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Overheard: Microsoft called. It wants its empire back.

A big name blogger and Microsoft employee was recently overheard at an industry event defending his employer when it was called the "Evil Empire." He said, "Two kids from Stanford stole our evil, and now we want it back."

6:59 AM on Fri Feb 3 2006, by ndouglas, 90 views, Comment
http://valleywag.com/tech/microsoft/overheard-microsoft-called-it-wants-its-empire-back-152509.php

Overheard at CES: There's no more food!

In the CES 2008 Press Lounge: Me: The lunch line is out of food. They're going to revolt. Peter Shankman: Yeah, right. Let's see all these fat, out of shape, wannabe reporters start a revolt. That would be great.

1:28 PM on Mon Jan 7 2008, by Jordan Golson, 677 views, Comment
http://valleywag.com/341820/overheard-at-ces-theres-no-more-food

Overheard at the Flick.im party

Some guy: So, you gonna hit the tables while you're here? VC: Gambling is my job. When I come to Vegas, I hit the spa.

12:43 PM on Mon Jan 7 2008, by Jordan Golson, 815 views, Comment
http://valleywag.com/341697/overheard-at-the-flickim-party

"Inside every old person is a young person trying to figure out what the hell happened."

5:45 AM on Fri Nov 9 2007, by Paul Boutin, 231 views, Comment
http://valleywag.com/tech/overheard/-320660.php

Overheard: So tinyURL is anti-Viagra for web addresses?

Overheard at a party:

6:24 PM on Thu Feb 2 2006, by ndouglas, 126 views, Comment
http://valleywag.com/tech/yahoo/overheard-so-tinyurl-is-anti+viagra-for-web-addresses-152474.php

At the NewTeeVee conference: "See you later, we're getting the Google guy drunk so he buys our company."

5:15 PM on Wed Nov 14 2007, by Nick Douglas, 120 views, Comment
http://valleywag.com/tech/overheard/-322928.php

"Once every hundred years, a Harvard man gets his facts right." — An MIT student's take on Zuckerberg's Law, as proclaimed by the Facebook founder this week.

9:48 AM on Fri Nov 9 2007, by Paul Boutin, 276 views, Comment
http://valleywag.com/tech/overheard/-320950.php

"Folks didn't really get it, but I think their widget says it all." — Conference organizer Jason Calacanis, offering the best defense of a company EVER.

8:24 PM on Wed Oct 3 2007, by Nick Douglas, 538 views, Comment
http://valleywag.com/tech/overheard/-306900.php

NEW YORK CITY — "Amazon sells porn?" — Overheard in Gawker Media's world headquarters.

9:41 AM on Fri Sep 28 2007, by Owen Thomas, 374 views, Comment
http://valleywag.com/tech/quotable/-304894.php

Overheard at Ritual Roasters in San Francisco, a den of coders and bloggers: "eBay seems so easy to hack. It's a cesspool for pirates."

12:13 PM on Mon Aug 13 2007, by Mary Jane Irwin, 218 views, Comment
http://valleywag.com/tech/quotable/-288921.php