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Owen Thomas wrote One imagines Facebook as a geek utopia, where hackers who dropped out of college play Rock Band all day, then stay up all night coding. The reality: It's as depressingly Dilbertian as any other company — and COO Sheryl "No-Fun"
http://valleywag.com/5093796/ 4:49 PM on November 19, 2008
Owen Thomas wrote Microsoft, harried by regulators in the 1990s, once lobbied Congress to cut spending on antitrust enforcement. Now, it's profiting from their efforts. The software giant's lobbying budget nearly doubled from 2006 to 2008, helping it sink Yahoo's deal to have
http://valleywag.com/5093771/ 4:27 PM on November 19, 2008
Owen Thomas commented on Jerry Yang explains Internet to Best Buy employees
"@godospoons: The winner, more or less by default."
http://valleywag.com/5092512/#c9017009 3:56 PM on Nov 19
Owen Thomas wrote Is Google becoming the king of the Web? Well, duh — that happened about five years ago, before anyone really noticed. But activist groups, now and again, worry about whether Google knows too much about us. Yesterday, Consumer Watchdog's John
http://valleywag.com/5093634/ 2:24 PM on November 19, 2008
Owen Thomas wrote No man is above the law — not even multibillionaire Google CEO Eric Schmidt. At least that's what we hear from a well-placed tipster, who says Schmidt recently confessed to having been pulled over by the cops last month in
http://valleywag.com/5093529/ 1:20 PM on November 19, 2008
Owen Thomas commented on Fire Yahoo's board!
"@Triborough: And you, sir, have no idea how things work in the real world."
http://valleywag.com/5092690/#c9008223 11:15 AM on Nov 19
Owen Thomas wrote Among the many windmills Jerry Yang tilted at in his brief career as Yahoo's CEO was his devotion to Web search. It veered on an obsession for him. It played into his decision to resist Microsoft's offers to shower him
http://valleywag.com/5093229/ 10:28 AM on November 19, 2008

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