SF News Twitter DoS Attack: Republic of Georgia Separatist? Yesterday's Twitter outage, it seems, was the result of one blogger, a separatist in the Republic of Georgia. According to CNET: "The blogger, who uses the account name 'Cyxymu,' (the name of
SF News Freaking Out About Twitter Being Down Twitter is down this morning. So is Facebook at times, but only because people are rushing over from Twitter to cry. Anyway, the fine folks at Twitter are in the process of fighting
misc Our Old Friend Zennie Has Some Advice for Twitter Remember our old old pal Zennie? He of the controversy and Giants game meanderings? Some of you may know him as a SFGate City Brights blogger (a title shared by those eloquent Getty
SF News Breaking: Marissa Mayer Opens Twitter Account SFist is a big fan of Google. So, naturally, we were elated to hear that Google VP of Search Product and User Experience and fellow air sign Marissa Mayer is now on Twitter.
SF News Woman Sued Over Libelous Twittering Be careful what you say about corporations and public entities on Twitter, dear readers! This is not your personal IM and someone might just try to sue your ass. Case in point: a
SF News TechCrunch Publishes Hacked Twitter Documents, Rage Ensues The Silicon Valley set has been abuzz this week after TechCrunch published private Twitter documents obtained by a hacker. Said secret documents went up on Tuesday and include, according to Baynewser, "everything from
SF News Twitter for Sh-tters Hey, don't blame us for the feces-related headline. If it were up to us, we would've stuck in another "i." See, Twitter for Sh-tters is this: a "grassroots" Twitter campaign to get people
SF News Quote du Jour: Michael Jackson Gay? So, yeah, everything and anything is being dominated by Michael Jackson's memorial today. Face it. And, after wading through all of the internet denziens getting choked by Colgate Total and Latisse spokeswoman Brooke
SF News Newsom <s>Spams</s> Raises Money On Twitter With the Help of Chelsea Handler While SFist likes to bitch about Mayor Gavin Newsom, as any self-consciously and affectedly pissed-off San Francisco voter does, we also love us some Chelsea Handler. (If you don't know who she is,
SF News SF IT Director Helps Iranian Protesters Ever since "hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets" in Iran, accusing the government of holding a fraudulent presidential election, social sites like Facebook and Twitter have played a wildly
SF News Pop Star Patrick Wolf Twitters His SF Arrest Patrick Wolf, who is some sort of British pop star singer, was arrested in San Francisco last night. Thankfully, he Twittered the entire thing for your enjoyment. pw_official: "Was arrested by san
SF News St. Louis Cardinals Tony La Russa Sues Twitter Over Hurt Feelings Wait, seriously? Sigh. Sit down for this one, folks: St. Louis Cardinals manager has his briefs in a bunch about the treacherous world wide web, and is now suing San Francisco-based Twitter. Why?
SF News Twitter for a Tree You just can't top this one, Gavin Newsom. United Nations Environment Programme promises to plant a tree for every person who follows them on Twitter. Check it: "UNEPandYou: Remember, UNEP will plant one
misc 311 and Twitter, Together at Last The Ballard just posted this message, "@biz and @gavinnewsom just announced that you can report potholes in SF by tweeting @sf311." The seem to be having some sort of live press conference about
SF News Protip: Do Not Twitter Your Vacation Plans In a virtual allowing-newspapers-to-accumulate-at-your-front-door-like move, Arizona resident Israel Hyman (tee hee, sounds like "hymen") left twitter messages mentioning that he was out of town. Then, as fate would have it, Hyman's residence was
SF News Patrick Swayze is NOT Dead Although reports were swirling -- swirling! - all over Twitter this morning, "Hungry Eyes" crooner and Point Break star Patrick Swayzeis not dead. He is alive. He has some serious cancer issues, yes;
SF News Prop 8 NOT Overturned, Folks The interwebs exploded today. Why? Because people have mistakenly assumed Prop 8 was overturned by the California Supreme Court. The gay marriage ban was. In May of 2008. Sort of. See, it seems
SF News Apple Buyout Just a Rumor, Says Twitter The rumor that Apple wanted to buy Twitter for $700 million turned out to be just that, a rumor. According to KCBS, Biz Stone said in a television appearance Wednesday on The View
SF News Apple to Buy Twitter? Although it's known more for pretty computers and applications celebrating infanticide than Internet know-how, Apple is rumored to snatch up Twitter, according to Valleywag. While the SF-based company turned down a $500 million
SF News Gavin's Day On Twitter It's been awhile since we've mentioned Gavin Newsom's whimsical musings on Twitter. (Speaking of the the micro-blogging network many of you claim to be sick of but secretly can't stop using, its founders
SF News CDC Hits Twitter For Swine Flu Updates In case you can't get enough swine flu information, be sure to follow the Centers for Disease Control's Twitter accounts. CNET has the scoop: "@CDCemergency... is posting new recommendations, bulletins on confirmed cases,
SF News Bronstein Emerges Unscathed After Dowd Date Maureen Dowd is kind of an idiot. And we mean that in the nicest way possible, because she seems so smart. But then she goes off and writes this. In her most recent
SF News Newsom Already Raises $15,000 by 1 p.m. After announcing his bid for candidacy for California Governor this morning, Mayor Gavin Newsom sent this message via Twitter, "We've raised $15,000 online today. Thank you for the support. Help us reach
misc Photo du Jour 291 The moment SF Mayor Gavin Newsom pressed "update" to announce his candidacy for Governor of California. What this shot really needs? Crackling green laser beams, complex scientific charts, and test tubes with dry
SF News SJ Suicide Twitterer Speaks Out Citing a difficult divorce, which would explain the desire to follow online a Hollywood actress of-a-certain age, the woman who Twittered her attempted suicide to Demi Moore spoke to the press recently. If
