 )%

Income taxes consist primarily of state income taxes relating to a jurisdiction in which our E-commerce business operates and where we are unable to file a consolidated tax return.  The decrease in the benefit for income taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, was due to the increase in pre-tax loss.  As of June 30, 2010, we had federal and state net operating loss carry-forwards for tax reporting purposes available to offset future taxable income.  A valuation allowance has been recorded for the total deferred tax assets as a result of uncertainties regarding realization of the assets based on the lack of consistent profitability to date and the uncertainty of future profitability.  The federal and state net operating loss carry-forwards expire at various dates through 2029 and 2019, respectively, to the extent that they are not utilized.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
($ in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
 
Net cash provided by (used in):
           
Continuing operations:
           
Operating activities
  $ (8,024 )   $ (5,153 )
Investing activities
    4,015       (2,132 )
Financing activities
    43       (3,123 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
    (6 )     -  
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
  $ (3,972 )   $ (10,408 )

Our principal sources of cash as of June 30, 2010 are our existing cash, cash equivalents and investments of $28.0 million.  Cash and cash equivalents decreased by $4.0 million at June 30, 2010 when compared to December 31, 2009.  This total decrease during the six months ended June 30, 2010 was primarily due to cash used to fund net operating losses and working capital requirements, as well as the purchase of $3.2 million of equipment and intangible assets and the $1.0 million acquisition of Geek.com., offset in part by the proceeds from the sale of auction rate securities of $7.2 million and the release of  restricted cash of $1.0 million.
 
Operating Activities

Cash used in operating activities increased by $2.9 million during the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009 primarily due to cash used for working capital resulting from increases in inventory of $1.6 million and a cash used for accounts receivable of $1.5 million.

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Net cash used in operating activities was $8.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010.  Net cash used in operating activities was primarily due to our net operating loss of $2.9 million after the effects of non-cash charges of stock-based compensation expense of $1.4 million, depreciation and amortization expense of $1.1 million and restructuring expense of $0.1 million. Additionally, changes in operating assets and liabilities included cash used for accounts payable of $0.8 million, accrued liabilities of $1.5 million, accrued restructuring liabilities of $1.1 million, increase in accounts receivable of $0.4 million and increases in inventory of $1.6 million, offset partially by cash provided by decreases in deferred revenue of $0.3 million. The decrease of accounts payable was primarily due to the seasonality of our e-commerce business.

Net cash used in operating activities was $5.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009.  Net cash used in operating activities was primarily due to our net operating loss of $2.9 million after the effects of non-cash impairment charge of $4.6 million, stock-based compensation of $1.3 million, depreciation expense of $1.2 million, the gain on our sale of the Linux.com domain name to The Linux Foundation of $0.2 million and a loss on disposal of assets, of $1.2 million, related to the depreciation of the Marketplace platform from the SourceForge.net platform.  Additionally, changes in operating assets and liabilities included cash used for accounts payable of $1.8 million, and accrued restructuring liabilities of $1.4 million, offset partially by cash provided by decreases in accounts receivable of $1.0 million.  The decrease of accounts payable was primarily due to the seasonality of our e-commerce business and the decrease in accounts receivable is primarily due to the decline of Online Media revenue.

Investing Activities

Our investing activities primarily include purchases and sales of marketable securities, and purchases of property and equipment.

Cash provided by investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2010 is comprised of the sale of $7.2 million of auction rate securities to UBS AG (“UBS”) at par value and a $1.0 million reduction in restricted cash resulting from the conclusion of our former corporate headquarter lease in Fremont, California, offset in part by $3.1 million for the purchase of property and equipment, primarily due to payments for distribution equipment which is being installed at our new third-party contract-fulfillment and warehouse provider, and $1.0 million for the acquisition of Geek.com.

Cash usage for the six months ended June 30, 2009 included $2.6 million for the acquisition of Ohloh and $0.2 million for the purchase of property and equipment, offset in part by proceeds from the sale of Linux.com of $0.2 million and maturities of marketable securities of $0.6 million.

Financing Activities

Our financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2010 were comprised primarily of proceeds from the sale of our common stock through equity incentive plans.

Our financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2009 were primarily comprised of cash used to repurchase shares of our common stock under the repurchase program which ended in October 2009, offset in part by proceeds from the sale of our common stock through equity incentive plans.

Restricted Cash

We have no restricted cash at June 30, 2010, as the $1.0 million letter of credit expired upon completion of our former corporate headquarter lease in Fremont, California in May 2010.

Auction Rate Securities and ARS Right

At June 30, 2010, we have $3.0 million of municipal bond investments with an auction reset feature (“auction-rate securities” or “ARS”).  The underlying assets of these auction-rate securities are student loans which are substantially backed by the Federal government.  On June 30, 2010, we exercised our right to sell, at par value, auction-rate securities with a par value of $3.6 million, to UBS.  The transaction settled on July 1, 2010.

 
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We valued the ARS using a discounted cash flow approach. The assumptions used in preparing the discounted cash flow model were based on data available as of June 30, 2010 and include estimates of interest rates, timing and amount of cash flows, credit and liquidity premiums, and expected holding periods of the ARS.

Liquidity

Our liquidity and capital requirements depend on numerous factors, including market acceptance of our products, the resources we devote to developing, marketing, selling and supporting our products, the timing and expense associated with expanding our distribution channels, capital projects to expand our support systems and infrastructure, our repurchase of common stock, potential acquisitions and other factors.

