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Microsoft Looking to Purchase Yahoo!
Speaking of Yahoo!, Microsoft is considering acquiring Yahoo! in what could be a $50 billion deal. Well that certainly would mix things up a bit.…
Yahoo! Photos Closing In Favor of Flickr
Michael Arrington just broke the story that tomorrow Yahoo! will be shutting down Yahoo! Photos in order to focus on Flickr as their primary photo…
Sharing Is Caring: HD DVD Hex Code T-Shirt
Dirty Microbe is selling a new “Sharing Is Caring” t-shirt that commemorates that now legendary HD DVD hex code. Here’s the backstory. Our lawyer says…
Lolgeeks: I Can Has Fun At Nerds
Hot on the tail of Lolcats comes the latest unstoppable meme: lolgeeks My photo of Cory Doctorow from the EFF Pioneer Awards at ETech 2007…
All In This Tea by Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht
All in this Tea is a new documentary about tea in China produced and directed by Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht. The film recently premiered…
MOO Meetup & Gallery Show
MOO, the company behind the wonderful MOO Flickr MiniCards and MOO NoteCards, are flying out from London next week to have a special MOO Meetup…
Laughing Squid Looking For A Linux Sys Admin
UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who applied, the position has been filled. Barry Abrahamson, the current sys admin for Laughing Squid Web Hosting, is moving on…
David Choe Paints Facebook Offices
A couple of weeks ago, renown muralist David Choe painted the entire Facebook offices in Palo Alto. Andrew of Outer Edge Studio was there hanging…
How Weird Street Faire: Weirdo de Mayo
The 8th Annual How Weird Street Faire, “Weirdo de Mayo”, takes place this Sunday, May 6th at Howard & 12th Streets in San Francisco (the…
May Dorkbot-SF: Rudy Rucker & Daniela Steinsapir
This month’s dorkbot-sf takes place tonight, May 2nd at Chez Poulet (3359 Cesar Chavez at Mission) in San Francisco and features Rudy Rucker (the elder…