SO THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT “HARDWARE”

“In the past few months, we have been having to make Xbox 360 console repairs at a rate too high for our liking.”

Robbie Bach, head of Microsoft’s Xbox business, on taking a $1 billion-plus charge in order to learn that making hardware is actually kind of tricky, ABC News, 5 July 2007

HOLE IN ONE

“Rarely does Valleywag draw us out of our hole, but this one was so off.”

Google spokesman David Krane, caught red-handed responding to rumors and speculation, CNBC.com, 5 July 2007

OH, SAY, CAN YOU SPAM

“Today’s run of the Storm Trojan using the Fourth of July as its hook continues this theme of exploiting current events to entice unsuspecting email users into infecting themselves.”

Bradley Anstis, director of product management at IT security firm Marshal, on the explosion of spam over holidays, M-net, 4 July 2007

iNS

“When I saw photos of Mexicans climbing the fence to get into the U.S. and buy iPhones over the weekend, well, I’ll be honest, I cried.”

Fake Steve Jobs, on the reaction to the iPhone, News.com, 3 July 2007

HOW TO MAKE AN ASSET OF YOURSELF

“I have the credibility for knowing how to create great assets and what’s going to be the next big thing.”

Brad Greenspan, the self-proclaimed founder of MySpace, on slavishly copying Rupert Murdoch in a bid for Dow Jones, The New York Times, 2 July 2007