Notes to self: Get the Wag on the Plex

• Still need a Google Press Day invitation.
• Dear fans of Snacky or Flacky contestants who are e-mailing said contestants to ask them out: They thank you, warily, for your affection. If they don't reply, it's because they're very busy and important.
• Granted, some of them are actively campaigning for votes. But hey, being up against Nathan Tyler drives men to desperate measures.
• Spam King Alan Ralsky wasn't arrested, but he did disappear. Where's Ralsky?
• As always, tips are welcome — especially tech-celebrity sightings, overheard one-liners, and dumb press items. Send to tips@valleywag.com.

Spam King probably not arrested

It's dead, Jim. Several reporters and spam fighters have checked on the Alan Ralsky story and told me it's false. The FBI's Detroit field office told one journalist that the Spam King was not arrested or held, is not in custody, and has not been indicted. More »

Is the Spam King on the loose?

Did megaspammer Alan Ralsky (pictured) post bail? Did the Feds let him off easy? Or is the whole story a hacker-seeded hoax? Reader "Max Devlin" checked in on the Spam King: More »

DOJ goes nuts when hackers ruin its "squeeze the Spam King" plan

It's not in the papers yet — damn those lead times — but a media frenzy is frothing around the fresh meat of the Spam King's arrest. (The backstory: Alan Ralsky, pictured, is in the DOJ's hands, and they're grilling him for info on other hackers and spammers in a plea-bargain session.) Ralsky's quickly becoming a useless pressure point for the DOJ as reporters blow up the story, alerting everyone in the spam and hacking world and sending them scuttling out of sight. Major media contact for the hacker community, MemeHacker, sends this chat log from a conversation with another hacker: More »

Scoop: DOJ jails Spam King! Alan Ralsky might rat out a massive hacker / spammer network

Local hacker "Memehacker" IMed in with a scoop on Alan Ralsky, the famed "Spam King" covered by the Observer and the Detroit News. Here's the breaking story: More »