SF News Online Sale Goes Awry, Becomes Gunpoint Robbery Two men who were just trying to sell some stuff online had their pants (and more) stolen Wednesday, even though they met their robbers on a busy San Francisco street. According to the
SF News Listen To Tech Writer Recount Dreadful Post-Hack Stress Wired Gadget Lab’s senior writer Mat Honan's digital life was hacked last week. In addition to a detailed article on Monday, he also gave a rather jarring interview about what happened and
SF News 6.5 Million LinkedIn Passwords Stolen, Posted Online Oh dear. For those of you who use LinkedIn (side note: please explain your LinkedIn love in the comments), they've just sent word that some of your passwords have been compromised. It seems
SF News Sergey Brin, Jack Dorsey Sign Open Letter Blasting SOPA The chilling Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), drafted by Rep. Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, would have catastrophic affects on how you use the web and who (namely the U.S. government) controls
SF News Like to Stream AND Get Discs Via Netflix? Prepare to Bend Over and Take it in the Wallet Your days of enjoying a combo plan of getting a disc or two via those red envelopes in the mail and streaming content from California-based Netflix are numbered, kids. Starting September 1, the
SF News Craigslist Removes "Censored" Protest Bar Last week, after Attorneys General in 17 states sparked the removal of Craigslist "Adult Services" section, Newmark and company decided to slap a brilliant "censored" protest icon on the site. Today, however, as
SF News Quote du Jour: "Matt Gonzalez" Want to hear more about a self-indulgent dilettante? Can you stomach another online writer who prattles on and on passive-aggressively about their alleged accomplishments? One who went to Ivy League schools you couldn't
SF News FBI Arrests Stoner for Making Online Threats Against BART Cop The FBI arrested Roanoke, Virginia resident Jeffrey Weaver, 47, this week after he made several threatening comments on the interwebs. Weaver, it seems, allegedly posted anonymous comments on InfoWars.com about Johannes Mehserle,
SF News SF Chronicle Unveils New "E-Edition" Prepared to take l'internet by storm, SF Chronicle just unveiled their new "e-edition" (which is sophisticated, high-tech talk for "electronic edition"). What is the "e-edition," you ask? Well, according to the advertisement, it's
SF News Online Date Leads to Violence Three Hayward residents (of course) are sitting in jail facing attempted murder charges after kidnapping and beating a man they met online. The 22-year-old unidentified victim, a San Jose man, had "gone to
SF News Gays and Lesbians Can Start Looking for Love on eHarmony After years of being blissfully ignorant of the homosexual lifestyle, eHarmony, the online dating site that uses highly intricate and futuristic technologies to find you that perfect match, will now be required to
misc Google Relieves Your Muni Frustrations Unfortunately, for just about any trip we could think up, the driving times were always dramatically shorter than the transit times, so this isn't exactly encouraging people to give up their cars. Le
Arts & Entertainment The Onion's Joe Randazzo What is the dumbest thing in the world? I am tempted to say nationalism, for the way in which it rallies people around a symbol they believe to be inextricably linked to their
Arts & Entertainment SFGate Dupes a Few Trolls In an effort to tame the trolls, SFGate's site (as well as a few others like ThinkProgress) use software from an outside company that implements a unique "block user" function. This feature blocks
Arts & Entertainment Pinot on the River Starting today and running through Sunday, Pinot Noir will be the focus in the Russian River Valley this weekend. Russian River Vineyards in Forestville plays host to this year's fest featuring top Pinot
Arts & Entertainment Boss's Day with Hillary Mendelsohn Hillary Mendelsohn is a gift-giving expert for Office Depot (hmmm.. how exactly do we get THAT job?) and the founder and president of thepurplebook: The Definitive Guide to Exceptional Online Shopping. So basically
SF News Get a Job -- Account Supervisor - Search Engine Marketing [OMD] -- Investment Analyst [Prudential Financial] -- Sr. Business Systems Analyst [Administrative Office of the Courts] -- Product Manager - Online Advertising and Marketing [Mediaplex] And
Arts & Entertainment We're Number One! San Francisco Is Top City For Singles Hey, all you singles in San Francisco/Oakland, looks like you live in the right place. Our fair city was tops in Forbes 7th Annual Best Cities for Singles Report. The magazine made
Arts & Entertainment 3 Questions For StyleMob's Founder, Sasha Cagen Sasha Cagen, the author of books Quirkyalone and To-Do List, has founded (with co-founder Adam Souzis) something astonishingly addictive -- StyleMob. A very nice SFist reader sent us an invite during the "invite-only
misc Get a Job - Corporate Web Marketing Analyst [Dolby Labs] - Senior Online Marketing Manager/Director [Confidential] - Director of Communications [The Vote Solar Initiative] - Database Architect [Adify] - Marketing Manager Online Advertising [CyberCoders] For
Arts & Entertainment Wiii're Hoping They Take The Warp Tunnel HERE! According to Game Informer Online, Nintendo of America may be relocating -- and one of the rumoured destination cities is right here in San Francisco. More employment opportunities are always good, especially establsihed
SF News SFist Is The Culprit: The Comments In all seriousness, thank you guys for keeping the conversation in the comments relatively civil (snarky, but civil -- our favorite!). We always knew our readers and commenters were the best and this
SF News Mayoral Race Poll Now that Gavin has stopped playing coy and moved ahead with his re-election plans, the question is who will step up to run against Mr. 80% Approval Ratings? It's the parlor game anyone
SF News Eritrean Community Crime Shocker Murder victims-- who died after being shot via open fire in a third floor apartment-- include a widowed mother named Winta T. Mehari, 28, of Berkeley, her brother Yonas Mehari, 17, who lived
SF News Don't Forget To Vote.... ....for your favorite Gavin date! As you'll see, Brittanie Mountz has a commanding lead (perhaps with some assistance from her sorority?), but that shouldn't discourage you from sounding off with your opinion either!
