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more about #valleywag more comments → Shadowlayer: Seems pincus here has sent a whole bunch of "friends" to spam the place... more » shostakobitch: Calm down and take a nap, this is the internet. Let's see what else is on here: - a video of Ukrainian teens murdering a hobo with a hammer and scre... more » MisterHippity: Personally, I find babies dressed as flowers to be highly offensive. Please join me in my campaign to get Google to delete them all. more » FitnessMadeSimple: "We will not reprint the photo here, since that will boost its rank." Seriously? I realize Gawker slants left, but that's a bit ridiculous for a blog... more » Pope John Peeps II: Adrian, I don't think you know the history of Gawker and questionable images. That history is: they ALWAYS post them. more » Senor_Wences: Someone, I hope, has already said this, but of course Google should NOT remove the image. No more than they should remove any "offensive" text. I'm ... more » SaraRueful: Actually, I thought it looked like someone who had suffered horrible burns, more than a monkey. more » Sergio Hernandez: #gfail is my new favorite tag. more » JennaW: Y'know, Google, this heroic freedom-of-information stance would have a lot more oomph if you weren't such wusses when it came to China. But if THIS is... more » JaviDecimal: It won't show up on the image search if your SafeSearch is OFF....only when SafeSearch is on Moderate or Strict. Shouldn't it be the other way around... more » Lysergic Asset: This image is on the first page if you search for "Rush Limbaugh elephant." Let's all click it incessantly so it shows up when you just type "Rush Li... more » Magister: I'm sure Google knows more about their algorithm than I do, maybe not their spokesperson, but at least someone at Google. Nonetheless, it seems to me... more » Lysergic Asset: Gotta love that 1st amendment! more » Alaska Miller: It's like telling a city bus to stop only at Burger King instead of McDonald's and expecting everyone to pay extra for free ice cream. more » Monty: What is more interesting than search engines paying for content is that this could ultimately save the news media business. Ignoring the concern to J... more » -
#wtf
People Begging Google to Be Their Stalker
Google said it can now keep a detailed list of everywhere you go, play your trips back like movies and generate "alerts" for unusual movements. Who wants this? The CIA? Nope: ordinary modern humans are asking to be tracked. Insane. More » -
#dontbeevil
Is Google Using Pilfered Maps?
The town of Argleton, England doesn't exist, but you can search its white pages, look for nearby chiropractors and map a jog through town, because "Argleton" is on Google Maps. How'd the phantom town get there? Funny you should ask.
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#edelman
Huge PR Firm Has Bunch of
Here is just the latest example of how a large PR agency can be a huge, huge, huge, hustle, staffed by hustlers, who will charge you too much money to do dumb, simple things, on the internet. Edelman! More »KidsDigital PR Strategists -
#consumerreporting
Desperate Fiends Paying For The Chance To Have Google "Big Brother" Their Lives
Google—Sauron of the internet, world, and soon: Middle Earth's tech scene—will soon have your life on file, especially with the advent of Google Wave, which is still in the invite-stage. People are now paying for invites. More » -
#wtf
The Wisconsin Tourism Federation finally renamed itself, so when bored in Milwaukee, don't ask WTF.
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#wtf
Gov. Schwarzenegger's Arsenal
Arnold Schwarzenegger has us direly concerned about the future of California. Set aside the Republican's policies, and turn your attention to the growing cache of weaponry he keeps right there in the governor's office. More » -
#fameballs
Jakob Lodwick's Attempt to Reverse Crack-Up As Obnoxious Crack-Up Itself
No more disturbing stoner moments for Jakob Lodwick! The hipster internet nabob has quit weed and cut back on booze, even caffeine. Unfortunately, detox just means more nakedness. More » -
#foreignaffairs
Is Twitter Under Attack from Russia?
Twitter continues to be flaky today. Par for the course on the overcrowded microblogging service, right? But Twitter claims it is the victim of elaborate hack attacks that "appear to have been geopolitical in motivation." That's actually true! More » -
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#crackups
Jakob Lodwick Auditions for Psycho Blue Man Group Spinoff
When do we force ourselves to look away from Jakob Lodwick's seeming public breakdown? The Vimeo founder shot this insane, angry video beautifully. Could a genuine trainwreck be so intricately choreographed? More » -
#journalismism
Chris Anderson: Asshole Interviewee
Wired editor Chris Anderson has fully morphed from a journalist, who knows what it's like to have to interview other people, into a celebrity, who has no time for these fucking reporters and their boring questions. "Journalism," what's that? More » -
#twitter
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Will Cut You
Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actor and amateur governor, just posted a video to Twitter in which he casually brandishes a knife. This is bizarre enough to terrify even the jaded and severely battered citizens of California. More » -
#wtf
Twitter Widens Blog War
Twitter seems only to have grown more furious at the tech blog that published its internal documents, accusing TechCrunch of lying and hinting at legal action. Bizarrely, TechCrunch is refusing to fight back. More » -
#wtf
The Not-So-Triumphant Return of Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs is BACK! Oh, he's just stone cold striding into the office, high-fiving people, running marathon meetings, screaming his as... err, wait, actually, did we say "back?" More like backish. The official word: More » -
#foreignaffairs
Fidel Castro's Son Tricked Into Flirting With Man on Normal Day on the Internet
A guy in Miami made up a fake woman's online profile and lured Fidel Castro's son into sexy internet chats. Big news, or just like every other unintentionally male-on-male sexy internet chat? More » -
#techjournocatfight
Gadget Nerds Can't Discuss Ethics Without Devolving into Schoolyard Taunts
Tech commentator Leo LaPorte and TechCrunch's Michael Arrington were doing yesterday's Gillmor Gang show when Arrington provoked LaPorte over free-product disclosures. LaPorte freaked out and shut down the show, but not before spewing colorful invective at Arrington first. More » -
#wtf
WSJ Conference Opens with a Serenade to Rupert Murdoch
We'll admit, there were some funny lines in this serenade to Rupert Murdoch at the Wall Street Journal's "D" event. But isn't buttering up the boss at the absolute beginning of your tech conference a little blatant? More » -
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Times Front Page Basically Just Digg Now
This New York Times front-page story is about how the Amazon Kindle can't pronounce Barack Obama's name. That's A1 news? Really? The Times really is just a fancy blog. (Or maybe just feeling defensive.) -
#wtf
Dude Turns to Twitter As Guy Breaks In His House
Well, our array of omnipresent blinking gadgets has officially rendered us totally incapable of normal human action. The proof: David Prager, whose reaction to having his home broken into was to Twitter about it: More » -
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TMZ Fights for Its Right to Give Away Octo-Mom Pics
So, how did those photos of Nadya Suleman's horribly distended, octuplet-carrying belly get out into the world? They were licensed to TMZ (presumably by Octo-mom herself), which wants to drum up publicity and traffic. More » -
#wtf
Bill Gates Unleashes Mosquito Swarm
TED, the annual gathering of the most pretentious people from the fields of technology, entertainment, and design, just got punk'd. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates released a swarm of mosquitos into the crowd. More »
