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    twig: The NSA has a long history in advising to non-government security standards. Schneier's "Applied Cryptography" notes that several of the fundamental ... more »
    CODiva: Clearly there are more effective ways to communicate with your staff, but few could be more entertaining than this --- except if you happen to work fo... more »
    lobstr: All it takes is to send this guy's email address to a Scientology org saying he's interested in some orientation materials, and he'll be deluged with ... more »
    Drunken Economist: Seeing as the bulk of Windows IT and development is outsourced and offshored, how is this a bad idea? Corps and end users really don't care where the... more »
    scroll_lock: I had no idea this existed. Now I'm newly obsessed. more »
    daveyjonesisdead: apart from the privacy aspects - and I have no doubt the collaboration did not enhance privacy - why does the government cooperate with some companies... more »
    The Real JR: Paradou did get my email. The dude sends out emails all the times. Sometimes 2 or 3 times with corrections and such. more »
    OMG! Ponies!: Wow. Paradou has a listing on Citysearch. [newyork.citysearch.com] I bet Vadim depends a lot on the reviews. And here is the listing on Yelp! [ww... more »
    DTurkin: Based on the 'takes one to know one' principle, I reckon the NSA should have had some important insight on maintaining privacy. Maybe they also collab... more »
    Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Oh sure, like Gawker hasn't had a long, tawdry relationship with SIS. more »
    random_play: New York Restaurant Owners Turn Evil? I read somewhere that 86% of the meat served in New York restaurants is actually rat. Of course, that's proba... more »
    Foster Kamer: #Yes. But also, I kind of do want to mail April Winchell a check. Regretsy is awesome. #ThingsWeActuallyLike #BookDealsWeCanGetBehind more »
    miss_msry: I don't give my email address to just anyone who asks, especially a wait person. That is one jerkoff boss. more »
    Trai_Dep: If any of the waitstaff is reading this story, remember how easy it is to make up fake email addresses when that creepy person asks you to Friend them... more »
    TheBusinessGuy: Jack Welch is running a restaurant? more »
  • #internalmemos

    AOL's CEO Calls for 'Laser Focus,' Fires People

    Tim Armstrong has begun to shape AOL to his liking, four months after Time Warner announced the much-diminished internet conglomerate's spinoff. Here's the internal memo in which the CEO calls some serious buckling down — and jettisons two executives. More »
  • #yahoo

    CEO Carol Bartz Would Like You to Work Harder While She Goes on Leave

    Carol Bartz is going to be out for two weeks. The surly Yahoo CEO is having her leg surgically enhanced so she can kick ass even harder; why are the rest of you peons just sitting around, on your butts?? More »
  • #internalmemos

    Forbes Dotcommies Kick Another Print Guy Out

    The fighting following the merger of Forbes and Forbes.com continues. The latest casualty is print veteran Stewart Pinkerton, who's "retiring," but a tipster says he was "pushed out in a coup after knocking heads with Carl Lavin, his power-mad counterpart from Forbes.com." More »
  • #kevinjohnson

    Microsoft's internal memo on Yahoo