We expect to devote capital resources to continue our research and development efforts, to invest in our sales, support, marketing and product development organizations, to enhance and introduce marketing programs, to invest in capital projects, to continue to support our operations and related support systems and infrastructure, to repurchase of common stock, to fund strategic acquisitions and for other general corporate activities.  We believe that our existing cash balances will be sufficient to fund our operations during the next 12 months under our current business strategy.  See “Risks Related to our Financial Results” in the Risk Factors section of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Contractual Obligations

The contractual obligations presented in the table below represent our estimates of future payments under fixed contractual obligations and commitments. Changes in our business needs, cancellation provisions and other factors may result in actual payments differing from the estimates. We cannot provide certainty regarding the timing and amounts of payments. The following table summarizes our fixed contractual obligations and commitments as of June 30, 2010 (in thousands):

         
Years ending December 31,
 
   
Total
   
2010
   
2011 and
2012
   
2013 and
2014
 
Gross Operating Lease Obligations
  $ 3,664     $ 1,188     $ 1,947     $ 529  
Sublease Income
    (502 )     (112 )     (390 )     -  
Net Operating Lease Obligations
    3,162       1,076       1,557       529  
                                 
Purchase Obligations
    9,254       9,254       -       -  
Total Obligations
  $ 12,416     $ 10,330     $ 1,557     $ 529  

In April 2010, we entered into a five year agreement with a third-party contract-fulfillment and warehouse provider to replace our existing third-party provider, which will be effective in our third quarter ending September 30, 2010.

Financial Risk Management

As a primarily U.S.-centric company, we face limited exposure to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates and we do not engage in hedging activity.  We do not anticipate significant currency gains or losses in the near term.  These exposures may change over time as business practices evolve and could have a material adverse impact on our financial results.

We maintain investment portfolio holdings of various issuers, types and maturities. These securities are classified as available-for-sale or trading. These securities are not leveraged.

Subsequent Events

On August 3, 2010, our Board of Directors approved a 1:10 reverse stock split  of our common stock.  This stock split is subject to stockholder approval.
 
On August 4, 2010, Scott L. Kauffman resigned as our President and Chief Executive Officer. Ken Langone, our Chairman of the Board of Directors, has been appointed as the Executive Chairman and Interim CEO.

 
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We have applied to the Nasdaq Global Market to change our ticker symbol to GKNT.  This change is expected to be effective on August 5, 2010.

Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal.  Some of the securities that we have invested in may be subject to market risk.  This means that a change in prevailing interest rates may cause the principal amount of the investment to fluctuate.  For example, if we hold a security that was issued with a fixed interest rate at the then-prevailing rate and the prevailing interest rate later rises, the principal amount of our investment will probably decline.  To minimize this risk, we maintain a portfolio of cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments in limited category of securities, primarily treasury money market funds and government debt securities.  In general, money market funds are not subject to market risk because the interest paid on such funds fluctuates with the prevailing interest rate.

At June 30, 2010, we had $3.0 million of investments with a weighted average interest rate of 1.39 percent.

We have operated primarily in the United States, and virtually all sales have been made in U.S. dollars.  Accordingly, we have not had any material exposure to foreign currency rate fluctuations.

We do not currently hold any derivative instruments and do not engage in hedging activities.

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

 
a)
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.
The Company’s management evaluated, with the participation of its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “’34 Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report.

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed with the objective of ensuring that (i) information required to be disclosed in the Company’s reports filed under the ’34 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Internal control procedures, which are designed with the objective of providing reasonable assurance that the Company’s transactions are properly authorized, its assets are safeguarded against unauthorized or improper use and its transactions are properly recorded and reported, all to permit the preparation of the Company’s financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.  To the extent that elements of our internal control over financial reporting are included within our disclosure controls and procedures, they are included in the scope of our quarterly controls evaluation.

Based on that evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, the disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

 
b)
Changes in internal controls over financial reporting.
There were no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the ’34 Act) as of the date of this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal controls over financial reporting.


Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

In January 2001, the Company, two of its former officers, and Credit Suisse First Boston, the lead underwriter in the Company's initial public offering ("IPO"), were named as defendants in a shareholder lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, later consolidated and captioned In re VA Software Corp. Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, 01-CV-0242.  The plaintiffs' class action suit seeks unspecified damages on behalf of a purported class of purchasers of the Company's common stock from the time of the Company's initial public offering in December 1999 through December 2000.

 
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Among other things, this complaint alleged that the prospectus pursuant to which shares of common stock were sold in the Company's initial public offering contained certain false and misleading statements or omissions regarding the practices of the Underwriters with respect to their allocation of shares of common stock in these offerings and their receipt of commissions from customers related to such allocations.  Various plaintiffs have filed actions asserting similar allegations concerning the initial public offerings of approximately 300 other issuers.  These various cases pending in the Southern District of New York have been coordinated for pretrial proceedings as In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, 21 MC 92.

In April 2002, plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended complaint in the action against the Company, alleging violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Defendants in the coordinated proceeding filed motions to dismiss.  In October 2002, the Company's officers were dismissed from the case without prejudice pursuant to a stipulation.  On February 19, 2003, the Court granted in part and denied in part the motion to dismiss, but declined to dismiss the claims against the Company.

In June 2004, a stipulation of settlement and release of claims against the issuer defendants, including the Company, was submitted to the Court for approval.  On August 31, 2005, the Court preliminarily approved the settlement.  In December 2006, the appellate court overturned the certification of classes in the six test cases, which included the Company's case, that were selected by the underwriter defendants and plaintiffs in the coordinated proceedings.  Because class certification was a condition of the settlement, it was unlikely that the settlement would receive final Court approval.  On June 25, 2007, the Court entered an order terminating the proposed settlement based upon a stipulation among the parties to the settlement.

Plaintiffs filed amended master allegations and amended complaints and moved for class certification in the six focus cases.  Defendants moved to dismiss the amended complaints and opposed class certification.  On March 26, 2008, the Court denied the defendants' motion to dismiss the amended complaints.

The parties have reached a global settlement of the litigation.  On October 5, 2009, the Court entered an order certifying a settlement class and granting final approval of the settlement.  Under the settlement, the insurers will pay the full amount of settlement share allocated to the Company, and the Company will bear no financial liability.  The Company, as well as the officer and director defendants who were previously dismissed from the action pursuant to a stipulation, will receive complete dismissals from the case.  A group of objectors has appealed the Court's October 5, 2009 order to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.  If for any reason the settlement does not become effective and litigation resumes, the Company believes that it has meritorious defenses to plaintiffs' claims and intends to defend the action vigorously.    The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has not yet set a schedule for briefing on the appeals.

