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more about #valleywag more comments → SidAndFinancy: So many stoners getting the munchies for corn on the cob. #google more » PontiusPirate: Never trust a guy who has an aspiring male model on the payroll whose sole job is to troll blogs and post cut & paste comments about how awesome he (P... more » cmd: Mmmm. Always love an Intern Neel update. #wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto more » insidefb: I consider Mark a friend but he has lied to me on more than one occasion. more » Benny: Never heard of this guy, but this article has my agenda radar going berserk. His comments about that class hardly show him to be cynical about ethics... more » Bos'un's Mate: Pogue is a very good technology critic and observer, but a visionary? No. #davidpogue more » forwardmotion: In his defense: most graduate seminars in whatever subject that last 1-4 weeks are generally bullshit. #markpincus more » heartbreakturnip: In order: "Help me Howard" "Help me God" "Help me grow" "Help me Rhonda" #google more » heartbreakturnip: Many of these sound like the questions of lazy term paper writers. #google more » TheCaliDude: Try "Will she" and "Will he" for sad results. #google more » shostakobitch: Couldn't agree with you more. Another example of this is nuclear weapons. Sure a bunch of hippies thought they might "explode" and kill us all but n... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: When can we have the chip implant to put bright shiny images directly into our brains? And jetpacks? #television more » Claire Buoyant: I wonder if this is of any semantic significance: alter the "is it wrong/ethical" qeustion to "is it OK/okay", then Google reveals a bunch of suggesti... more » lostarchitect: The worst thing about this might be the Sesame Street characters tacitly approving these searches. #google more » Steverino Begins: In the future we'll not only be able to see who wrote these, but we'll then be able to click to watch a video of what happened to those people after t... more » -
#hackfights
Writers Brawl After Nerds Stop Brawling
You'd think tech bloggers would learn from the peacemaking founders of Skype, who just dropped lawsuits holding back the $2.8 billion sale of their former company. Instead the writers are calling one another inaccurate, spineless "toddlers." More » -
#shakeups
eBay Layoffs: Fewer Than 60, Company Says
eBay has quantified the layoffs we've been writing about, saying the online auction company's upcoming restructuring will "impact fewer than 60 positions," in the words of a spokesman, with details provided internally within the week. More » -
#rumormonger
eBay Layoffs Rumored for Thursday
eBay has already confirmed it is planning a round of layoffs. Now a company tipster tells us the internal reckoning is slated to come on Thursday. More » -
#shakeups
Layoffs Loom at eBay
Two weeks ago, eBay announced a restructuring. As any Silicon Valley trouper knows, that means layoffs will soon follow. And that, in fact, is what's happening. More » -
#businessmodels
How eBay Surrendered Its 'Religion'
Here's an extraordinary video of eBay CEO John Donahoe bragging about how the company has sidelined what was once a core competency: Online auctions. Why solve a hard business problem when you can run away from it? More » -
#nerdfight
Jealous Geeks in $2 Billion Wrestling Match Over Skype
How did a group of private investors snag Skype for $2 billion+ when big public corporations like Google were too scared to bid, thanks to lawsuits? With stolen computer nerd sorcery, allegedly. More » -
#wannabes
Meg Whitman To Silicon Valley: Drop Dead
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman wants to be California's next Governor. But, alas, she can't seem to find time for the good people of California and will be skipping an an upcoming event in Silicon Valley. Um, really?! More » -
#politics
Meg Whitman's Big Gay Jolt
We've always said Meg Whitman flip-flopping on gay rights would come back to haunt the former eBay CEO. And now, amid her campaign for California governor, it has. Whitman's reaction? Flip-flop again. More » -
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#foundonebay
GM Partners With EBay To Auction New Cars
We always hear complaints about the new car buying process being antiquated and "old n' busted." GM's apparently seeking to change that as it emerges from bankruptcy by partnering with eBay for new car auctions. [Jalopnik] -
#twitterati
The Twitterati Get Run Over by a Google Street View Car
No one can escape Google's roving eyes — not even the Twitterati! Pierre Omidyar, Ryan Block, John Byrne, and others used Twitter to rid themselves of whatever scraps of private dignity remained: More » -
#buybacks
How eBay Can Have $3 Billion in the Bank and Still Be Broke
Look at eBay's books and it wouldn't seem to have money problems. But it's running a garage, unloading would-be Digg competitor StumbleUpon, and hopes to sell Internet phone service Skype. Why? More » -
#politics
Meg Whitman's Business Plan to Become California Governor Makes No Sense
In a Fortune interview, billionaire former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, who hopes to be the next Republican governor of California, shows she has more money than sense, an excellent recipe for entering politics. More » -
#politics
Meg Whitman's Run for Governor Is About Jobs — Her Own
Gay-marriage-hating ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman is running for governor of California. First stop, the Today Show, where she talked about jobs, jobs, jobs. More » -
#megwhitman
Heavily Vaselined Ex-eBay CEO Running for California Governor
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, who did not even register as a Republican until 2007, has officially declared her intent to run for governor of California. More » -
#politics
Meg Whitman Now More Retired from eBay Than Ever
The famously frumpy former CEO of eBay, Meg Whitman, is veering closer to entering California's governor 2010 race, quitting the boards of Procter & Gamble, eBay, and Dreamworks Animation SKG. -
#lipdubs
Laid-off eBayers get goodbye video all wrong
When a tipster told me that workers at eBay France had created a lip-dub video, my hopes were high. But I should never have expected great things from eBay. -
#meltdowns
Facebook employee unloads company gear on eBay
Times are tough at what was Silicon Valley's hottest startup last year. So tough that one Facebooker is auctioning off a company-issued Jack Spade laptop bag. -
#politics
Meg Whitman, homophobe
With her unofficial bid to be California's governor, Meg Whitman, the billionaire former CEO of eBay, is leaning hard to the right. Her support of a gay marriage ban could doom her campaign. -
#megwhitman
Why eBay's star CEO isn't famous enough for politics
After making billions of dollars by changing the world, tech moguls start dreaming of ruling it. But the political career of former eBay CEO Meg Whitman seems stillborn. Why? She's just not a household name.




