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Adrian Chen: I wonder how long it took Nouriel Roubini to detag himself from all those pictures. more »

Freddie DeBoer: So the ice sculpture is of a naked pregnant woman, right? more »

GlasgowRose: 1:14pm Google's big social announcement scheduled for 1pm ET hasn't started, apparently delayed "by traffic" -- as in surge in Web traffic, or lunch-h... more »

GlasgowRose: Assume Ryan's all over this [www.businessinsider.com] #tips #valleywag more »

pony_express: Isn't it considered declasse to announce the net worth of your fellow revelers? more »

Z und Vielpunkt's chick: Now we know who's been Googling "Can a human get a dog pregnant?" [gawker.com] more »

Michael Murdock: Well let's see: Murray's a fucking idiot. You don't go to an invite only event to view a new piece of technology from Apple and then tweet on somethin... more »

GlasgowRose: Is Orkut (I could type that name all day) wearing sanctioned clothing from the inaugural Google fashion collectoin in that last pic? [www.huffingtonp... more »

GlasgowRose: Hold the iPhone: I've been following @lindsayism and it isn't LiLo? #tweetcheat more »

tigolbitties: damn steve jobs' shoes could be on fire and his pants wouldn't know it! more »

#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 »

#holidaze

The Year End Party Is Over for Yahoo, We're Told

We hear Yahoo is canceling its annual "Year End Party" for 2009. That's quite a change for a company that last year held three company parties and additional bashes at the departmental level, amid layoffs. More »

#cubicleculture

We're Firing! Then, 'We're Hiring!'

People appreciate of corporate flexibility in a recession. Fire people, hire them back, God bless you. But keep firing and hiring in an endless cycle, and people are liable to think you're as sadistic as Yahoo. More »

#failure