On October 3, 2007, a purported Geeknet shareholder filed a complaint for violation of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which prohibits short-swing trading, against the Company's IPO underwriters.  The complaint, Vanessa Simmonds v. Credit Suisse Group, et al., Case No. C07-1583, in District Court for the Western District of Washington, seeks the recovery of short-swing profits.  The Company is named as a nominal defendant.  No recovery is sought from the Company.  The plaintiff, Vanessa Simmonds, has filed similar lawsuits in the District Court for the Western District of Washington alleging short-swing trading in the stock of 54 other companies. On July 25, 2008, a majority of the named issuer companies, including Geeknet, jointly filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff's claims.  On March 12, 2009, the Court issued an order granting the motion to dismiss and a judgment in the favor of the moving issuers. On April 10, 2009, Ms. Simmonds appealed the order and judgment dismissing her claims to the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit.  The appeal is pending.
 
The Company is subject to various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business.  The Company reviews all claims and accrues a liability for those matters where it believes that the likelihood that a loss will occur is probable and the amount of loss is reasonably estimable.

 
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Item 1A.  Risk Factors

CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN GEEKNET SECURITIES SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE RISKS DESCRIBED BELOW BEFORE MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION. IN ADDITION, THESE RISKS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES FACING OUR COMPANY. ADDITIONAL RISKS OF WHICH WE ARE NOT PRESENTLY AWARE OR THAT WE CURRENTLY BELIEVE ARE IMMATERIAL MAY ALSO IMPAIR OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS. OUR BUSINESS COULD BE HARMED BY ANY OF THESE RISKS. THE TRADING PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK COULD DECLINE DUE TO ANY OF THESE RISKS, AND INVESTORS MAY LOSE ALL OR PART OF THEIR INVESTMENT.

Risks Related To Our Media Business

If our Media business fails to attract and retain users, particularly users who create and post original content on our web properties, our financial results will be adversely affected.

Our reliance upon user-generated content requires that we develop and maintain tools and services designed to facilitate:

·
creation of user-generated content,
 
·
participation in discussion surrounding such user-generated content,
 
·
evaluation of user-generated content, and
 
·
distribution of user-generated content.

If our development efforts fail to facilitate such activities on our web properties, the level of user engagement and interaction will not increase and may decline.  Even if we succeed in facilitating such activities on our sites, we cannot assure that such improvements will be deployed in a timely or cost-effective manner.

If we fail to increase user engagement and interaction on our web properties, we will not attract and retain a loyal user base that is desirable to advertisers, which will adversely affect our Media business and our ability to maintain or grow our revenue.

We intend to expand our offerings in international markets in which we have limited experience and rely primarily on business partners.

We have recently hired two salespeople in London to manage our sales efforts outside the United States.  We also have agreements with representatives to sell our international inventory in Europe and Australia and may enter into agreements with additional or different firms to sell our international advertising impressions.  As we expand into these new international markets, we have limited experience in marketing our products and services in such markets.  We rely on the efforts and abilities of our employee and representatives in such markets.  Certain international markets may be slower than domestic markets in the development and adoption of online advertising programs and as a result our offerings in international markets may not develop at a rate that supports our level of investment.

If our Media business fails to deliver innovative programs and products, we may not be able to attract and retain advertisers, which will adversely affect our financial results.

Our advertisers continually seek new and innovative advertising products on which to spend their advertising budgets.  In order to grow our direct sales revenue, we will need to introduce new and innovative advertising products and programs which appeal to these advertisers.  The successful development and production of such advertising products or programs is subject to numerous uncertainties, including our ability to:

 
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·
enable advertisers to showcase products, services and/or brands to their intended audience and to generate revenue from such audiences;

·
anticipate and successfully respond to emerging trends in online advertising; and

·
attract and retain qualified marketing and technical personnel.

We cannot assure that our programs and products will appeal to our advertisers or enable us to attract and retain advertisers and generate revenue consistent with our estimates or sufficient to sustain operations. In addition, we cannot assure that any new marketing programs and products will be developed in a timely or cost-effective manner. If we are unable to deliver innovative marketing programs and products that allow us to expand our advertiser base, we may not be able to generate sufficient revenue to grow our Media business.

New technologies could block our advertisements, which would harm our operating results.

Technologies have been developed and are likely to continue to be developed that can block the display of our online advertising products.  Our Media revenue is derived from fees paid to us by advertisers in connection with the display of advertisements on web pages.  As a result, advertisement-blocking technology could reduce the number of advertisements that we are able to deliver and, in turn, our advertising revenues and operating results may also be reduced.

Decreases or delays in advertising spending could harm our ability to generate advertising revenue, which would adversely affect our financial results.

Our advertisers can generally terminate their contracts with us at any time.  Our advertisers’ spending patterns tend to be cyclical, reflecting overall macroeconomic conditions, seasonality and company-specific budgeting and buying patterns.  Our advertisers are also concentrated in the technology sector and the economic conditions in this sector also impact their spending decisions.  Because we derive a large part of our Media revenue from these advertisers, decreases in or delays of advertising spending could reduce our revenue or negatively impact our ability to grow our revenue.

The market in which our SourceForge platform participates is becoming more competitive, and if we do not compete effectively our Media business could be harmed.

Our SourceForge.net platform hosts Open Source software projects, and we derive the majority of our Media revenue by selling advertising campaigns on this site.  Because the cost to develop and host websites has declined over time, an increasing number of companies, organizations and individuals have begun hosting Open Source code and offering Open Source software development-related services. In addition, Google offers Open Source code hosting capabilities that may be viewed as competitive to SourceForge.net’s offering.  Because Google enjoys substantial competitive advantages in the online space generally, including powerful brand identity, established marketing relationships, larger visitor base, and greater financial, technical, and other resources, we may be unable to compete effectively with Google’s offering.  Our competitors may be able to respond more quickly and effectively than we can to new or changing Open Source software opportunities, technologies, standards, or user requirements.  Because of our competitors’ advantages, even if our services are more effective than those of our competitors, users might accept the services of our competitors in lieu of ours.  If we fail to compete effectively, our Media business could be negatively impacted.

