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Bush Promotes Leader of Apocalyptic Cult :: Republicans Vote Against Mother's Day :: Oil Lobby Starts Propaganda Blitz Against Angry Motorists :: Nonvoting Nuns Strike Back :: Gas Station Clerk Fired After Being Robbed :: 500 Scientsts Angry At Inclusion By Global Warming Denial Group :: Hillary Clinton: the Psycho Ex-Girlfriend of the Democratic Party :: The Iraq Money Pit :: Blogger Pollster Out-Predicts Professionals :: NASA Offering $17,000 for People to Stay In Bed

Building a 'Googley' Workforce

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:11:55 -0500

To understand the corporate culture at Google Inc., take a look at the toilets.

Masters of Their Domains

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:31:42 -0500

Forget condos and strip malls. Domain names, the real estate of the Web, have been delivering far greater returns. How some of the savviest speculators on the Net are making millions from their URL portfolios.

Shut Up I Hack You

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:26:23 -0500

The story starts (I'm shortcutting here) with a kid insulting everyone on the #stopHipHop IRC channel. Most people there believed it was rather funny, but it got even more funny.

The Bill Gates Interview

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:37:02 -0500

A candid conversation with the sultan of software about outsmarting his rivals

Playboy, 1994

Chinese Log On for Retribution

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:11:26 -0400

The cyber court of public opinion proves powerful, but its verdicts aren't always just.

Scan This Book!

Sun, 21 May 2006 16:59:09 -0400

The explosive rise of the Web, going from nothing to everything in one decade, has encouraged us to believe in the impossible: Might the long-heralded great library of all knowledge really be within our grasp?

Nickels From Your Asshole

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:07:20 -0500

Dear Friends,

My name is Norm and I've got an amazing story to tell you, a story that can make you RICH BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS!

"I Will Eat Your Dollars"

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:39:56 -0400

To the cyber scammers in Nigeria who trawl for victims on the Internet, Americans are easy targets. But one thief had second thoughts.

How I Failed the Turing Test

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:44:26 -0400

I consistently fail to be perceived as human.

The Ride to Perdition

Fri, 07 Oct 2005 02:23:22 -0400

Miami-based Bangbus.com is a leading purveyor of Internet porn, but at what cost to naïve models?

By Kris Conesa, Miami New Times
October 14, 2004

What Is the Internet?

Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:46:39 -0400

Q. What, exactly, is the Internet?
A. The Internet is a worldwide network of university, government, business, and private computer systems.

Q. Who runs it?
A. A 13-year-old named Jason.

Leonard Kleinrock's Personal History: The Birth of the Internet

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:22:16 -0400

It all began with a comic book!

How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:13:58 -0400

By the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Blogs are like personal telephone calls crossed with newspapers. If you blog, there are no guarantees you'll attract a readership of thousands. But at least a few readers will find your blog, and they may be the people you'd least want or expect. These include potential or current employers, coworkers, and professional colleagues; your neighbors; your spouse or partner; your family; and anyone else curious enough to type your name, email address or screen name into Google or Feedster and click a few links.

The point is that anyone can eventually find your blog if your real identity is tied to it in some way. And there may be consequences.

Bow Nigger

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:11:17 -0400

You see what this has become? It's not just a trivial game to be played in an idle moment, this is a genuine battle of good versus evil. It has nothing to do with Star Wars or Jedi Knights or any of the fluff that surrounds the game's mechanics. I played by the 'rules' and he didn't, that makes me the 'good' guy and him the 'baddie', but this is real, in the sense that there's no telling who's going to win out here.

How Microsoft Lost the API War

Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:23:35 -0400

Microsoft's crown strategic jewel, the Windows API, is lost. The cornerstone of Microsoft's monopoly power and incredibly profitable Windows and Office franchises, which account for virtually all of Microsoft's income and covers up a huge array of unprofitable or marginally profitable product lines, the Windows API is no longer of much interest to developers. The goose that lays the golden eggs is not quite dead, but it does have a terminal disease, one that nobody noticed yet.