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World's Biggest Cyber Attack Revealed to Have World's Dumbest Name
Adrian Chen · 08/03/11 11:47AMHow To Wreck Your Reputation: John McAfee Edition
Ryan Tate · 04/26/10 12:54PMDid a Software Kingpin Fake His Own Ruin?
Ryan Tate · 04/22/10 02:14PMCan YouTube vindicate a rape survivor?
Melissa Gira Grant · 05/15/08 12:20PMCrystal says that a 23-year-old man raped her, and she's saying it on YouTube. Why not go to a shelter or a counseling center like girls are supposed to? Crystal isn't just doing teen-bedroom confessional; she's asking YouTube viewers to call the Florida state attorney's office to request that her case be prosecuted. But does talking about rape on YouTube do anything that the courts can't? The full video, after the jump:
Can't get help from McAfee? Try Valleywag
Jackson West · 04/10/08 10:00AMA reader writes in to let us know that while using McAfee's online chat system for customer support, the company representative not only didn't help, but cut off the chat rather than admit they had no idea what they were talking about. I turned up links to just what the customer was looking for — information about a piece of McAfee hardware — with a quick search of Google. Here at Valleywag, we aim to please.
McAfee: Merry Christmas, here's the new nightmare
Nicholas Carlson · 12/26/07 10:32AMChristmas is slow for journalists. There are a few more end-of-year lists to run, most of which were written weeks ago, and some holiday shopping numbers to report. Which is why the Sydney Morning Herald's Conrad Walters must have been thrilled to see security software firm McAfee's latest study on the growing threat of cyberwar between nations. It's not every day a hack gets to paint a picture of gloom and doom this lurid.
Out of options: Three CEOs resign today
Nick Douglas · 10/11/06 11:43AMBad ads: A bad case of robot face
Nick Douglas · 09/19/06 11:22AMWe guess McAfee is trying to show the horror of exposed identity. Still — is this, or is this not, the most grotesque ad for a virus scanner you've ever seen? It's practically a Dadaist artwork.
Under the table: McAfee's SiteAdvisor deal
ndouglas · 04/05/06 03:19PMGrr, another article ending in "Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed." Information wants to be free! (Or at least available on an ad-supported blog!) So from now on, when you know the numbers behind a deal, send 'em to tips@valleywag.com or send an AIM to "HeyValleywag". We'll reveal the price here in a new feature, "Under the Table."