Monty Python

Remember the Parrot!

Peter Kafka in Media on January 6, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

There’s lots of cool stuff on display at CES this week. But bear in mind that lots of it will be DOA–or worse, it will never arrive, period.

Monty Python's Pre-Flight Circus

Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on November 22, 2010 at 3:24 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

The HP Wink-Wink Nudge-Nudge Scandal's Real Victims: The Shareholders

Kara Swisher in News on August 9, 2010 at 5:15 am PT

Of course, because Silicon Valley is possibly the least sexy of places, any whiff of a scandal involving a powerful CEO and a blonde model/actress/cougar/contractor is going to get the lion’s share of the attention in the coverage. Thus, the resignation Friday of Hewlett-Packard head Mark Hurd and the private settlement with consultant Jodie Fisher have morphed into a juicy summer potboiler. Today, when the markets open, we’ll see if any of it matters to Wall Street or if investors have moved on to trying to determine the next moves for the tech giant and its leadership.

Microsoft Gags on Puke Ad

Peter Kafka in Media on July 2, 2009 at 9:36 am PT

Microsoft’s first series of Web video ads for Internet Explorer 8 didn’t seem to garner much attention. But its latest one did: It features a married couple, an unspeakable porn site and a lot of vomit. Now Redmond says that was probably a mistake.

Google Tries Squeezing More Money Out of YouTube

Peter Kafka in Media on January 21, 2009 at 1:06 pm PT

Google’s two-pronged “get serious” strategy–cut costs while finding new places to earn pennies here and there–continues. The latest effort: an extension of the affiliate sales program it introduced to YouTube last fall. It’s a small move, but Google has been making a lot of small moves lately.