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Two dead in synchronized bomb blasts in Bangalore

Paul Boutin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:20:00 EDT

In Bangalore, India's high-tech capital, two people have been killed and at least nine injured in sychronized bomb blasts. A police commissioner told the AP that the seven grenade-like blasts occurred within minutes of each other across the city. Bangalore is home to several U.S. tech companies' Indian offices, as well as outsourcing firms which do business with the U.S. (Photo by The Hindu)

Silicon Valley riots: a timeline

ndouglas — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:14:36 EDT

Microsoft's Bangalore office was stoned yesterday (not the fun "hey guys, hey guys, let's make ads with dinosaur heads and then grab some munchies" way but the "oh shit they're throwing pieces of the landscape at us" way) when the city broke into riots. A Bangalore-born actor's death sparked pandemonium in the streets. But before saying "That's what you get for globalizing," remember the many riots that rocked Silicon Valley in the past century:

1944: Larry Ellison born of a virgin in Bethlehem.
1985: Steve Jobs kicked out of Apple. Men on fire walk the streets; thunder and lightning strike.
1997: Internet Explorer for Mac burned in effigy.
1999: Pre-Y2K venture capitalist riots carry on for weeks, with no one able to stop the grotesquely overpowered bodies of "young buck" VCs fresh out of the business-school gym.
2003: Steve Ballmer, on vacation in San Jose, snaps in the middle of the street and causes $3 billion in damage before riot police can contain him.
2006: The great Web 2.0 gang wars. Blackberry users shot in "Treo country."

Remainders: Oh hell, she can probably recite poetry in German

ndouglas — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 23:38:18 EDT

¬ Having blogged that Facebook should take the $750 mil and run, dot-com expert John Battelle backtracks when the Harvard Crimson calls. The key to looking prescient: always have two contradictory opinions to point back to. [Harvard Crimson]
¬ Marissa Mayer gets interviewed — in German (or translated, at least). Philipp Lenssen of Google Blogoscoped translates the highlights. Says Google's VP of search: "Nobody ever writes about how we constantly improve our ranking system!" Because it'd be such a riveting story! [Google Blogoscoped]
¬ Kansas City is the new Silicon Valley. [MSNBC]
¬ Wait, Bangalore is the new Silicon Valley. [DNA India]
¬ New York Times Valley correspondent John Markoff (pictured somewhere up there) reads Valleywag. I hope he's commenting as "openwag". [POP! PR Jots]
¬ Things MC Hammer says in his guest post the Google Video Blog: "He [his character in a music video] is willing to do 'all tricks' if she 'speaks it from her lips.' This willingness is possible only if he gets to know her. He seeks commitment, romance and sensitivity." Things Hammer says in the video: "Girl, I need to know your name." Now that is commitment. [Google Video Blog]