For this week’s Engadget Interview, veteran journalist J.D. Lasica bumped into Paul Griffin, CEO of Griffin Technology, at the Portable Media Expo and Podcasting Conference in Ontario, Calif., on Friday. The self-effacing Griffin discusses the panoply of products his company puts out for gadget lovers, Apple’s dominance in the portable music market, and what’s ahead for Griffin in the peripherals space.

Interview: Paul Griffin, CEO/founder of Griffin Technology

EchoStar Communications Corp., the second-largest U.S. satellite-television provider, said a 125- person town in Texas changed its name to DISH, the company's stock ticker, in exchange for free TV services.
Clark, Texas, legally changed its name to DISH yesterday at a city council meeting, Mayor Bill Merritt said at a press conference today. EchoStar in August made the offer of free programming for 10 years to a U.S. municipality willing to rename itself.

EchoStar Gets Town to Change Name to Its Ticker: DISH

Mexico has imposed anti-monopoly fines of about $68 million against a Coca-Cola Co. subsidiary and dozens of distributors and bottlers, largely due to a three-year battle waged by one woman who got tired of being told what to sell at her one-room store in an impoverished Mexico City neighborhood.

Mexico Shop Owner, Coca-Cola Unit Clash