Steve Jobs Inspires Yahoo

It’s an exciting, strange, and, for Yahoo’s sake, hopefully encouraging piece of news: Steve Jobs gave the search engine company’s executives a pep talk.

Court Rejects Mans Suit Against Yahoo

A man who wanted to run for Governor of New York but did not receive enough signatures to be placed on the ballot has lost his attempt to sue Yahoo and Ask.com for undermining his "master election plan."

Skype Paid Off, And Zennstrom Departs

Niklas Zennstrom has left his role as CEO of Skype, the VoIP firm eBay purchased in September 2005, and eBay will eat a substantial charge to push him out the door.

Hey, Shakespeare! Nobody Cares; Web Writing Tips

Writing for the Web is tricky business because there is no audience more diverse. Writers, especially purist writers (I'm pointing at myself both accusatorily and guiltily), are stubborn, especially ones honed in a print world where the appropriate audience finds you or rejects in distant silence, and writers (secretly) want you to bask in their brilliance.