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We can't even afford chicken feed [Meltdowns]

The recession has an upside, right? As consumers cut back, austerity trend pieces told us chicken was supposed to supplant beef as what's for dinner. But Pilgrim's Pride, the large poultry producer, has gone bankrupt right after Thanksgiving. The Chapter 11 filing was brought on by high feed cost...

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Valleywag — 3 days ago

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Why Facebook wants to spam your News Feed [Social Networks]

Social networks have a lifecycle: They start with a small core of early adopters, swell as mainstream users get pulled in by their friends, and then see growth taper off as people get turned off by spam. That's why Friendster is forgotten and why MySpace is looking increasingly stagnant. The pric...

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Valleywag — 3 days ago

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On Mumbai tragedy, Twitter proves useful in its uselessness [We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To]

Can't stand CNN? Don't want to keep Googling for news? Pop open a browser window and leave a Twitter search for "mumbai" running. People are posting photo links and group-sulking, rather than the usual sort of "if only they had used Twitter more in Mumbai, none of this would have h...

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Valleywag — 6 days ago

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Mahalo motormouth to launch mystery product in December [Jason Calacanis]

I'm taking guesses now. What's "Project A," the seekrit product being talked up by Mahalo founder Jason Calacanis on his private mailing list? A recap of recent events: He launched a human-powered news feed at a time most companies were planning layoffs. After that, he performed a layof...

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Valleywag — 6 days ago

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Sometimes atoms are better than bits [Quotable]

"If you've ever tried to download a dildo, it probably didn't take you long to realize the futility of the task." — AVN blogger Tom Johansmeyer, on the resilience of sex toys and strip clubs to piracy. ...

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Valleywag — 6 days ago

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Icahn buys more Yahoo shares, considers H-P exec for CEO gig [Yahoo]

Jerry Yang's least favorite investor bought nearly seven million more shares of YHOO. BoomTown reporter Kara Swisher did my homework for me again: Todd Bradley, head of H-P's $28 billion Personal Systems group, has been added to the list of potential Yahoo CEOs. Just to keep things complicated, t...

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Valleywag — 6 days ago