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RollsRoyceRevenge: I tried to give a flying fuck what any of these imbeciles thought, said or did, and couldn't. I'll try again later with a rat's ass. more »

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PontiusPirate: Maybe they just walked out because they realized "fuck, what am I doing at a Twitter seminar when there are rock bands playing right down the street." more »

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#fameballs

Oracle President's Bizarre Personal Billboards: Ellison Envy?

Those "Charles & YaVaughnie" billboards around New York belong to the co-president of software company Oracle, Charles Phillips. Did living in the shadow of Oracle's high-profile CEO Larry Ellison leave Phillips hungry for attention? More »

#surrealestate

San Francisco Braces for Gen. Tom Cruise to Move In (And Perhaps Lead Scientology Offensive)

There's a rumor circulating in the San Francisco press and real estate community: Tom Cruise just bought an $18 million mansion in town. An overgrown pied-à-terre wouldn't be too terrifying — except for that local Scientology expansion drive. More »

#therich

Larry Ellison Struts His Wealth Before Peons

Oracle laid off hundreds of employees this year, and is expected to lay off thousands more. But that won't keep the business software company's CEO from taunting workers about his yacht. Don't you wish you had one, you broke-ass poor? More »

#videuhoh

Watch Larry Ellison Flip Out At His Own Idea

Larry Ellison threw a fantastic tantrum against the mindless cult of "Cloud Computing," a fascination of "nitwit" Silicon Valley investors, as Ellison calls them. But the Oracle CEO was himself once a "nitwit." Just look: More »

#badvertising

Larry Ellison Fined for Not Bothering With the Facts

We took flak earlier this month for saying Oracle appeared to be, yet again, making wild advertising claims without any evidence. The business software company was just fined over those claims, since —go figure — it had no evidence. More »

#therich

Elephant Mutilates Software Mogul

There is a certain type of accident that really only happens to rich guys, and the founder of Siebel Systems just had one: Gored by an elephant while on photo safari in the Serengeti, he now needs reconstructive surgery. More »

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