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      view feed content Cyber Monday crashes an online-shopping tradition [E-commerce] (Valleywag)   2 h, 14 min and 56 secs ago
As white-collar workers return desultorily to their desk jobs, they waste time by shopping online. To capitalize on this, a group of online retailers invented "Cyber Monday," a day of Internet...
[e-commerce CompUSA Cyber Monday Gap Home Depot Victoria's Secret ]
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      view feed content We can't even afford chicken feed [Meltdowns] (Valleywag)   2 h, 34 min and 56 secs ago
The recession has an upside, right? As consumers cut back, austerity trend pieces told us chicken was supposed to supplant beef as what's for dinner. But Pilgrim's Pride, the large poultry producer,...
[meltdowns Bankruptcy Layoffs pilgrim's pride ]
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      view feed content Why Facebook wants to spam your News Feed [Social Networks] (Valleywag)   3 h, 34 min and 56 secs ago
Social networks have a lifecycle: They start with a small core of early adopters, swell as mainstream users get pulled in by their friends, and then see growth taper off as people get turned off by...
[Social Networks Elliot Schrage Facebook facebook applications facebook apps Facebook Connect Feature Mark Zuckerberg online advertising Top ]
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      view feed content Go forth and network [Valleywag Calendar] (Valleywag)   5 h, 4 min and 56 secs ago
Now that the calendar is walking out of your life, here is a quick and dirty guide to how you can stay up to date on tech: Gary's Guide: This is by far my favorite. It's not only easy to navigate,...
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      view feed content On Mumbai tragedy, Twitter proves useful in its uselessness [We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To] (Valleywag)   3 d, 1 h and 16 min ago
Can't stand CNN? Don't want to keep Googling for news? Pop open a browser window and leave a Twitter search for "mumbai" running. People are posting photo links and group-sulking, rather than the...
[We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To Mumbai ]
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      view feed content Mahalo motormouth to launch mystery product in December [Jason Calacanis] (Valleywag)   3 d, 2 h and 21 min ago
I'm taking guesses now. What's "Project A," the seekrit product being talked up by Mahalo founder Jason Calacanis on his private mailing list? A recap of recent events: He launched a human-powered...
[Jason Calacanis mahalo ]
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      view feed content Sometimes atoms are better than bits [Quotable] (Valleywag)   3 d, 2 h and 26 min ago
"If you've ever tried to download a dildo, it probably didn't take you long to realize the futility of the task." — AVN blogger Tom Johansmeyer, on the resilience of sex toys and strip clubs to...
[Quotable sex trade ]
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      view feed content Icahn buys more Yahoo shares, considers H-P exec for CEO gig [Yahoo] (Valleywag)   3 d, 2 h and 59 min ago
Jerry Yang's least favorite investor bought nearly seven million more shares of YHOO. BoomTown reporter Kara Swisher did my homework for me again: Todd Bradley, head of H-P's $28 billion Personal...
[Yahoo Appic Carl Icahn Hp todd bradley ]
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      view feed content Woman who hoaxed suicidal teen found guilty of three misdemeanors [MySpace Suicide] (Valleywag)   4 d and 22 h ago
Lori Drew (right), the 49-year-old Missouri mom who posed as a 16-year-old boy on MySpace, has been convicted of three misdemeanors, but no felonies, in the death of 13-year-old Megan Meier — a...
[MySpace Suicide Appic Meghan Meier ]
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      view feed content Which founders frolicked in Cancun while you cleaned out your desk? [Summit Series] (Valleywag)   5 d and 2 h ago
Last weekend, around 60 entrepreneurs under age 35 flew to Cancun for a retreat informally dubbed Summit Series. CNET reporter Caroline McCarthy was one of the press attendees who agreed not to name...
[Summit Series Camp Cyprus Leaks ]
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      view feed content Is the Demo conference still worth $18,500? [Conferences] (Valleywag)   5 d and 3 h ago
For nearly twenty years, the Demo conference has been considered the place to be for tech startups seeking attention for their new products. Instead of speeches, companies are required to give live...
[Conferences chris shipley Demo ]
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      view feed content It's Wall Street Journal official: we're all gonna die [Meltdowns] (Valleywag)   5 d and 3 h ago
What little hope I had was crushed by the WSJ this morning. Under the non-alarmist headline, "Tech Shares May Fall Further," the Journal lists every single reason the tech industry is screwed. If you...
[meltdowns Wall Street Journal ]
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      view feed content New York Times lays off "Shifting Careers" columnist [Death Of Print] (Valleywag)   5 d and 3 h ago
Marci Albother has written the Times' Shifting Careers column since 2007. Yesterday, the NYT allowed her to explain that she's become the newspaper's latest job cut. I was going to 100-word her long...
[death of print Marci Alboher New York Times ]
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      view feed content If only Yahoo would listen to Kara Swisher, she might stop emailing me [Yahoo] (Valleywag)   5 d and 21 h ago
"Yahoo striking a Microsoft search deal first makes more sense" than closing a merger with AOL, writes overproductive BoomTown blogger Kara Swisher. Tracking the complicated, self-conflicting...
