Valleywag
How Steve Jobs Turned CNBC Into Apple Touts
newVideoPlayer("CNBC_iPhone_gawker.flv", 475, 376);A year and a half ago, CNBC's Jim Goldman dished outsidery snark about Apple's supposedly botched iPhone launch. Now, the network's Silicon Valley...
Categories: Technology
Meg Whitman Now More Retired from eBay Than Ever
The famously frumpy former CEO of eBay, Meg Whitman, is veering closer to entering California's governor 2010 race, quitting the boards of Procter & Gamble, eBay, and Dreamworks Animation SKG....
Categories: Technology
CNBC Asks If Steve Jobs Has PMS
newVideoPlayer("/DennisKnealePMS.flv", 506, 423,""); Having softpedaled rumors of Steve Jobs's failing health, CNBC is falling over itself to catch up to the story — with embarrassing results....
Categories: Technology
Why Facebook Won't Bring Peace to the Middle East
Facebook, which claims its goal is to let users share their lives. has been accused of censoring posts about the fighting in Gaza. So much for Mark Zuckerberg's dreams of breaking down global...
Categories: Technology
Twitter Hacking Epidemic Claims Britney Spears, Barack Obama
Whats going on with Twitter? First Fox News gets hacked, then Britney Spears. Is no one safe from this epidemic?
Well, yes, in fact — everyone who doesn't click on crazy emails that claim to...
Categories: Technology
Fox News Twitter Hacked By Bill O'Reilly
This is currently the lead post on the official Fox News Twitter page. Hackers are cool again.
Categories: Technology
Steve Jobs Confesses: Too Sick to Work
If you just look at how thin he is, you'd know it. But now Steve Jobs himself has admitted that his declining health is keeping him from taking the Macworld stage tomorrow.
In a letter posted to...
Categories: Technology
Becoming A Brand: Pointless
One of the biggest brand-called-you practitioners is calling the whole notion into question. Tech pundit Sarah Lacy publishes in four or five media and wonders what the point is.
As far as she's...
Categories: Technology
Why Halsey Minor Can't Have Nice Things
Dotcom mogul Halsey Minor, the CNET founder, has spent freely on real estate, artwork, and startups. He's having trouble keeping them all. The latest bauble to run aground: San Francisco magazine...
Categories: Technology
How Long Will the Greatest Depression Be?
When does a recession turn into a depression? When economists start getting fired! Since the experts can't even agree on how long this downturn will last, let's hope that starts happening soon.
One...
Categories: Technology
Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales Almost Out of a Job
Imagine an online encyclopedia anyone can edit — and no one can run. With the calendar running out on 2008, Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia's sleaze-drenched cofounder, nearly lost his seat on the...
Categories: Technology
Marissa Mayer's 2009 Resolution: Leave Google
What will Google be like without Marissa Mayer, the glamour nerd whose goofy laugh so neatly captures the search engine's adolescent awkwardness? We'll know soon. We hear the company's 19th employee...
Categories: Technology
Why It's Time for Steve Jobs and Apple to Split
Is Steve Jobs dying? Larry Ellison thinks so — the prospect reportedly moved the Oracle CEO to tears. A Gizmodo source thinks his "health is rapidly declining." For Apple, it could be good...
Categories: Technology
Edward Piou's personal website