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Gorgeous Google Gals: The tournament begins

The Google Gals competitors have been chosen. No second-guessing, no arguing — unless you want to bribe me with a bundle of Google stock. (Or a portfolio shorting that stock — I'm all confused.) More »

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Google schadenfreude: Larry and Sergey lose nearly $2 billion combined

Google's CFO announced that the company's revenue growth is slowing. Investors (who assumed revenue would climb until it could only be expressed in scientific notation) sold, sold, sold. The daily stock loss for the Google founders: More »

Steve Jobs

OMG Steve

As noted earlier, at today's on-campus Apple event, I got a bit fanboyish being in the Presence of Jobs — and Apple staff noticed. More »

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iPod Hi-Fi boombox: The Valley Weighs In

Six Apart's Anil Dash:
—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 11:06 am —-—-—-—-—-—-—--
Anil Dash: D batteries?!
Anil Dash: what is this, 1986?
Anil Dash: i'll go tell radio raheim his ipod has arrived

Live-Blogging: The Apple "fun" Announcement Nick Douglas reports from Apple's campus in Cupertino:
I'm going in crowded. everyone says they're from sf
Thrilling! Nick's live updates, with images, after the jump.
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Place your bets: the "fun" Apple announcement

Obviously, more than one product could be announced today at Apple—an iTunes Movie download service would complement both a full-screen iPod video, for instance—but pick your most likely option, with the prize to be one smug look worn from today until the next cryptic Apple missive. More »

iPod

No video iPod today. At least not that one.

In three hours, Apple will announce its secret new product. As always, the company's stayed coyly silent, and the Apple rumor kiddies have shouted every possible prediction, and have long since moved to the impossible ones. More »

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Steve Jobs can't tear down his mansion

Steve Jobs: brilliant CEO, sharp presenter...not so snappy at real estate. The man who fought for (and lost) the right to a giant cube from a new Apple store has a more expensive battle: he wants to tear down his house. More »

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Yahoo's Brad Garlinghouse will defect to Myspace

Oh tipsters, you are so helpful and loveable. From a Myspacer: More »

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Remainders: Filthy-mouthed satirists

Surprise, surprise. Om Malik says that Google Calendar will follow the new company strategy: take something old, mock it up in Ajax, and shove it out the door. [GigaOM]
Doucheball: the Dodgeball for people who suck. [Brother Lawrence on Flickr]
BlowTheDotOutYourAss (pictured): more dot-coms you don't want. [BTDOYA via supr.c.ilio.us]
Tip beg: Anyone have insider info on Yahoo suing wireless content startup MForma? The MGM of Silicon Valley accused the former Yahooers at MForma of stealing trade secrets. There a legitimate case here, or is Yahoo's new policy "If we can't keep 'em, sue 'em"? [CNET]
And a remaindered video: a UFO-like sighting of what definitely isn't Google's secret OS. [YouTube] More »

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7 names to spell right (and 1 to ignore)

Right. Valleywag's been called "ValleyWag" too much to ignore. A quick guide to Valley capitalization, spacing, and punctuation: More »

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Will we see a real iPod phone?

Another shot in the "What will Apple announce" dark: More »

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NY Post outs Lucy Southworth, Larry Page's girlfriend

Lucy's been outed. The lady who won Larry Page's heart was named by the New York Post as "Lucy Southworth." Sez the Post, the bright young Stanford student has degrees from the the University of Pennsylvania and Oxford. She's done medical work in South Africa and "wants to better the world." More »

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Stop. Hammer blog.

MC Hammer has a blog. More »

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Microsoft iPod: A poor man's iPod but pricier

Here's some love for the gadget freaks fidgeting over tomorrow's Apple announcement. The loveable un-blogger (and would-be Microsoft employee) Chris Coulter sends in specs for the Microsoft iPod. More »

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There's gonna be a rumble: Google and Yahoo in Santa Monica

The Google-Yahoo turf war moves south. Bad enough that the search enemies are only 5.4 miles apart in Silicon Valley; they're even closer down in L.A. And Google's recruiting a full streetgang of engineers. Says a tipster: More »

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Why Apple won't buy Disney

Could Apple buy Disney? Probably not, but Barron's (in what's surely not an attempt to drum up controversy and circulation) published a piece speculating so. But just because Apple CEO Steve Jobs owns 7% of Disney doesn't mean he wants the rest. There are the obvious reasons: More »

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Burbed watches the housing bubble

Housing bubble, housing boom, whatever — I'm told the Valley real estate market hasn't begun to reach the levels of the dot-com 90s. So in a year, this houseMore »