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20 views | MySpace Cofounder Tom Anderson Was A Real Life “WarGames” Hacker in 1980s Source:TechCrunch 2008-08-30 07:30:05 |
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FasTrak pushes more drivers into Ron Paul's embrace [Great Moments In Pr]
Source:Valleywag "Bridge officials set to slam brakes on FasTrak cheats," a San Francisco Chronicle headline warns. But the article smells like a PR campaign to convince drivers who zip through the...read more
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What's the diff between "press" and "blogger?" [Ces 2008]
Source:Valleywag Commenter Beng asked the question about CES' two-tier journalist passes that I wondered, too: "What is the difference between the blogger badge and the press badge, and does that me...read more
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How Plaxo took advantage of Scoble [Great Moments In Pr]
Source:Valleywag Did Plaxo exploit blogger Robert Scoble by cajoling him into breaking Facebook's terms of service to test a new feature, temporarily getting his account suspended? Plaxo executive J...read more
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More hacks becoming flacks [Great Moments In Journalism]
Source:Valleywag The libertarians are coming! But don't let a Republican explain it to you. Instead, crazy fun local lefties the San Francisco Bay Guardian report on the Ron Paul phenomenon. I've...read more
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Brit trounces Valley geeks with $54,000 phone bill [Mobile]
Source:Valleywag The Daily Mirror reports on a factory worker from Yorks whose £27,000 Vodafone bill whups those run up by entrepreneur Joi Ito and Wired editor Chris Anderson. "Ian Simpson, 29, wa...read more
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FedEx tries to bury scary IRS story [Great Moments In Pr]
Source:Valleywag FedEx was hit with a $319 million tax bill over the job classification of FedEx ground employees. A number of lawsuits have been filed by FedEx ground drivers who believed the compa...read more
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Fan mail from New York Times readers [Stats]
Source:Valleywag A breakdown of my inbox after having my first major tech piece in the NYT:
"You, sir, are an idiot." - 2.
"OMG you mentioned my company! BFF!" - 2.
"I'm a freelance writer who jus...read more
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