http://www.valleynag.com Silicon Valley's Legitimate News Source Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:42:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm happy to announce that Yahoo! is having an open house this weekend.  This sophisticated company offers the history of pre-dot-com but the aged experience of Web 2.0.  It has everything any monolithic M&A seeking buyer is looking for. Not only does Yahoo come with a fully equipped search engine, it ... http://www.valleynag.com/posts/33/yahoo-open-house-this-weekend Rumors are flying that the hot new startup valleynag [disclosure: this is valleynag] is for sale. Most analysts value the company at around $10-20 million, a number owner George Hudson claims vastly undervalues the company. Hudson points to several upcoming initiatives, including the new advertising platform, called "suez" which the company ... http://www.valleynag.com/posts/32/valleynag-seeking-buyer Our Apple insider has leaked important news that the next version of the iPhone will soon be released as planned - 30 days after prior version.  The leaked internal memo quotes Steve Jobs as saying, "I know there was a backlast when we dropped the iPhone price by $200 immediately ... http://www.valleynag.com/posts/29/new-iphone-to-be-released-30-days-after-prior-version The rise in popular "social media" tools has lead to the imminent degradation in structured media into one that is limited to 140 characters.  Andy Warhol is rolling in his grave as he learns nobody received their 15 minutes of fame - instead fame comes in the form of small ... http://www.valleynag.com/posts/26/twitter-downtime-leaves-millions-wondering-what-to-do Ambro Johnson, an accountant working for an unnamed VC firm, is the one who coined the term "Opposite Day", February 29th.  Ms. Johnson was driving into work, thinking about all the VC partners who jet-set around the globe and act as sales/marketing people with an unlimited expense account.  Then she ... http://www.valleynag.com/posts/25/vc-accountant-pretends-to-like-job A couple sources tell us that Jerry Yang is in talks with Neville Isdell of Coca Cola and Hormel president Jeffrey M. Ettinger about a possible alternative plan to the Microsoft acquisition. In this plan, Coke and Hormel would trade ownership of the Minute Maid and Stagg Chili brands to ... http://www.valleynag.com/posts/23/more-msftyhoo-rumors-coming-in Originally the source of all insider training knowledge on the Internet, Valleywag, self-proclaimed tech gossip rag, slides to 12th place right behind Guy Kawasaki's Treumers and lesser-known Reddit (you remember... the freaky alien thing.) "How else am I suppose to inflate the value of my company?" asked one valley startup CEO, ... http://www.valleynag.com/posts/22/crap-crap-crap According to sources close to the deal, Microsoft will be offering Yahoo engineers free copies of Visual Studio and Windows Vista as part of a "generous retention package" they will be offering after an acquisition. .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; float:left;} .flickr-caption { ... http://www.valleynag.com/posts/21/microsoft-sweetens-the-pot The Oracleoplex is a Valley icon. You can't miss the big cylinders in off 101 in Redwood City. But what goes on inside them? Thanks to our tipster, we finally know what's inside, and its not what you think. According to our source most of the buildings are filled with cubicle ... http://www.valleynag.com/posts/20/inside-the-oracleoplex So a citibank analyst Paul Mansky thinks Cisco sales are going to go up and up. But that assumes that people still care about routers and switches. But startups like facebook have already shown that social media, not switches and routers are what grows the internet. http://www.valleynag.com/posts/19/analyst-gives-john-chambers-a-fluff