The defection of Microsoft's platform evangelist Vic Gundotra to Google, days after MS's Google assassin Martin Taylor slunk off, is more than a bad sign. According to Microsoft troll Chris Coulter, it's — well, picture a comically large stack of soup cans in a Disney movie. Now pull one can from the bottom layer. Chris plays war correspondent in this speed-and-liquor-fueled totally sober doomsaying guest post.

In honor of blogger Robert Scoble's move from Microsoft to podcasting network PodTech, Scoble baiter Chris Coulter lists eight reasons why the podcasting biz, despite being hailed as the new wave of media, is dead in the water.

As the Register's Andrew Orlowski flies back to England, it's time to check up on the other trolls of tech — the real journalists, fake journalists, and — ugh — bloggers.

Microsoft looks anything but domineering these days — they can't even take over the softies at Yahoo, according to the Wall Street Journal — so anti-Microsoft jester Chris Coulter adds a bit of irony to this Battlestar Galactica parody. Dig the subtle shot of MS blogger Robert Scoble at the end.

Blogger-harrasser Chris Coulter quotes Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble's new comment policy: "I am now approving every comment here. And I will delete any that don't add value to either my life or the lives of my readers."

The bloggers at Demo 2006 are all guzzling the new-product Kool-Aid. But un-blogger Chris Coulter has this habit of sending kick-ass, monomaniacal e-mails to just a handful of people. Why he's not monetizing his own eyeballs or cross-platforming his paradigm shift, I don't know, but the man deserves to be read. So here is the antidote to all the gushing product reports.