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MySpace co-founder says he was ripped off
Social networking juggernaut MySpace is experiencing some post-acquisition woes in the form of complaints by former shareholders. Among them is MySpace co-founder Brad Greenspan, who says that MySpace parent company Intermix Media knowingly sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for far less than its true value and locked out other bidders including Viacom. Greenspan has released a nine-chapter report at FreeMySpace.com that he says presents proof of Intermix executives' wrongdoing. News Corp. has released a statement saying, "It's unfortunate that Mr. Greenspan continues to issue press releases complaining about a deal that many industry experts initially believed was a risk for News Corp. to take. We've strategically built this business since the acquisition and are just now beginning to realize real financial value. This is simply a case of sour grapes making for loud complaints." Other former MySpace investors are up in arms as well, though, filing lawsuits for a variety of allegations backed by big guns like Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, the firm that won billions for the Enron plaintiffs.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
