Is disgraced stock analyst Henry Blodget the reincarnation of Howard Hughes? In an inadvertently revealing Silicon Alley Insider post explaining his dislike of Windows Seven's touchscreen features, Blodget's screaming germophobia is on full display.

Besides creating one of the world's most successful tech companies, Larry Ellison invented the 5 o'clock shadow plus blazer look. He drives an Audi R8 to the gym — the car Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson described as "like smearing honey onto Keira Knightley." Ellison also owns a gigantic high-tech yacht on to which he…

In the wake of eBay's suit against Craiglist, we get a touch more fear and loathing from a newspaper about the online classifieds site and local bulletin board from the Times:

Caring is sharing, people, especially when it comes to your personal data. Leading developers from important social-network sites joining a "data-portability" advocacy group doesn't represent history in the making. It's a marketing campaign to make everyone feel sickly sweet, knowing that these websites are so…

Every geek's favorite show of the moment Heroes is set to expire in three episodes due to the Writers Guild strike. What will the twitchy geeks do without their superhero fix? Fortunately, we have a solution. Have you ever noticed that Yahoo vice president Jeff Weiner, rumored to be on the outs with new president Sue…

Back by popular demand, we bring you part four of our three-part Valleywag quiz, "Googler or Muppet?" For our encore, we're going straight to the top. Guitar-wielding Janice may be the the driving talent behind the Electric Mayhem, but the rockers would never have gotten anywhere without band manager Scooter.…

Dr. Teeth gets all the credit for the hitmaking machine that was the Electric Mayhem. But dig a little deeper and you'll find the true star of the band behind such megahits as "Can You Picture That?" It was Janice, lead guitarist and protohipster. We're equally sure another two blondes might have had as much to do…

In this — part two of our three-part "Googler or Muppet?" Valleywag quiz — we present an even tougher challenge. Not only do this Muppet and this Googler possess similarly wistful dispositions, they also sound exactly the same. In fact, we're not sure which is which. Are you?

A reader writes in to point out the resemblance between Google's Android demonstrator Dan Morrill and Muppet Lab assistant Beaker. We object to this rude comparison. Morrill looks much more like Muppet professor Dr. Bunsen Honeydew than his ever-squeaking assistant. Judge for yourself with the first entry in our…