If we fail to execute our direct sales strategy, our revenue will be adversely affected.

Our direct sales force is increasingly focused on selling our premium advertising products to a select group of advertisers.  If we fail to achieve increased spending levels from these advertisers, we may not meet our revenue goals.  Additionally, we refer and will continue to refer other advertisers to our ad network partners.  If such advertisers do not utilize our ad network partners to advertise on our sites our revenue will be adversely impacted.

 
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We face competition from traditional media companies, and we may not be included in the advertising budgets of advertisers, which could harm our operating results.

We face competition from companies that have better brand awareness and long-term relationships with current and potential advertisers.  Advertisers with fixed budgets may allocate only a portion of their budgets to Internet advertising.  If we fail to convince these advertisers and their advertising agencies to spend their advertising budgets with us, or if our existing advertisers reduce the amount they spend on our programs, our operating results would be harmed.

We have made and continue to make significant investments in our web properties and services offered thereon, which may fail to become profitable endeavors.

We have made and will continue to make significant investments in research, development and marketing for our web properties and services offered thereon. Investments in new technology are inherently speculative. We continue to focus on initiatives to accelerate the pace of improvements to our web properties.  These efforts require substantial investments of our time and resources and may be hindered by unforeseen delays and expenses.  Our efforts may not be successful in achieving our desired objective and, even if we achieve the desired objective, our audience or our advertisers may not respond positively to these improvements.  Failure to grow revenue sufficiently to offset the significant investments will materially and adversely affect our business and operating results.
 
Unplanned system interruptions, capacity constraints or failure to effect efficient transmission of user communications and data over the Internet could harm our business and reputation.

The success of our Media business largely depends on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of the computer and communications hardware and network systems that power our web properties.  We do not currently have a formal disaster recovery plan and substantially all of our computer and communications systems are located in a single data center near Chicago, Illinois.  Our systems and operations remain vulnerable to damage or interruption from fire, power loss, telecommunications failure and similar events.

We experience unplanned service interruptions with all our online sites.  Service interruptions may be caused by a variety of factors, including capacity constraints, single points of hardware failure, software design flaws and bugs, and third party denial of service attacks.  Although we continue to work to improve the performance and uptime of our web properties, and have taken steps to mitigate these risks, we expect that service interruptions will continue to occur from time to time.  If our web properties experience frequent or lengthy service interruptions, our business and reputation will be seriously harmed.

Risks Related To Our E-commerce Business

We are subject to risks as a result of our reliance on foreign sources of production for certain products.

In order to offer cost-effective and innovative products, we are increasingly relying on manufacturers located outside of the United States, most of which are located in Asia (primarily China), to supply us with these products in sufficient quantities — based on our forecasted customer demand — and to deliver these products in a timely manner.

Our arrangements with these manufacturers are generally limited to purchase orders tied to specific lots of goods.  We are subject to the risks of relying on products manufactured outside the United States, including political unrest, trade restrictions, customs and inspections an duties, local business practice and political issues.  Additionally, significant reliance on foreign sources of productions increases the risk of issues relating to compliance with domestic or international labor standards, compliance with domestic or international manufacturing and product safety standards, currency fluctuations, restrictions on the transfer of funds, work stoppages or slowdowns and other labor issues, economic uncertainties including inflation and government regulations, availability and costs of raw materials, potentially adverse tax consequences and other uncertainties. China, in particular, has recently experienced rapid social, political and economic change, and further changes may adversely affect our ability to procure our products from Chinese suppliers.

Our ability to obtain goods on a cost effective basis is also subject to our ability to maintain relationships with our suppliers and our ability to negotiate and maintain supply arrangements on favorable terms. The Chinese Yuan (“CNY”) exchange rate to the U.S. Dollar (“USD”) has not historically been volatile.  In the event that the CNY/USD exchange rate were to change substantially, our suppliers could attempt to renegotiate our purchase orders with them and increase our costs. In addition, because our purchases are usually on a case by case basis, we are subject to the risk of unexpected changes in pricing or supply from these suppliers. We may also be unable to develop beneficial relationships with new vendors in the future.

 
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We are exposed to significant inventory risks as a result of seasonality, new product launches, rapid changes in product cycles and changes in consumer tastes with respect to our products offered at our ThinkGeek E-commerce web site.

In order to be successful, we must accurately predict our customers’ tastes and avoid over-stocking or under-stocking products. Demand for products can change significantly between the time inventory is ordered and the date of sale. In addition, when we begin selling a new product, it is particularly difficult to forecast product demand accurately. The acquisition of certain types of inventory, especially inventory of custom manufactured products, or inventory from certain sources, may require significant lead-time and prepayment, and such inventory may not be returnable. We carry a broad selection and significant inventory levels of certain products and we may be unable to sell products in sufficient quantities or during the relevant selling seasons.  Failure to properly assess our inventory needs will adversely affect our financial results.

Increased focus on sales and use tax could subject us to liability for past sales and cause our future sales to decrease.

We do not collect sales or other taxes on shipments of most of our goods into most states in the United States or internationally.  The relocation of our fulfillment center or customer service centers or any future expansion of them, along with other aspects of our business, may result in additional sales and other tax obligations.  We do not collect consumption tax (including value added tax, goods and services tax, and provincial sales tax) as applicable on goods and services sold that are delivered outside of the United States.  One or more states or foreign countries may seek to impose sales or other tax collection obligations on out-of-jurisdiction E-commerce companies. A successful assertion by one or more states or foreign countries that we should collect sales or other taxes on the sale of merchandise or services could result in substantial tax liabilities for past sales, decrease our ability to compete with traditional retailers, and otherwise harm our business.

