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poll

Our favorite Google-owned domain name is bayareaburritos.com -- what's yours?

Google owns 9,984 domain names. Our favorite is bayareaburritos.com, but
mariolovespasta.com comes close. Typing out marissalovescupcakes.com is only wishful thinking. Royal Pingdom rounded up 50 or so of Google's "funny, strange and surprising" favorites. From that list, we've pared it down to ten. It's hard to imagine a sillier, or more profitable, domain name than Google.com. But try your best: Which domain name would you choose for Google's search engine? More »

10:00 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
1,312 views, 6 comments

politics

Comcast chickens out of FCC hearings at Stanford

Superlawyer Lawrence Lessig won't have Comcast to kick around at the FCC hearing on network neutrality — the principle that broadband providers can't discriminate against certain kinds of Internet traffic — being held at Stanford tomorrow. The event was only scheduled after Comcast paid chumps to fill chairs at an earlier hearing at Harvard in an obvious effort to squelch debate. With Comcast working with BitTorrent and just today joining with legal file-sharing startup Pando to work on a "bill of rights" for file sharers and ISPs, the company is trying to make voluntary moves in an effort to stave off involuntary regulation. I was planning on attending, if only because it promised to be an entertaining nerdfight — now, I'm not so sure. Since public hearings are supposedly democracy in action, you tell me if I should bother buying a Caltrain ticket. More »

4:20 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Jackson West
389 views, Comment

poll

Since Yang can't decide, we'll let you: Microhoo or YahOL?

Yesterday, at a luncheon with several dozen VP-level minions Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang hosted tried to explain the reasoning behind a potential deal with AOL and Time Warner. Didn't go over so well. But while many of these invitees were happy to later share their horror at the idea of merging AOL and Yahoo Web properties, none managed to grow a pair and tell Yang. Now is your chance people. Should Yahoo merge with Microsoft or take Time Warner's money? Tell us in our latest Valleywag poll. More »

12:40 PM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
3,092 views, 14 comments

Latest by Troll_2.0: @Wabewalker: Cram it. more »

poll

Chadrick loves crowdsourcing his new look

Can you help Chadrick Baker, the Metaversatility biz-dev guy who recently became Valleywag's new mascot? He's shaved off the beard in this four-year-old profile pic, but hasn't settled on an icon that best captures his new, fresh-faced look. Chadrick has asked for suggestions on his blog, but we think Valleywag readers can best help him. Vote in our poll for your favorite window on Chadrick's soul: More »

3:40 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Owen Thomas
347 views, 11 comments

geeks gone wild

Scoble text-message rampage leaves Twitter users numb

Robert Scoble went on a tear yesterday, posting more than 200 Twitter messages within the span of a few hours. The logorrheic explosion came as he had a "group conversation" with his Twitter followers. Not all were impressed. "Well, I've tormented Twitter enough today. About 200 people have unfollowed." Don't worry, Bobby. I'm sticking around — for now, anyway. Though I'm starting to think that woman at Whole Foods who found Twitter "boring" might have been right. See an excerpt of Scoble's Twitters below, and then share your opinion in our poll. More »

1:00 PM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Jordan Golson
1,847 views, 13 comments

Latest by nat lyon: The real news here is that despite being washed up he still manages to snag a new batch of minnows the second they hatch. Bottom feeding, I think it's called. more »

poll

Rerank the geeks on the 100 Unsexiest Men list

Yahoo's new site for women, Shine, began life with a link to The Phoenix's 100 Unsexiest Men of The Year. OK, fine, we clicked. But then we were astounded to find the list contained only 4 percent geek. Further, the unattractiveness of those who made the list, such Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, was, frankly, insultingly underrated. Also, the whole list was out of order. Below, a poll where you can help us rerank both the geeks already on the list, and those who should have made it. Rachel Marsden, your assistance in this matter would be appreciated. More »

12:40 PM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
3,522 views, 18 comments

Latest by michaellamb: ok ok matt can stay in the neutral zone, here is a list of plenty of others to choose from (but 1-9 stays) [ma.tt] more »

poll

DoubleClickers let us know if they welcome their new Google overlords

We've laid out the reasons why DoubleClick employees should ditch Google — Google's Ivy League 'tude, its disdain for DoubleClick's accomplishments, its intentionally disorganized management, and its mediocre compensation. Now we want to know: With layoffs looming as a result of the Google-DoubleClick merger, do DoubleClick employees even want to work for Google? Let us know in our latest Valleywag poll. More »

10:40 AM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
2,216 views, Comment

poll

Help Zuckerberg pick a new profile picture

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hasn't updated his profile picture in quite some time. Hey, he's been busy. Let's help him by choosing a new one. Since Facebook's privacy is so flimsy, we have plenty of options from photos Zuckerberg has already uploaded. To follow our advice, Mark, all you have to do is click on "Make Profile Picture." More »

3:20 PM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
2,003 views, 6 comments

poll

Help Charles Forman decide whom to love


Charles Forman — the professional Tetris plagiarizer even Jason Calacanis finds insufferable — can't decide who he loves more: newly taciturn wantrepreneur Julia Allison, or David Karp, founder of angst-enabling blog site Tumblr. "Guess which one I'm dating," Forman writes on his blog. So do, and end his terrible dilemma in our latest poll. More »

12:20 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
1,541 views, 8 comments

conflicts of interest

Pay-for-play Yahoo Buzz "blows away" Digg -- but will users bite? Vote in our poll

Yahoo Buzz, the Digg competitor we uncovered last month, has Web publishers giddy over traffic binges. Us Weekly, Salon and Michael Arrington's TechCrunch all report that when Yahoo Buzz put links to their sites on Yahoo's homepage, they posted record traffic days. "It's clear that a link from Yahoo.com blows away anything Digg or any other competitor can offer," Arrington writes on TechCrunch. "That will keep the Buzz publishers, who must be invited into the service, paying attention." And paying for traffic, according to Yahoo's plan. More »

9:20 AM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
2,364 views, 3 comments

Latest by FiveStarEggRoll: I needs to incorporate a little Buzz when we launch our crappy little search engine. -Harry "Wantrapreneur" Wang more »

poll

Which Ballmer monkey dance scared Yang back to the table?

Jerry Yang and the rest of Valleywag readers have had a week to study the 10 best Ballmer-goes-nuts videos. In this, our latest Valleywag poll, tell us which clip jolted Jerry Yang back to the negotiating table and into Ballmer's bear-hug embrace. For me? I'm a Gene Wilder fan.
More »

4:00 PM on Thu Mar 13 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
1,418 views, Comment