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more about #valleywag Magicant: No "swordfish" on the list. The Marx Brothers weep. more » Magister: Why would or should Twitter care, if someone could easily hack into your twitter account. I admit that I only use Twitter relatively sparingly, but o... more » econdave: abc123 Tito is bumming. more » DennyCrane: No. 22 (abgrtyu) seems sort of difficult, no? I'm sort of surprised. more » badasscat: Wow, there are a lot more fans of the film Victor/Victoria out there than I thought. more » homoviper: 40 & 41 are the same: asdfgh so bad they had to ban it twice? more » OMG! Ponies!: Thank goodness they didn't ban "Sugartits". I've been using that for all my accounts. more » kremlin-king: Can someone explain the difference between #19 and #20 I've stared at it for a while and can't figure it out. more » Jacques-SweatyTechnique-Paysan: nice to see that "Pencil" still remains secure as ever. more » dumanue: ncc1701? is that a startrek referenced password? more » shostakobitch: I didn't see "8=====D" on that list. more » snugbug: The best password I ever came up with is a Charles Bukowski quote. No way any password-cracking bot can figure out how to combine words like that. I h... more » lobstr: Pointless to have a list when they can just encode the backend to bounce back any PW that is not alphanumeric. That would solve the problem. Oh, twi... more » Brian Moylan: Both "iloveyou" and "lovers" are on the list. What is Carrie Bradshaw to do! more » Botswana Meat Commission FC: 171. Jenkem more » Smitros: But not Rockwell? Hm. more » ethanhein: more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: The very list they used to crack the GSM encryption! more » BlowJoy: #216 and #217 means people just really love monkeys. more » Swifter: They forgot Julia Allison's password, cupcake, and Denton's, 23skidoo. more » -
#howthingswork
Investors Punish Online Scam Trafficker with $15 Million
Just as the public was learning that a huge chunk of Zynga's social gaming revenue came from scammy "quizzes" and "special offers," Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture capitalists rewarded the company with $15 million. Hey, that's just how VC's roll. More » -
#fieldguide
The Insanely Rich Young Mobile Ad Broker You've Never Heard Of
No one knows what Facebook and Twitter are really worth, sexy though the startups may be. But AdMob, an obscure company in Silicon Valley's hinterlands, has a very clear, solid value: $750 million in stock from acquirer Google. Yay boring! More » -
#games
The Secret Shame of Social Networking: How Silicon Valley Got Hooked on Scammers
Silicon Valley pundits like to talk about social media as a potential geyser of cash. What they leave out is that one of the only ways social networks like Facebook, MySpace have done that is joining league with online scammers. More » -
#onlineadvertising
How Google AdSense Could Make You Poorer
Not only does Google AdSense pay badly, it can wreck your unemployment benefits. The State of New York cut one woman's benefit checks and told her running the ads was "self employment." AdSense earned her $1.30 per day. [TechDirt] (Pic) -
#apocalypse
Landmark Dog-Cat Internet Pact Signals End of Days
Clearly, the online ad market is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. Old Testament, wrath of God type stuff: Dogster and LOLcats-based I Can Has Cheezburger are now selling ads together, per a new agreement. Next up: Mass hysteria. -
#spam
How Your Porn Addiction Enriches Eastern Europeans
America has a terrible health insurance system and crippling shame about sex. On the bright side, our problems are helping some Eastern Europeans make thousands of dollars per week, one fraudulent internet transaction at a time.
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#youtube
Newspaper Argues the Internet is Even Killing the Internet
The Independent has a massive piece today on YouTube and how, despite having close to 350 million users worldwide per month, it's set to lose almost half a billion dollars this year. And it's all your fault, naturally. More » -
#politics
Is Google Heading For an Antitrust Trainwreck?
Everyone has misunderstood why Google, from CEO Eric Schmidt on down, is cozying up to Barack Obama. It's not out of some likeminded geekiness. It's out of desperation and fear.
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#valleywag
Yahoo CEO Lays Off Workers, Not Swear Words
Carol Bartz, Yahoo's recently installed CEO, is a woman of many charms, not the least of which is her gutter mouth. She dropped the F-bomb today while announcing Yahoo's sucky earnings (and more layoffs). More » -
#lawsuits
Spot Runner Looks Like a Scam Runner
There's something adorable about Nick Grouf, the babyfaced, waggle-eared cofounder of Spot Runner. Who would think he'd be capable of bilking investors out of tens of millions of dollars, as one shareholder charges? More » -
#funny
Facebook's Get-Rich-Quick Scheme Has Yankees Player Sliding Into Home
Facebook's revenues are reportedly up 70 percent from last year, when they came in between $250 million and $300 million. What's their magic trick? Junky ads with catchy photos! More » -
#confirmed
Google to Lay Off 200 Employees
Make it official: Google's not immune from the bad economy and plummeting ad market. We've been hearing for weeks that Google would have layoffs. Google is cutting 200 employees today, the company now confirms.
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#onlineadvertising
After Promising It Wouldn't, Twitter Dips an Adorable Toe into Advertising
When is an advertisement not an advertisement? When Twitter says it's an "interesting topical experience." That's what cofounder Biz Stone, who once promised Twitter's website would never carry ads, is calling Microsoft's ExecTweets. More » -
#free
Google, No Longer the Land of the Free
The accountants have taken over the Googleplex, once a hotbed of amiably unprofitable innovation. The notion that ads would pay the way for everything has been dropped — and "fee" is replacing "free." More » -
#deathofprint
Here's Hoping Google Does Kill the Newspapers
The news that Google is placing ads on Google News has sent a renewed wave of handwringing through the newspaper industry. How dare those Googlers make online news a profitable business! More » -
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Only a Cable Guy Could Come Up With Newsday's Pay-Only Scheme
Pundits will say Newsday's desperate plan to charge for the Long Island newspaper's website is some kind of bellwether for the industry. What it really means: Newsday and its owner, Cablevision, have nothing to lose. More » -
#facebook
Facebook's Get-Rich-Quick Scheme
"Once every hundred years, media changes," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in 2007, predicting a sea change in online advertising. The reality: His social network is leading the way in online scams.
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#adsense
Google Sees Right Through Julia Allison
NonSociety, Julia Allison's experient in making macro bucks from microcelebrity, hasn't come up with a clever way of paying the bills. So she's running cheapo Google AdSense ads! Do they ever tell a story. More » -
#google
Google Cuts Off Its Big-Media Dreams
Like Napoleon marching into an abandoned Moscow, Larry Page and Sergey Brin have led Google's advance into traditional advertising only to find nothing to loot. Now begins Google's long imperial retreat, starting with 40 layoffs. More »