Currently, U.S. Supreme Court decisions restrict the imposition of obligations to collect state and local sales and use taxes with respect to sales made over the Internet. However, a number of states, as well as the U.S. Congress, have been considering initiatives that could limit or supersede the Supreme Court’s position regarding sales and use taxes on Internet sales. If any of these initiatives are successful, we could be required to collect sales and use taxes in additional states. The imposition by state and local governments of various taxes upon Internet commerce could create administrative burdens for us, put us at a competitive disadvantage if they do not impose similar obligations on all of our online competitors and decrease our future sales.

We may be subject to product liability claims if people or property are harmed by the products we sell on our E-commerce web site, which could be costly to defend and subject us to significant damage claims.

Some of the products we offer for sale on our E-commerce web site, such as consumer electronics, toys, computers and peripherals, toiletries, beverages, food items and clothing, may expose us to product liability claims relating to personal injury, death or property damage caused by such products, and may require us to take actions such as product recalls.  Although we maintain liability insurance, we cannot be certain that our coverage will be adequate for liabilities actually incurred or that insurance will continue to be available to us on economically reasonable terms, or at all. In addition, some of our vendor agreements with our suppliers do not indemnify us from product liability, and even if some agreements provide for indemnification, it may be prohibitively costly to avail ourselves of the benefits of the protection.

If we do not maintain sufficient E-commerce inventory levels, or if we are unable to deliver our E-commerce products to our customers in sufficient quantities, our E-commerce business operating results will be adversely affected.

We must be able to deliver our merchandise in sufficient quantities to meet the demands of our customers and deliver this merchandise to customers in a timely manner. We must be able to maintain sufficient inventory levels, particularly during the peak holiday selling seasons. If we fail to achieve these goals, we may be unable to meet customer demand, and our financial results will be adversely affected.

 
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We are dependent upon a single third-party fulfillment and warehouse provider.  The satisfaction of our customers is highly dependent upon fulfillment of orders in a professional and timely manner, so any decrease in the quality of service offered by our fulfillment and warehouse provider will adversely affect our reputation and the growth of our E-commerce business.

Our E-commerce business’s ability to receive inbound inventory and ship completed orders efficiently to our customers is substantially dependent on a third-party contract-fulfillment and warehouse provider.  We currently utilize the services of Dotcom Distribution, Inc. (“Dotcom Distribution”), located in Edison, New Jersey.   In April 2010, we entered into an agreement with a new third-party contract-fulfillment and warehouse provider.  We expect to start shipping product from this provider in our third calendar quarter which ends on September 30, 2010.  In conjunction with this change we will incur additional costs, including systems costs, costs to relocate inventory to the new provider and costs resulting from maintaining two warehouses until the expiration of the Dotcom Distribution agreement in November 2010.  This change of providers will require significant efforts by our E-commerce management's engineering and operations teams which could distract them from effectively managing the business.  If we are not able to effectively complete the transition, or do not complete the transition in a timely manner, our revenue and financial results will be adversely affected and our reputation will be seriously harmed.

Unplanned system interruptions and capacity constraints could harm our revenue and reputation.

Our E-commerce business is dependent on the uninterrupted and highly-available operation of our web site.  We experience periodic service interruptions with our E-commerce web site.  Service interruptions may be caused by a variety of factors, including capacity constraints, software design flaws and bugs, and third party denial of service attacks.  If we fail to provide customers with such access to our web site at the speed and performance which they require, our E-commerce sales would be adversely affected and our business reputation may be seriously harmed.

We do not currently have a formal disaster recovery plan and our E-commerce related computer and communications systems are located in a single data center near Chicago, Illinois.  Our systems and operations remain vulnerable to damage or interruption from fire, power loss, telecommunications failure and similar events.  If our ThinkGeek.com web site experiences frequent or lengthy service interruptions, our business and reputation will be seriously harmed.

Risks Related To Our Financial Results

Certain factors specific to our businesses over which we have limited or no control may nonetheless adversely impact our total revenue and financial results.

The primary factors over which we have limited or no control that may adversely impact our total revenue and financial results include the following:

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specific economic conditions relating to online advertising and/or E-commerce spending;

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the discretionary nature of our Media customers’ purchase and budget cycles;

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our ability to deliver advertisements which meet our customers’ requirements;

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the spending habits of our E-commerce customers;

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the size and timing of Media customer orders;

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long media sales cycles;

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our ability to retain skilled engineering, marketing and sales personnel;

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our ability to demonstrate and maintain attractive online user demographics;

 
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the addition or loss of specific advertisers and the size and timing of advertising purchases by individual customers; and

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our ability to keep our web properties operational at a reasonable cost.

If our revenue and operating results fall below our expectations, the expectations of securities analysts or the expectations of investors, the trading price of our common stock will likely be materially and adversely affected. You should not rely on the results of our business in any past periods as an indication of our future financial performance.

If we fail to satisfy the Nasdaq Global Market’s listing requirements, then we will face possible delisting, which could result in a limited public market for our common stock and make obtaining future equity financing more difficult for us.

The Nasdaq Global Market requires companies to maintain a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 and a specified minimum market value.  Although our common stock has recently traded above $1.00, we have also recently experienced periods where our stock traded below the $1.00 minimum closing bid price.  If we are unable to satisfy Nasdaq's requirements for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market, our securities may be delisted from the Nasdaq Global Market. There can be no assurances that we will satisfy the standards to regain compliance. The delisting of our common stock from the Nasdaq Global Market may have a material adverse effect on us by, among other things, reducing:

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the liquidity of our common stock; the market price of our common stock; the number of institutional and other investors that will consider investing in our common stock;

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the number of market makers in our common stock;

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the availability of information concerning the trading prices and volume of our common stock;

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the availability of information concerning the trading prices and volume of our common stock;

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the number of broker-dealers willing to execute trades in shares of our common stock; and

·
our ability to obtain equity financing for the continuation of our operations.

