Valleywag is Gawker's column from Silicon Valley. Edited by Ryan Tate, it carries technology and internet gossip — the news too scurrilous and juicy for the industry's trade rags.
Accidental Billionaire: Priscilla is evidence of misappropriation of Facebook's VC funds in my opinion. She's given a job by his sugar daddy and a temporary work visa? Yeah I... more »
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panpaniscus: Okay, so maybe this is totally inappropriate, uncalled for and non-PC, but . . . from personal accounts, why does it seem that "nerdy" guys often tend... more »
twinklewondrkid: Cries of hypocrisy are easily trumped buy how hilarious I think this is. Yes I am on facebook and yes, I have had to fight to keep the site from feel... more »
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Former eBay CEO and wannabe California Governor Meg Whitman is known to have some, uh, anger issues. And now The New York Times says "Evil Meg" got physical with one employee in 2007, shoving her over... a Second Life interview?
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A tipster reports that Linden Lab, the maker of virtual world Second Life, is laying off its business-development department, which had cultivated ties with software makers. The move affects "9 or 10" employees," he says. A wise move, if tardy: Don't you need to have a business worth developing before hiring someone in business development?
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