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A Message To Rudy: Someone hacked into The Devil's Google account because he uses No. 12. more »
Magicant: No "swordfish" on the list. The Marx Brothers weep. more »
Magister: Why would or should Twitter care, if someone could easily hack into your twitter account. I admit that I only use Twitter relatively sparingly, but o... more »
econdave: abc123 Tito is bumming. more »
DennyCrane: No. 22 (abgrtyu) seems sort of difficult, no? I'm sort of surprised. more »
badasscat: Wow, there are a lot more fans of the film Victor/Victoria out there than I thought. more »
homoviper: 40 & 41 are the same: asdfgh so bad they had to ban it twice? more »
OMG! Ponies!: Thank goodness they didn't ban "Sugartits". I've been using that for all my accounts. more »
kremlin-king: Can someone explain the difference between #19 and #20 I've stared at it for a while and can't figure it out. more »
Jacques-SweatyTechnique-Paysan: nice to see that "Pencil" still remains secure as ever. more »
dumanue: ncc1701? is that a startrek referenced password? more »
shostakobitch: I didn't see "8=====D" on that list. more »
snugbug: The best password I ever came up with is a Charles Bukowski quote. No way any password-cracking bot can figure out how to combine words like that. I h... more »
lobstr: Pointless to have a list when they can just encode the backend to bounce back any PW that is not alphanumeric. That would solve the problem. Oh, twi... more »
Brian Moylan: Both "iloveyou" and "lovers" are on the list. What is Carrie Bradshaw to do! more »
Botswana Meat Commission FC: 171. Jenkem more »
Smitros: But not Rockwell? Hm. more »
ethanhein: more »
Uncle_Billy_Slumming: The very list they used to crack the GSM encryption! more »
BlowJoy: #216 and #217 means people just really love monkeys. more »

#shutuptwitter

The 370 Dumbest Passwords, as Compiled by Twitter
Twitter appears to have learned from its security scare earlier this year and seems to be taking password security more seriously than most Internet services. More »
#dealsgonewild

Did Yelp's Star Banker George Boutros Just Screw Up The Google Deal?
There's some amusing finger-pointing going on in the aftermath of the Google-Yelp affair (which, like any affair, may just be in remission). More »
#valleywag
Local review repository Yelp walked away from Google's $550 million acquisition offer this weekend. [TechCrunch]
#twitterati

Preparing for the Worst
Chris Lehmann went shopping for end-times food with end-times people; Kevin Smith prepped his readers for more ass talk; and Evan Williams tried to adjust your movie expectations. The Twitterati braced. More »
#printisdead

Esquire's iPhone Issue Ruined by Lack of Fantasy Product
After watching make-believe demos of hypothetical e-magazines running on unreleased tablet computers, it's hard to get excited by Esquire's new iPhone app, running on a puny, non-magaziney screen. At least v2 could be ported to the Apple Tablet!
#rumormonger

How Google CEO's 'Ex' Girlfriend Keeps Tabs on Him
Eric Schmidt's rekindled relationship with sometime girlfriend Marcy Simon may be heading into another season: After a summer of hanging out and an autumn jet ride, they've been spotted again this winter. And Simon's keeping a close eye on Schmidt. More »
#yourprivacyisanillustion

Making Facebook Pay
Facebook doubtlessly hoped forcing open user profiles would help the social network compete more profitably with open systems like Twitter. But there could well be a multi-million-dollar price to pay for the aggressive change, particularly if Facebook broke the law. More »
#publicrelations

Google Attempting to Swallow Trashy-Tasting Yelp
Google is more likely than not to buy Yelp, say news reports. Which raises one glaringly obvious question: Will Google exacerbate or correct the local review site's worst tendencies, which have brought extortion allegations, porny bacchanals and physical violence? More »
#shutuptwitter

Twittered Toddler Death Immediately Converted into Flame War
Shellie Ross lost her two-year-old child when he drowned in the family swimming pool. She tweeted about the incident, hoping for emotional support. How do you think that went? More »
#twitterati

Martha Stewart's Obscene Nog Bowl Drowns Slurring Twitterati
Martha Stewart prepared for a shocking quantity of egg nog; Lindsay Lohan got into a race thing; and Sara Gilbert reveled in old media. The Twitterati overindulged on tradition. More »
#commenters

The Internet's Candidate for California Governor Wars with the Internet
Meg Whitman would like to be governor of California, but the former eBay CEO should demonstrate she can govern her own website first: The commenters on MegWhitman.com are in open revolt. It's brutal. More »
#celebrityscience

Why Tiger Woods Is the First Internet-Scale Scandal
After three relentless weeks, the Tiger Woods scandal looks infinite. (The disgraces continue as we speak.) That's hardly because Woods' philandering was unprecedented. No, it was just perfect for internet exploitation. More »
#rumormonger

More on Meg Whitman's Fratty Princeton Son
A defacto bodyguard lived at Princeton with Griff Harsh to assuage the kidnapping fears of his mom, California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, according to a longtime Gawker commenter close to the university. And the rich kid's suspension? Probably academic. More »
#shutuptwitter

How a Fake Twitter Death Report Tragically Came True
Last night on Twitter, someone impersonating a newspaper writer falsely reported the death of football player Chris Henry. Henry died about 12 hours later, according to news reports, finally making one of Twitter's many fake stories come true. More »
#richkids

Why Did Meg Whitman's Son Get Suspended from Princeton?
California gubernatorial candidate and tempestuous eBay billionaire Meg Whitman doesn't use her kids on the trail. Is it because she respects her Ivy League sons' privacy, or because at least one of them is a liability? More »
#twitterati

Stabby Twitterati Dance on Graves
MC Hammer pumped up a Silicon Valley rap battle; Nick Denton mocked a laid off New York Timesman; and a Fox Newser lashed out at the "hippies." The Twitterati love a fight. More »
#yourprivacyisanillusion

The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
While covering Facebook's systematic elimination of privacy, we've been deluged with questions from readers asking how to restore certain Facebook privacy protections. Sadly, many such settings appear to be lost forever. Here are the most glaring examples. More »
#cubicleculture

'Evil Meg' Feud Shows Why You Should Never Badmouth Your Boss, to Anyone
Meg Whitman would love to be California's next governor, but now she has to deal with chatter she was called "Evil Meg" by eBay underlings. All it took to sidetrack her campaign was a purportedly chatty staffer and a lawsuit. More »
#worldofwarcraft

Battlefield iPhones to Run Facebook of War
Raytheon made an iPhone app for mapping units a combat zone, and for new types of communication, like "friending" other tanks. It'll presumably sell for, like, $50,000 in Apple's military app store, and still earn less than iFart. (Pic)
#layoffs

The French Resistance to Yahoo's Cost-Cutting CEO
Carol Bartz's lacerating eccentricity may captivate Silicon Valley, where she's cutting costs left and right. Not so in Europe: When Yahoo tried to shut down operations in France, workers made this surreal, defiant video. And went on strike, naturally. More »