Future changes in financial accounting standards, including pronouncements and interpretations of accounting pronouncements on revenue recognition, share-based payments, fair value measurements and financial instruments, may cause adverse unexpected revenue fluctuations and/or affect our reported results of operations.

From time to time, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) may issue updates to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification.  A change in an accounting policy can have a significant effect on our reported results and may even affect our reporting of transactions completed before a change is announced.  Accounting policies affecting our business, including rules relating to fair value accounting, revenue recognition, share-based payments and financial instruments have recently been revised or are under review.  The SEC has announced that they will issue a proposed a roadmap regarding the potential use of financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS“). IFRS is a comprehensive series of accounting standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board. Under the proposed roadmap, we could be required in 2014 to prepare financial statements in accordance with IFRS, and the SEC will make a determination in 2011 regarding the mandatory adoption of IFRS.  Required changes in our application of accounting pronouncements could cause changes in our reported results of operations and our financial condition.

 
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If we fail to adequately monitor and minimize our use of existing cash, we may need additional capital to fund continued operations beyond the next 12 months.

We used $8.0 million of cash from operating activities during the six months ended June 30, 2010, and we have historically experienced annual cash shortfalls. Unless we monitor and minimize the level of use of our existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, we may require additional capital to fund continued operations beyond the next 12 months.  In addition, our existing marketable securities may not provide us with adequate liquidity when needed.  While we believe we will not require additional capital to fund continued operations for the next 12 months, we may require additional funding within this time frame, and this additional funding, if needed, may not be available on terms acceptable to us, or at all. A slowdown in online advertising and/or E-commerce spending, a change in our third-party contract-fulfillment provider, as well as other factors that may arise, could affect our future capital requirements and the adequacy of our available funds. As a result, we may be required to raise additional funds through private or public financing facilities, strategic relationships or other arrangements. Any additional equity financing would likely be dilutive to our stockholders. Debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants on our operations and financial condition. Our inability to raise capital when needed could seriously harm our business.

We have a history of losses and may incur net losses in the foreseeable future. Failure to attain consistent profitability may materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stock and our ability to raise capital and continue operations.

We generated a net loss of $5.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2010, and we have an accumulated deficit of $755.6 million as of June 30, 2010.  Additionally, we may incur net losses in the future.  Failure to attain profitability on a sustained basis may materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stock and our ability to raise capital and continue operations beyond the next 12 months.

Risks Related To Competition

Our competition is intense.  Our failure to compete successfully could adversely affect our revenue and financial results.

The market for Internet content and services is intensely competitive and rapidly evolving. It is not difficult to enter this market and current and new competitors can launch new Internet sites at relatively low cost.  We compete with various media businesses for advertising revenue, including newspaper, radio, magazine and Internet media companies.

We derive a significant portion of our revenue from E-commerce, for which we compete with other E-commerce companies as well as traditional brick and mortar retailers. Increases in shipping costs or the taxation of Internet commerce may make our products uncompetitive when compared with traditional “brick and mortar” retailers. We may fail to compete successfully with current or future competitors. Moreover, increased competition could result in price reductions, reduced margins or loss of market share, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our future revenue and financial results. If we do not compete successfully for new users and advertisers, our financial results may be materially and adversely affected.

Risks Related To Intellectual Property

We are vulnerable to claims that our web properties infringe third-party intellectual property rights.  Any resulting claims against us could be costly to defend or subject us to significant damages.

We expect that our web properties will increasingly be subject to infringement claims as the number of competitors in our industry segment grows and the functionality of web properties in different Internet industry segments overlap. The scope of United States patent protection for software is not well defined and will evolve as the United States Patent and Trademark Office grants additional patents. Because patent applications in the United States are not publicly disclosed until the patent is issued, applications may have been filed that would relate to our products.  In addition, we may receive patent infringement claims as companies increasingly seek to patent their software. Our developers may fail to perform patent searches and may therefore unwittingly infringe on third-party patent rights. We cannot prevent current or future patent holders or other owners of intellectual property from suing us and others seeking monetary damages or an injunction against our web offerings.  A patent holder may deny us a license or force us to pay royalties. In either event, our operating results could be seriously harmed. In addition, employees hired from competitors might utilize proprietary and trade secret information from their former employers without our knowledge, even though our employment agreements and policies clearly prohibit such practices.

 
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Any litigation regarding our intellectual property, with or without merit, could be costly and time consuming to defend, divert the attention of our management and key personnel from our business operations and cause interruption in our web offerings. Claims of intellectual property infringement may require us to enter into royalty and licensing agreements that may not be available on terms acceptable to us, or at all. In addition, parties making claims against us may be able to obtain injunctive or other equitable relief that could effectively block our ability to offer one or more of our web sites, or services thereon in the United States and abroad and could result in an award of substantial damages against us. Defense of any lawsuit or failure to obtain any required license could delay release of our products and increase our costs. If a successful claim is made against us and we fail to develop or license a substitute technology, our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows could be immediately and materially adversely affected.

If we fail to adequately protect our intellectual property rights, competitors may use our technology and trademarks, which could weaken our competitive position, reduce our revenue, and increase our costs.

We rely on a combination of copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, employee and third-party nondisclosure agreements, and other arrangements to protect our proprietary rights. Despite these precautions, it may be possible for unauthorized third parties to copy our web sites, or products and services offered thereon or obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary to create sites that compete against ours. Some license provisions protecting against unauthorized use, copying, transfer, and disclosure of our licensed programs may be unenforceable under the laws of certain jurisdictions and foreign countries.

In addition, the laws of some countries do not protect proprietary rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States. To the extent that we increase our international activities, our exposure to unauthorized copying and use of our web properties and proprietary information will increase.

