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RSS playboyThe Weekly Round-Up: 31.08.07
Round-Up Following up on that coterie of roles is the 'chief identity officer', partly due to the importance of identity management to the modern business but also to question why the hell they've wasted their life in corporate IT when they could have had... [31 Aug 2007]
Playboy set for online launch next month
News Playboy plans to launch a digital version of its magazine next month, allowing readers to download over the web the same content that's in the print version. A Playboy spokeswoman said: "There is a new generation of readers emerging, and... [25 Aug 2005]
Flash Larry may donate $115m to Harvard
News The donation, which follows Ellison's sixtieth birthday, may be seen as the maturing of the Oracle boss who has previously been as famous for his outspokenness and his playboy lifestyle as he has been for his unquestioned business credentials. [06 Jun 2005]
Las Vegas at 100: Why it's tech's kind of town
Comment Oracle boss Larry Ellison is reported to be that most coveted of Vegas gamblers, a 'whale' - the super high-stakes $1m-per-night kind of playboy whom the casino host would literally sell his own grandmother to entertain. [16 May 2005]
Playboy offers iPod Photo a Christmas treat
News Playboy is offering its own special brand of holiday cheer to iPod Photo owners - free soft porn. Digital content with nude pictures is available on Playboy's subscription site Playboy Cyber Club. A Playboy representative described the download as... [20 Dec 2004]
Virus warning: Playboy bunny, not so funny
News Antivirus vendors are warning users to be on the lookout for an email borne worm which is disguising itself as nude pictures of Playboy pin-ups, though they admit the threat level is still very low. However, with Christmas on the horizon and some... [10 Dec 2004]
Playboy bounces into US mobiles
News Playboy Enterprises' plan to introduce adult entertainment for mobile phones next year may leave some people wondering. Under an agreement with Seattle-based Dwango Wireless, Playboy plans to sell adult mobile-phone content in the United States and... [03 Dec 2004]
Esther Dyson: Google's courageous, clumsy debut
Comment Google itself made and revealed a number of blunders, including an atypical bout of excessive openness - an interview with Playboy. Contrary to many on Wall Street, Release 1.0 editor Esther Dyson believes the Google IPO worked. [23 Aug 2004]
Google: 'We did it our way'
News In the end, Google was able to launch its offering, despite the informal inquiry the US Securities and Exchange Commission conducted into the company's stock options, the high-profile article in Playboy magazine, a shrinking deal size and IPO... [20 Aug 2004]
Google clears last hurdle - the IPO is on
News It could also be subject to charges of securities fraud because of an article appearing in the September issue of Playboy magazine, according to Google's SEC filing. Google can set its share price and begin selling shares to the public in the next... [19 Aug 2004]
Google IPO still not approved by US regulators
News Last Friday, Google filed an amendment to its prospectus cautioning investors that a recent Playboy magazine article featuring company co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin could violate SEC rules governing its "quiet period". [18 Aug 2004]
Google stock options investigated once again by SEC
News Last Friday, Google filed an amendment to its prospectus cautioning investors that a recent Playboy magazine article featuring company co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin could violate SEC rules governing its 'quiet period'. [17 Aug 2004]
Will Google lose right to Gmail name?
News In one example, Playboy magazine released an issue featuring a lengthy interview with Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, a media event that could cause the SEC to delay the offering. In another for the 'whoops' file, Google risks losing... [16 Aug 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.07.04
Round-Up Playboy agreed, perhaps wondering if this criminal madman was paying some strange homage to Austin Powers' arch-nemesis Dr Evil (see here) and asked him how he would like to receive the money. Simon managed to convince the company he had... [02 Jul 2004]
Leader: Stupidest 'hacker' ever revealed
Leader A Southampton man has been jailed for two years after he blackmailed US porn-peddler Playboy over the threat of exposing customer names and addresses which he had stolen from a compromised server. On the surface it sounds like a pretty vindictive... [29 Jun 2004]
