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oopsidoo: I guess I'm AOL-esque. Someone explain to me why eschmidt0 is outdated. Is using numbers outdated? more »
Niko Bellic: As a rich person, I have to say that I don't even touch a computer. This comment is being typed by my secretary. more »
Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Schmidt und Meyer Von Twitter. more »
Shadowlayer: He could've soften the blow by saying "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be posting it on the internet in ... more »
shostakobitch: He saw the Twilight Zone where dude could read minds. more »
MrInBetween: This the Eric Schmidt Before photo. more »
PaisleyPajamas: This dude's logic is as messed up as his zip sweater/necktie/shirt and jacket combo. more »
Niko Bellic: Google is The Devil. more »
TheBusinessGuy: Hey, Google isn't alone here. Conde Nast eliminated the free Orangina. more »
Magister: I realize that this may come across as harping, but... Google has invested in Wojcicki's company at the behest of a founder. Google is not subject to... more »
BadUncle: I just like it when they stop using the cattle prod. more »
If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Expect us to add benefits rather than pare them down over time. We believe it is easy to be penny wise and pound foolish with respect to benefits that... more »
shostakobitch: doesn't every company started by some fruit-booted shitass in a garage that makes it big go through the same tired cycle of plucky-futurist-luxuriatin... more »
Shadowlayer: As long as they keep buying every single startup out there (mine included) for a lot of dough, I've no complaints more »
Magister: If you click through to Google trends today, you'd find that "make your own barcode" is pretty popular for obvious reasons. If one were to make thei... more »

#reversals

Eric Schmidt Bullied into Submission Twice in One Day
It's not everyday you see the CEO of Google eating his words. But Eric Schmidt has made two embarrassing reversals so far today: Admitting he was wrong about Twitter, and admitting he's got a terrible, AOL-user-esque sense of internet fashion. More »
#googleplex

Google CEO: Secrets Are for Filthy People
Eric Schmidt suggests you alter your scandalous behavior before you complain about his company invading your privacy. That's what the Google CEO told Maria Bartiromo during CNBC's big Google special last night, an extraordinary pronouncement for such a secretive guy. More »
#google

Eric Schmidt's Kinky Fantasy
Google's CEO writes in the Wall Street Journal that "frustrated newspaper executives are looking for someone to blame" for their decline, but they shouldn't blame him: His "fantasy news gadget" makes you pay for access to the goods. Freak.
#perks

Google Honchos: Our Employees Should Be Grateful They're Not Starving in Gutter
Google used to say its lavish perks bolstered productivity and, if anything, would only grow more posh. But a recession changes things. Now the official line is more like, just be happy you're working, you ungrateful fucking pigs. More »
#forecasts

Google Billionaires Say Happy Days Are Here Again
Good news, jobless poors: The recession is over, according to the billionaire nerds who run Google. Their computers told them so, and now the executives are in New York to spread the word and count their gold bars. More »
#rumormonger

Google CEO's Public and Private Moments With 'Ex' Girlfriend
All summer we kept hearing Eric Schmidt had resumed hanging out with onetime flame Marcy Simon, the killer flack at play-for-keeps Microsoft PR firm Burson-Marsteller. We're still hearing that. And now Simon's talking about the Google CEO in public. More »
#google

Eric Schmidt's Clumsy Hollywood Seduction
Eric Schmidt wants so badly for the cool kids in Hollywood to like him. The Google CEO bought that Southern California house. He tried and largely failed to get studio content on YouTube. Maybe if he offers the crown jewels? More »
#flackery

A Steve Jobs Confession, a Fanboy Shock
Yes, Steve Jobs is that evil. Silicon Valley spent the past month convincing itself AT&T just absolutely had to be responsible for kicking the useful Google Voice application off the iPhone App store. Whoops, it was Dear Leader. More »
#rumormonger

Eric Schmidt Hanging With Girlfriend on Fire Island?
What's old is apparently new again for Eric Schmidt: Not only is the Google CEO rumored to be hanging out with ex-girlfriend Marcy Simon, now we hear the two have been visiting together on Fire Island, just like old times. More »
#conflictsofinterest

Google CEO Leaves Apple Board, Finally
Apple has announced Eric Schmidt is leaving the Cupertino company's board of directors by "mutual" agreement. Apple CEO Steve Jobs cites increasing competition between the two companies; by that standard this should have happened a year and a half ago. More »
#rumormonger

Is Eric Schmidt Hanging Out with His Ex-Girlfriend Again?
Google's CEO was once thought to be quite serious about Marcy Simon; Eric Schmidt's sometime PR consultant was spotted wearing an engagement ring. Then, a breakup and talk of another woman. But the pair have reportedly reached a new accommodation. More »
#clips

Microsoft's Bing Puts Google and Yahoo on the Defensive
In the tech world, dominance can be lost with mere clicks, which in turn spring from mere thoughts. Perhaps that's why Google and Yahoo's CEOs are so quickly dismissing Microsoft's new search site, Bing. More »
#printisdead

Google's Newspaper That Wasn't
Eric Schmidt now says Google thought about buying a newspaper but rejected the idea as "crossing the line" between technology and content. The real message for newspaper hacks: You're just not profitable. Compared with, say, TV and movies. More »
#antitrust

Uh Oh, Google's in More Antitrust Trouble!
Google's G1 is the biggest enemy of Apple's iPhone. And Apple is making a big push into the Web. So it's totally hunky-dory that Google and Apple share board members, right? Wrong, say antitrust cops. More »
#printisdead

Maureen Dowd Gapes at the Horror of Google
What happens when the prim self-satisfaction of New York's media elite meets the smug hubris of Silicon Valley's unblinking technocrats? Why, a Maureen Dowd profile of Google CEO Eric Schmidt, that's what happens. More »
#printisdead

Google CEO: Newspapers Need to Speed Things Up
What's the mysterious plague that's killing newspapers? According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, it's not search engines, Craigslist, or Monster.com. It's those agonizingly slow-loading websites! More »
#layoffs

Google Execs in Secret Layoff Meetings
More layoffs are coming to Google, employees there believe. A Googler tells us top executives abruptly cancelled meetings across the Googleplex Friday. More »
#geeksgonewild

Who's Saying 'Fly Me' to Eric Schmidt?
How does Eric Schmidt do it? The computer nerd runs Google, has Obama's ear, parks his jet fleet in a NASA hangar, and has a rocking girlfriend. Is she the reason he flies so much? More »
#antitrust

It's Time to Ask if Google's Too Big to Fail
Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently told the BBC that the U.S. should break up banks that get "too big to fail." What about Google? Is it too big — and should the government take action? More »
#free

Google, No Longer the Land of the Free
The accountants have taken over the Googleplex, once a hotbed of amiably unprofitable innovation. The notion that ads would pay the way for everything has been dropped — and "fee" is replacing "free." More »

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