Our collection of trademarks is important to our business. The protective steps we take or have taken may be inadequate to deter misappropriation of our trademark rights. We have filed applications for registration of and registered some of our trademarks in the United States and internationally. Effective trademark protection may not be available in every country in which we offer or intend to offer our products and services. Failure to protect our trademark rights adequately could damage our brand identity and impair our ability to compete effectively. Furthermore, defending or enforcing our trademark rights could result in the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources.

Our success depends significantly upon our proprietary technology and information. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary technology and information, it may be possible for unauthorized third parties to copy certain portions of our offerings or to reverse engineer or otherwise obtain and use our proprietary technology or information. In our E-commerce business, we periodically discover products that are counterfeit reproductions of our products or designs, or that otherwise infringe our intellectual property rights.  The actions we take to establish and protect our intellectual property rights may not be adequate to prevent imitation of our offerings by others or prevent others from seeking to block sales of our offerings as violations of proprietary rights. Existing copyright laws afford only limited protection, and the laws of certain foreign countries may not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as do United States laws. Litigation may be necessary to protect our proprietary technology and information. Such litigation may be costly and time-consuming and if we are unsuccessful in challenging a party on the basis of intellectual property infringement, our sales and intellectual property rights could adversely be affected and result in a shift of customer preference away from our offerings.

In addition, we cannot be certain that others will not develop substantially equivalent or superseding proprietary technology, or that equivalent offerings will not be marketed in competition with our offerings, thereby substantially reducing the value of our proprietary rights. Currently, we do not have any software, utility, or design patents and we cannot assure that we will develop proprietary offerings or technologies that are patentable, that any patent, if issued, would provide us with any competitive advantages or would not be challenged by third parties, or that the patents of others will not adversely affect our ability to do business.

Other Risks Related To Our Overall Business

We are exposed to risks associated with worldwide economic slowdowns and related uncertainties.

We are subject to macroeconomic fluctuations in the U.S. economy and elsewhere.  Concerns about consumer and investor confidence, volatile corporate profits and reduced capital spending, international conflicts, terrorist and military activity, civil unrest and pandemic illness could cause a slowdown in sales revenue. In addition, political and social turmoil related to international conflicts and terrorist acts may put further pressure on economic conditions in the United States and abroad.

 
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Recent macroeconomic issues involving the broader financial markets, including the housing and credit system and general liquidity issues in the securities markets, have negatively impacted the economy and may negatively affect our business.  In addition, weak economic conditions and declines in consumer spending and consumption may harm our operating results.  Purchases of our online advertising and E-commerce products are discretionary.  If the economic climate deteriorates, customers or potential customers could delay, reduce or forego their purchases of our products and services, which could impact our business in a number of ways, including lower prices for our products and services and reduced or delayed sales.  There could be a number of follow-on effects from the current financial crisis on our business, including insolvency of key suppliers resulting in product delays; delays in customer payments of outstanding accounts receivable and/or customer insolvencies; counterparty failures negatively impacting our operations; and increased expense or inability to obtain future financing.

If the negative macroeconomic conditions persist, or if the economy enters a prolonged period of decelerating growth, our results of operations may be harmed.

We may be subject to claims as a result of information published on, posted on or accessible from our Internet sites, which could be costly to defend and subject us to significant damage claims.

We may be subject to claims of defamation, negligence, copyright or trademark infringement (including contributory infringement) or other claims relating to the information contained on our Internet sites, whether written by third parties or us.

Claims of defamation have been brought against online services in the past and can be costly to defend regardless of the merit of the lawsuit.  Although federal legislation protects online services from some claims when third parties write the material, this protection is limited.  Furthermore, the law in this area remains in flux and varies from state to state. We receive notification from time to time of potential claims, but have not been named as a party to litigation involving such claims. While no formal defamation complaints have been filed against us to date, our business could be seriously harmed if one were asserted.

Claims of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights are common among Internet, media and technology companies because such companies often own large numbers of patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets.  Such claims often result in litigation, which is time consuming and can be costly to litigate, regardless of the merits of the claim or the eventual outcome of the claim.  In addition, any time one of our online services links to or hosts material in which others allegedly own copyrights, we face the risk of being sued for copyright infringement or related claims.  Because hosting of third party content comprises the majority of the online services that we offer, the risk of harm from such lawsuits could be substantial.  Intellectual property claims are often time-consuming and may also be expensive to litigate or settle.

In addition to substantial defense costs, to the extent claims against us are successful, we may have to pay substantial monetary damages or discontinue one or more of our services or practices that are found to be in violation of another party’s rights.  We may also acquire licenses or pay royalties in order to continue such practices, which may increase our operating expenses and have an adverse impact on our results of operations.

We may not detect weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting in a timely manner, or at all.

Pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we are required to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as well as our disclosure controls and procedures each fiscal year.  As of December 31, 2009 management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting and our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.  We will need to continue to evaluate, upgrade and enhance our internal controls.  Because of inherent limitations, our internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements, errors or omissions, and any projections of any evaluation of effectiveness of internal controls to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with our policies or procedures may deteriorate.  We cannot be certain in future periods that other control deficiencies that may constitute one or more “significant deficiencies” (as defined by the relevant auditing standards) or material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting will not be identified.  If we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, including any failure to implement or difficulty in implementing required or new or improved controls, our business and results of operations could be harmed, the results of operations we report could be subject to adjustments, we may not be able to provide reasonable assurance as to our financial results or the effectiveness of our internal controls and/or we may not be able to meet our reporting obligations.

 
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If we are unable to implement appropriate systems, procedures and controls, we may not be able to successfully offer our services and grow our business.

Our ability to successfully offer our services and grow our business requires an effective planning and management process. We periodically update our operations and financial systems, procedures and controls, however; we still rely on manual processes and procedures that may not scale commensurately with our business growth. Our systems will continue to require automation, modifications and improvements to respond to current and future changes in our business. If we cannot grow our businesses, and manage that growth effectively, or if we fail to implement in a timely manner appropriate internal systems, procedures, controls and necessary automation and improvements to these systems, our businesses will suffer.