[Yahoo AOL Kara Swisher ]
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      view feed content It's New York Times official: e-commerce has shrunk [Meltdowns] (Valleywag)   5 d and 21 h ago
Brad Stone blogged the bad news: "During the first 23 days of November, according to a report to be released later on Tuesday by the research firm comScore, consumers spent $8.19 billion online, a 4...
[meltdowns comscore New York Times ]
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      view feed content You too can be a Crunchies Co-Host for $25,000 [Leaks] (Valleywag)   5 d and 22 h ago
"Sure the economy is kicking the crap out of us," says the website for this years Crunchies awards for Web 2.0 startups, overseen by TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington. But don't let that stop you...
[Leaks Techcrunch ]
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      view feed content Facebook loses its members' email settings [Tim The IT Guy] (Valleywag)   5 d and 22 h ago
It's on an O'Reilly blog, so it must be true: Facebook has lost some users' email settings. The company had to send them an apology, and a request to reset things. Let me explain in sysadmin jargon:...
[Tim the IT Guy Facebook ]
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      view feed content Zune-phone rumor refuses to die [Rumormonger] (Valleywag)   5 d and 23 h ago
The Inquirer is convinced that Microsoft will launch a Microsoft-branded Zune phone in February. Not some other brand's phone running Windows, but an actually iPhone-wannabe Microsoft Zune phone. The...
[rumormonger Microsoft Zune ]
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      view feed content Technology Review editor still playing the might-be-gay angle [Jason Pontin] (Valleywag)   6 d and 1 h ago
Jason Pontin just invited me to participate in a Facebook event called Vestival, which consists simply of everyone wearing a sweater vest on December 5th. Jason, Jason, Jason, first it was the...
[Jason Pontin ]
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      view feed content Apple analyst gossip rollup [Rumormonger] (Valleywag)   6 d and 1 h ago
How to fill a slow holiday week for gossip about the Only Brand That Matters? Analyst firm Piper Jaffray has the cure: 12 unanswered questions about everything from Chinese iPhones (next year for...
[rumormonger Apple ]
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      view feed content User Groups say to heck with the holidays [Valleywag Calendar] (Valleywag)   6 d and 1 h ago
It's not such a bad thing that Valleywag Calendar will be gone after this week. The scarcity of upcoming events in the Valley means you'll have time to devote to the real things that matter this...
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      view feed content eBay traffic gradually falling [Meltdowns] (Valleywag)   6 d and 2 h ago
I could spend all day unspinning Henry Blodget's hyperbolic headlines. "eBay Traffic Plummeting" actually means "eBay traffic gradually declining." Unique visitors for October were off 10 percent...
[meltdowns eBay ]
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      view feed content Leah Culver has been wronged, totally wronged! [We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To] (Valleywag)   6 d and 2 h ago
Pownce cutie-in-chief Leah Culver gets a lot of hate from Valley boys. Guys, don't hate her because she's beautiful. Love her because she suffers, just like you. First at the hands of a cheating man,...
[We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To leah culver Pownce ]
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      view feed content Henry Blodget wants you to think Eric Schmidt will quit [Rumormonger] (Valleywag)   6 d and 3 h ago
Two weeks after Valleywag stopped believing that President-for-Change Obama might steal Eric Schmidt from Google, Silicon Alley Insider editor Henry Blodget has weighed in with the same speculation....
[rumormonger Eric Schmidt Google ]
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      view feed content Bill Gates in Sweden for dirty old man Simonyi's wedding [Geek Love] (Valleywag)   6 d and 22 h ago
Microsoft billionaire Charles Simonyi sure likes to live large. He's a space tourist! He dates Martha Stewart! No wait, 60-year-old Simonyi is now marrying 28-year-old Swedish socialite Lisa...

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      view feed content Can you really rent-a-coder? [Tim The IT Guy] (Valleywag)   6 d and 23 h ago
Electronic Arts recently shut down Blueprint, a strategic project to enable the company to develop more software without onsite programmers. Coding Horror blogger Jeff Atwood is a professional...
[Tim the IT Guy Coding Horror Electronic Arts Jeff Atwood ]
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      view feed content Google to lay off 10,000? [Rumormonger] (Valleywag)   6 d and 23 h ago
"Up to 10,000 jobs could be on the chopping block according to sources," writes Daya Baran. Can I just say it? No. Google will not dump 10,000 of its roughly 30,000 workforce. "Sources" are wrong,...
[rumormonger Google Layoffs toogle many googlers ]
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      view feed content Twitter ad system lets you shill automatically [We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To] (Valleywag)   7 d and 0 h ago
One reason a lot of Twitterholics love Twitter is that there are no advertisements to interrupt the first-person human communication. Now TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington has found a German...
[We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To be-a-magpie Michael Arrington Techcrunch ]
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      view feed content This from-the-archives Hugh MacLeod comic ... [Distractions] (Valleywag)   7 d and 0 h ago
This from-the-archives Hugh MacLeod comic pulled 1,181 diggs this morning. Timeless, Hugh, timeless.
[Distractions Hugh Macleod ]
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      view feed content The state of blogging [Distractions] (Valleywag)   7 d and 0 h ago
This from-the-archives Hugh MacLeod comic pulled 1,181 diggs this morning. Timeless, Hugh, timeless.
[Distractions Hugh Macleod ]
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