HP board chairman Ray Lane is lashing out at critics who are pinning the blame for HP’s mess on the board of directors, who are described in this New York Times article as the “worst board in the history of business.” Now HP’s directors are getting heat for making the incredible blunder of hiring Leo […]

That’s the title of this awesome Tumblr recommended to me by my longtime cyberpal, Faddah. It’s a pretty staggering list: * The entire US automotive aftermarket * The GDP of Denmark * All of the gold at the New York Federal Reserve * The economy of Singapore * All of the illegal drugs in the […]

That’s the word on the street, anyway. The HP board meets today and supposedly they’re going to can him. Apotheker (in photo at right, shown adjusting earpiece where he receives instructions from outer space) has been at HP for only 10 months but in that time has set a new record for creating chaos and […]

Much love to the friend who sent this in. I don’t know if this chart is for real but I must say it does fit with my own less-than-scientific research into the Linux community.

I just learned last night of a new tech site run by a well-known big name in tech hackery that I think is going to be huge. Will go live in a week and I can’t say much about it at this point except that (a) it’s not going to do news; and (b) if […]

A source close to the action tells me that someone at TC has been reaching out trying to steal people from rival tech blog AllThingsD. The answer from all those contacted: “Not in a million years.”

Q: What do you get when you mix overweening self-regard with extreme self-pity and a total lack of self-awareness? A: TechCrunch. Oh, how these guys have been victimized! Oh, how brilliant they are, how much better than everyone else, and how nobly they suffer for their art and for freedom of expression! Oh, how they […]

These and other weighty questions of the day are what Dave Thackeray and I tackle on the latest episode of The Double D Guys.

NEW FALLOUT from the Arrington-Huffington-Armstrong-AOL kerfuffle: Yesterday at a conference Barry Diller said that AOL should not have fired Michael Arrington, and that that when Arianna complained to Armstrong about Arrington’s journalism ethics, Armstrong should have told her “Shut up and go back to your room.” One problem with this suggestion: Have you ever met […]

No, seriously. It’s his column in the Chicago Sun-Times. Knock me over with a feather. It’s a great column, and worth reading all of it. But to summarize: Metro is cool, so let’s hope Microsoft doesn’t screw it up between now and release time. A solid tablet OS from Microsoft could put pressure on Apple, […]