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Loose Wires: MySpace on TV

Nick Douglas · 09/26/06 08:34PM
  • DirecTV announces Project MyWorld, a TV show in which three young girls search for their MySpace friends in the real world. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, start your engines. [Mashable]

News shorts: HP won't invite leaker back to the board

Nick Douglas · 09/06/06 01:54PM
  • Hewlett-Packard won't give George Keyworth a chance at re-election for the board next March, after the director leaked info to CNET, got investigated by chairwoman Patricia Dunn, and refused to resign despite his fellow directors' demands. Meanwhile, California's attorney general is investigating HP's investigation. Dunn, Keyworth, and former director Tom Perkins are exchanging barbs, each accusing another of violating their privacy. [Bloomberg]

Let's have Wired run the Valley

Nick Douglas · 06/29/06 10:11AM

Oh boy, another list! The ink has hardly dried on Business 2.0 Magazine's People Who Matter list, and Wired Magazine has already trumped it with the annual "Wired 40" list. While Business 2.0 is just playing Truman Capote, Wired's list is a de facto investment guide for the casual midwestern techie. Some highlights:

ConFonz at E3: "Uneven grounf"

Nick Douglas · 05/12/06 09:00AM

ConFonz, a favorite Valleywag roving correspondent, reports again from E3 — this time, I suspect, from the hotel bar. It's okay, it was Thursday night and everyone was drunk. But just for fun, Valleywag won't proofread this edition of ConFonz.

Sun CEO to HP CEO: Please be my friend?

ndouglas · 03/01/06 04:33PM

Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy (pictured, and doesn't he look cute and comfortable, and completely not posed at ergonomically disastrous angles) wrote an open letter to Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd, asking, "Let's converge [HP operating system] HP-UX with [Sun operating system] Solaris 10."

Slate 60: Valleywag edition

ndouglas · 02/20/06 05:51PM

Slate published its 2005 Slate 60, the leaderboard for "competitive philanthropy." As always, the list of the top charitable donations and pledges includes a good showing from the tech industry.

Intel won't admit it, but Apple's an abusive partner

ndouglas · 02/06/06 12:17PM

You know those people who, during an uncomfortable moment, say "Awk-warrrrd..."? And that makes the moment so much worse? Well, CNN Money is that guy, and Intel's Apple deal is that uncomfortable moment.