TechCrunch blogger Michael Arrington BLASTED Wired Magazine blogger Betsy Schiffman’s SWIPE at TechCrunch’s recently announced syndication deal with the Washington Post newspaper. In a nutshell, Schiffman’s view is: What’s a legendary newspaper like the Washington Post (they broke the Watergate stor…

According to Gartner, the percentage of women in IT is low and shrinking, dropping from 42 percent in 1996 to 32.4 percent in 2004 worldwide. In some countries, including in the United States, it’s below 30 percent.This conspicuous gender imbalance is caused by a towering list of problems, according…

A majority of men give their penis a nickname, according to disreputable sources. Now, a site lets you register that name to prove it’s strange. They give you a CERTIFICATE and everything. The name of the site is — what else? — nameyourwang.com!Original post by Mike

I took that picture today of a sign on the door of the CosmoNet World Wide Web cafe on the Greek Island of Rhodes. File that under knowledge that’s TRUE BUT USELESS.Original post by Mike

A two-year FBI probe called Operation Cisco Raider discovered the use of some 3,500 counterfeit Cisco Systems network components made in China. The FBI says it doesn’t know whether or not the fake goods were part of a “state-sponsored intelligence effort” (i.e. CHINESE SPY PROGRAM). The potential th…

Steve Ballmer’s got no vision, no charisma, no engineering cred and no outside experience running a company. Ballmer himself admits to not being good at negotiating. And now his deal-making and decision-making skills are being questioned. Remind me again: WHY IS STEVE BALLMER CEO OF MICROSOFT?Origin…

http://mobile.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=03291″>Brando is now selling a $30 PDA stylus that doubles as a Bluetooth headset. When a signal comes in, you HOLD THE STYLUS UP TO YOUR EAR to talk on the phone. You can additionally plug earbuds into it and take the shout the old-fashioned wa…