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CBS’s “60 Minutes” Casts Its Eye on Stuxnet Worm

Arik Hesseldahl in Media on March 3 at 7:23 pm PT

The popular TV news show revisits the subject of cyberwar with a profile of the worm that is said to have damaged Iran’s nuclear program.

Viral Video: Farewell to the No-IPO Mark Zuckerberg

Kara Swisher in Media on February 2 at 12:37 am PT

That was then for Facebook. This is now.

Groupon CEO Andrew “Wolverine” Mason Defends His Decisions on “60 Minutes”

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 15 at 8:32 pm PT

On “60 minutes” this evening, Groupon’s CEO Andrew Mason said there’s things he would have liked to do differently and would have liked to have avoided, but that largely he’s done a good job leading the rocket ship of a company.

“Goofy” CEO Andrew Mason on “60 Minutes” This Week

Kara Swisher in Media on January 12 at 9:58 am PT

Guess who’s back? Back again. Guess who’s back? Tell a friend.

Viral Video: Andy Rooney, Grump in Peace

Kara Swisher in Media on November 8, 2011 at 12:16 am PT

The legendary “60 Minutes” curmudgeon gave an interview a month before he died, and was just as irascible as ever. Thank goodness.

Video: Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen Defends Gates-Bashing on "60 Minutes"

Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 1:56 pm PT

BoomTown loves me some Lesley Stahl. The “60 Minutes” correspondent is back in the tech space, grilling Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen about allegations he makes in his new memoir, “Idea Man,” that his partner Bill Gates tried to shanghai him out of stock when he was suffering from a major illness.

Police in the U.K. Arrest Five in "Anonymous" Web Attacks

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 27, 2011 at 8:20 am PT

Anonymity appears to have its limits as a quintet of people ranging in age from 15 to 26 are rolled up in a series of early-morning raids. They’re accused or participating in denial-of-service attacks on Web sites around the world.

Viral Video: CNBC's "The Facebook Obsession" Features More Mark Z (Plus BoomTown)

Kara Swisher in News on January 7, 2011 at 6:05 am PT

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is certainly in the midst of a media bonanza. Now CNBC has just aired a documentary on the huge social networking site, titled–appropriately–”The Facebook Obsession.” At least by the press.

"60 Minutes": Does Mark Zuckerberg Want to "Own" the Internet? (Plus New Profiles on Facebook!)

Kara Swisher in News on December 5, 2010 at 11:28 am PT

Here is a sneak peak at the “60 Minutes” piece that will air tonight at 7 pm PT on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In it, he shows off another redo of the profiles, which put photos front and center. Veteran CBS correspondent Lesley Stahl asks Zuckerberg in the clip (after the jump) if he wants to own the Internet–which, as usual, Zuckerberg does not exactly answer.

CBS's "60 Minutes" Revisits Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg (And BoomTown Takes Back "Toddler CEO" Title)

Kara Swisher in News on December 1, 2010 at 3:49 pm PT

This Sunday, the CBS news magazine “60 Minutes” returns to Facebook after several years to check in on co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In the first interview by correspondent Lesley Stahl in early 2008, Zuckerberg’s social networking empire was much smaller, beset by a series of management snafus and mired in yet another privacy controversy. Plus, he was more than a lot more awkward. Fast-forward to today: Zuckerberg rules one of the most powerful tech companies in the world and BoomTown dubs him a prodigy! The worm has officially turned.