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Mets Won’t Be Rickrolled By Fark Audience
An online prank to write-in the Rick Astley song 'Never Gonna Give You Up' as a sing-along tune in Shea Stadium may…
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Another Yahoo Exec Slips Out
Imagine that you're watching one or two boulders rolling down a hill; in this scenario, you'd actually pay attention to the individual rocks. But if enough stones started to tumble, you'd become interested in the landslide as a whole, and that's more or less where the departure of Elizabeth Harz from Yahoo comes in.
Wikipedia Defers To Google
UPDATE 4/9/08: Seems there was some confusion sparked by this piece, which is, at best, a muddled, meandering, word-labyrinth posing as an unconventional, smart-alecky essay on web journalism/blogging. That's okay, any reader would find himself in good company lost amid my verbose effluvia. For crying out loud, I used a word like "bildungsroman" and made references not just to Roman mythology but also to an obscure…
Entrepreneur Media May Be For Sale
Rumor has it that Entrepreneur Media is up for sale; its asking price is supposed to be $200 million. And even if you haven't heard of Entrepreneur Media, speculation puts well-known names like Yahoo, Time, and R.H. Donnelly among the would-be buyers.
Facebook And ConnectU Reach Settlement
As with most legal battles, the ConnectU suit against Facebook has begun to drag out: first filed in September 2004, the legal battle over who originally created the source code for Facebook is still ongoing. Last July, a Massachusetts Federal judge ruled that ConnectU needed concrete evidence to bring their suit.
Obama Online: $1 Million In 1 Minute As Baidu Applauds?
Microsoft's acquisition of Yahoo may drag on for several months. Most other tech news is centered on Silicon Valley. But developments related to Barack Obama are breaking the mold, as the presidential candidate seems ready to raise $1 million in one minute, and has received what looks like an endorsement from Baidu.