If we lose key personnel or fail to integrate replacement personnel successfully, our ability to manage our business could be impaired.

Our future success depends upon the continued service of our key management, technical, sales, and other critical personnel.  Our officers and other key personnel are employees-at-will, and we cannot assure that we will be able to retain them.  Key personnel have left our company in the past and there likely will be additional departures of key personnel from time to time in the future.  The loss of any key employee could result in significant disruptions to our operations, including adversely affecting the timeliness of product releases, the successful implementation and completion of company initiatives, and the results of our operations.  Competition for these individuals is intense, and we may not be able to attract, assimilate or retain highly qualified personnel.  Competition for qualified personnel in our industry and the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as other geographic markets, in which we recruit, is intense.  In the Internet and high technology industries, qualified candidates often consider equity awards in compensation arrangements and fluctuations in our stock price may make it difficult to recruit, retain, and motivate employees.  In addition, the integration of replacement personnel could be time consuming, may cause additional disruptions to our operations, and may be unsuccessful.

Our stock price has been volatile historically and may continue to be volatile.

The trading price of our common stock has been and may continue to be subject to wide fluctuations. During the quarter ended June 30, 2010, the closing sale prices of our common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market ranged from $1.24 to $1.61 per share and the closing sale price on June 30, 2010, the last trading day of the quarter, was $1.24 per share. Our stock price may fluctuate in response to a number of events and factors, such as quarterly variations in operating results, announcements of technological innovations or new products and media properties by us or our competitors, changes in financial estimates and recommendations by securities analysts, the operating and stock price performance of other companies that investors may deem comparable to us, and news reports relating to trends in our markets or general economic conditions.

In addition, the stock market in general, and the market prices for Internet-related companies in particular, have experienced volatility that often has been unrelated to the operating performance of such companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations may adversely affect the price of our stock, regardless of our operating performance. Additionally, volatility or a lack of positive performance in our stock price may adversely affect our ability to retain key employees, all of whom have been granted stock options.

Sales of our common stock by a significant stockholder may cause the price of our common stock to decrease.

Several of our stockholders own significant portions of our common stock. If these stockholders were to sell substantial amounts of their holdings of our common stock, then the market price of our common stock could be negatively impacted. The effect of such sales, or of significant portions of our stock being offered or made available for sale, could result in strong downward pressure on our stock price.  Investors should be aware that they could experience significant short-term volatility in our stock if such stockholders decide to sell a substantial amount of their holdings of our common stock at once or within a short period of time.

 
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Our networks may be vulnerable to unauthorized persons accessing our systems, which could disrupt our operations and result in the theft of our proprietary information.

A party who is able to circumvent our security measures could misappropriate proprietary information or cause interruptions or malfunctions in our Internet operations. We may be required to expend significant capital and resources to protect against the threat of security breaches or to alleviate problems caused by breaches in security.

Increasing regulation of the Internet or imposition of sales and other taxes on products or services sold or distributed over the Internet could harm our business.

The E-commerce market on the Internet is relatively new and rapidly evolving. While this is an evolving area of the law in the United States and overseas, currently there are relatively few laws or regulations that directly apply to commerce on the Internet. Changes in laws or regulations governing the Internet and E-commerce, including, without limitation, those governing an individual’s privacy rights, pricing, content, encryption, security, acceptable payment methods and quality of products or services could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. Taxation of Internet commerce, or other charges imposed by government agencies or by private organizations, may also be imposed. Recently New York State has adopted legislation which attempts to impose sales tax collection and reporting obligation on Internet companies. Any of these regulations could have an adverse effect on our future sales and revenue growth.

Business disruptions could affect our future operating results.

Our operating results and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected in the event of a major earthquake, fire or other catastrophic event.  Our corporate headquarters and certain other critical business operations are located in California, near major earthquake faults.  A catastrophic event that results in the destruction of any of our critical business or information technology systems could severely affect our ability to conduct normal business operations and as a result our future operating results could be adversely affected.

System disruptions could adversely affect our future operating results.

Our ability to attract and maintain relationships with users, advertisers, merchants and strategic partners will depend on the satisfactory performance, reliability and availability of our Internet channels and network infrastructure. Our Internet advertising revenue relates directly to the number of advertisements delivered to our users. System interruptions or delays that result in the unavailability of Internet pages or slower response times for users would reduce the number of advertisements delivered to such users and reduce the attractiveness of our web properties to users, strategic partners and advertisers or reduce the number of impressions delivered and thereby reduce revenue. In the past year, all of our web properties have experienced unplanned service interruptions. We will continue to suffer future interruptions from time to time whether due to capacity constraints, natural disasters, telecommunications failures, other system failures, rolling blackouts, viruses, hacking or other events. System interruptions or slower response times could have a material adverse effect on our revenue and financial condition.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Items 2(a) and 2(b) are not applicable.

(c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table sets forth information regarding the Company’s purchases of its common stock during the three months ended June 30, 2010.

 
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Total Number of
Shares
Purchased
   
Average Price
Paid Per Share
 
Period
  (1)    
(1)
 
April 1, 2010 to April 30, 2010
    -     $ -  
May 1, 2010 to May 31, 2010
    -     $ -  
June 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010
    71,182     $ 1.38  
                 
Total
    71,182     $ 1.38  

(1)  Represent shares repurchased to satisfy tax withholding obligations arising on the vesting of shares of restricted stock.

Item 6. Exhibits
     
Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
31.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
31.2
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
32.1
  
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002.


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

GEEKNET, INC.
     
By:
/s/
SCOTT L. KAUFFMAN
   
Scott L. Kauffman
   
President and Chief Executive Officer
     
By:
/s/
 PATRICIA S. MORRIS
   
Patricia S. Morris
   
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date: August 4, 2010

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
     
Description
         
31.1
   
    
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
         
31.2
 
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
         
32.1
  
  
Certification Of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002.