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Yahoo! Names Fred Amoroso Chairman and Appoints Ross Levinsohn Interim CEO — Board Announces Settlement with Third Point LLC — SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today announced that the Board of Directors has named Fred Amoroso as Chairman of the Board of Directors …
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Ex-Yahoo Chief Told Board He Has Cancer — Before resigning as chief executive of Yahoo Inc. over the weekend, Scott Thompson disclosed to the company's board of directors and several colleagues that he has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Yahoo's Parting With Thompson Will Be for “Cause” — According to numerous sources, Yahoo is claiming “cause” in its parting with former CEO Scott Thompson, related to the fake computer science degree on his resume. — Such a determination will mean the company is not obligated to pay … | Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Here's New Yahoo CEO's First Note to Troops! (The Leaking-Internal-Memos-to-ATD Policy Remains in Effect As Usual) — Here is the first missive to Yahoo's troops from new interim CEO Ross Levinsohn, which I obtained from 653 sources at the company. (Joke alert! Sort of!)| Juro Osawa / Dow Jones Newswires: |
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Apple readies revamped 15-inch MacBook Pro: Retina Display, ultra-thin design, and super-fast USB 3 — Mockup: New, thinner MacBook Pro on the left. Current model on the right. — Apple is putting the finishing touches on an entirely new 15-inch MacBook Pro that is the outcome of years … | Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
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Iran forbids banks and other firms from corresponding with users of Gmail and other foreign email services — Iran has continued its online crackdown, and its move towards a national Internet, by introducing a new regulation that instructs banks, insurances firms and telecom companies … | Jennifer Van Grove / VentureBeat: |
Overexposed? Thanks to SceneTap, San Francisco bars are now profiling you — Imagine this. You and your girlfriend walk into a neighborhood bar, order a cocktail, and, unbeknownst to you both, a camera above is scanning your faces to determine your age and gender.
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No More Breasts, Elephants, or SOPA: How Warren Adelman Is Saving Go Daddy's Soul — I'm sure someone somewhere has had a worse first week on a job than Warren Adelman. But I am struggling to think of an example. — After nine years as the yin to the outlandish Bob … | Billy Gallagher / TechCrunch: |
No, Snapchat Isn't About Sexting, Says Co-Founder Evan Spiegel — “The minute you tell someone that images on your server disappear, everyone jumps to sexting.” — Evan Spiegel laughed and leaned back into his chair during his first sitdown interview since his iPhone app Snapchat blew up over the last month.| Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note: |
The Apple-Intel-Samsung Ménage à Trois — Fascinating doesn't do justice to the spectacle, nor to the stakes. Taken in pairs, these giants exchange fluids - products and billion$ - while fiercely fighting with their other half. Each company is the World's Number One in their domain …
| Jamie Keene / The Verge: |
Thunderbolt on Windows tested, Intel says hot plugging on the way — Anandtech has tested out Thunderbolt with Windows on a new Z77A-GD80 motherboard from MSI, and has found that many of the issues faced by Boot Camp users on a Mac carry over onto native hardware.
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What Eduardo Saverin owes America. (Hint: Nearly everything.) — When Eduardo Saverin was 13, his family discovered that his name had turned up on a list of victims to be kidnapped by Brazilian gangs. Saverin's father was a wealthy businessman in São Paulo, and it was inevitable …
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Nokia's last stand: can the 147-year-old company design its way back? — This article was taken from the June 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online.
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