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Microsoft lays off startup pro Don Dodge

Microsoft's latest layoffs cut Don Dodge. A veteran of five startups himself, Dodge was the software giant's liaison to startups. In January, the company said it would eliminate 5,000 jobs this year and next.


TechCrunch falls for Facebook practical joke

Tired of getting picked on by the bullies at TechCrunch, Facebook plays an old-fashioned practical joke on the tech new site, with the emphasis on 'old-fashioned.'


Facebook hints it's more than social network

Social networking site Facebook reportedly sports a $15 billion valuation. A new patent filing offers a glimpse why.


Biz Stone: 'Someone call security'

'Out of context, rudimentary notes of internal discussions will be misinterpreted by current and future partners jeopardizing our business relationships,' blogs Biz Stone about stolen documents published by TechCrunch.


Google the fly in Microsoft's ointment

As media moguls and tech dealmakers mingle at Allen & Co.'s Sun Valley conference this week, one topic may be the just-announced Google Chrome OS, aimed squarely at Microsoft's Windows.


GE takes a piece of EveryZing

General Electric's Peacock Equity Fund takes a strategic stake in online video search and publishing company EveryZing.


Deadpool: ManiaTV off the air

ManiaTV Networks Inc., which raised $22 million in venture funding, has shut its doors.


Josh Harris lived in public in the '90s; we do now

"We're all canaries in the coal mines now, like Josh Harris was back in the '90s," writes serial entrepreneur Jason Calacanis in his e-newsletter this week.Harris was a prescient Web pioneer with an Andy Warhol-like flare for publicity. In 1993, he founded Pseudo Programs Inc., developer of the Web casting site pseudo.com. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2000, but Harris is probably best known as the creator of a controversial Truman Show-esque online experiment. Now he is the subject of We Live in Public, a film directed by Ondi Timoner that won the Grand Jury Prize for a U.S. documentary at the 2009 Sundance Film...


Roll Call: April 10, 2008

Here are some of the latest news and rumors that are turning heads. The Deal reports on how Microsoft Corp. and News Corp. are plotting a joint bid for Yahoo Inc., while Yahoo! may pair up with AOL. Yahoo!'s stock is expected to rise due to the announcement. Here is the Google stock ticker. Lehman Brothers Inc. has liquidated three investment funds, according to Reuters. An Aloha Airlines Inc. union lawyer says a buyer will be found soon for the bankrupt airline, reports Pacific Business News. Janus Capital Group has sold Rapid Solutions Group, a digital print operator, to Bowne...


Roll Call: April 1, 2008

Here are all of the April Fools' Day stories and funny tidbits you need to know about.ZellCoMediaEnterprises Inc. changes its name, sells rights to the Tribune tower and unveils an edible ink and licorice printing system.TechCrunch is suing Facebook Inc. for $25 million.Sir Richard Branson announces a joint venture between the Virgin Group and Google Inc. in Virgle, Google's blog, to create, "the establishment of a permanent human settlement on Mars." J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. acquires Bear Stearns Cos. in a tedious-to-read news article in The Onion. We wish this New York Times story was a joke. Woody Allen...



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