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Why Google's New OS Is For Losers

Ryan Tate — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:57:53 EST

A Twitter engineer said Google's new "Chrome" OS is something you resign yourself to; a CNET writer said it's something you are infected with; and Mediaite might hang out awkwardly on Tumblr with it. The Twitterati were ruthless.

Twitter engineer Alex Payne is, needless to say, not impressed with Google's new "Chrome" operating system.

Financial writer Heidi Moore is, needless to say, as unimpressed with Best Buy as Alex Payne.

CNET's Rafe Needleman is, needless to say, as unimpressed with sleazy sales tactics as Hedi Moore, as unimpressed with Google Chrome as Alex Payne and, for all his angst, unable to even ask for a refund.

The Onion's Joe Randazzo wants you doing blow by the time he returns to this bathroom an hour from now, or there's going to be hell to pay.

The Huffington Post's Jason Links accused Mediaite of having ZERO Tumblarity. Or maybe negative Tumblarity. Ya, that bad.

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Sorry About Our Lack of Vicious Beating Videos, Everyone

Ryan Tate — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:35:30 EDT

Rick Sanchez is apologized for the lack of shameless pandering on CNN; Diablo Cody Twittered about therapy and Rafe Needleman lamented the silent passing of an historic moment. The Twitterati needed catharsis today.

Actress Diablo Cody is so badly addicted to cultural references, she can't stop dropping them, on Twitter even, about her own therapy, even. (We'd suggest counseling, but that would apparently just feed the cycle.)

CNET's Rafe Needleman scolded his inner geek, via his outer geek.

News anchor Rick Sanchez actually apologized for the lack of savage physical violence on CNN. ABOUT TIME.

Joe Randazzo, Onion editor, questioned the ethics of New York Times, actual serious newspaper. And he had a point!

LA Weekly's Alexia Tsotsis, recently of Gawker, found Nikki Finke's tech coverage highly inappropriate.

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CNET editor proves there's no difference between "press" and "blogger"

Owen Thomas — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:12:05 EST

What's the difference between a blogger and a journalist? Nothing, says CNET's Rafe Needleman. But he's concerned that Gizmodo's sophomoric prank, using a TV remote control to turn off video screens at the CES 2008 gadgetfest, will get bloggers disinvited to the event next year. After all, CES only grudgingly started accrediting bloggers to the show. The only problem with Needleman's thesis?

Gizmodo attended the event — and pulled their silly stunt — with full press credentials, not second-class blogger badges. And people say the difference between journalists and bloggers is that bloggers don't factcheck. Needleman is right: There is no difference.

Powerset's party time

Megan McCarthy — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:46:14 EDT

Conference paraphernalia is normally comprised of useful but boring office supplies and t-shirts. Except, it seems, at Michael Arrington and Jason Calacanis's TechCrunch40 conference. Rafe Needleman of CNET blog Webware is shocked by one giveaway from "natural-language" search engine Powerset — test tubes of cranberry juice and vodka. We're not shocked, of course. We just suspect Powerset CEO Barney Pell is pulling the usual bar pick-up trick of buying drinks for the person you're trying to seduce. Everyone knows you're prettier when they're drunk.