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Heidrick & Struggles Slaps Back at Thompson’s Yahoo in Blame Game Over ResuMess

Kara Swisher in News on May 11 at 6:39 pm PT

Oh no, you didn’t!

Exclusive: Yahoo Director in Charge of Botched CEO Vetting to Step Down From Board

Kara Swisher in News on May 8 at 8:50 am PT

CSLie has claimed its first victim, although the mystery is still unsolved.

Dan Loeb Alleges “Discrepancies” on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson’s Resume Related to Computer Science Degree

Kara Swisher in News on May 3 at 11:53 am PT

Did he or didn’t he get a computer science degree?

The Yahoo Lawsuits Begin: Put the Non-Blabby Deals in Your PIPE and Smoke It

Kara Swisher in News on December 5, 2011 at 9:25 am PT

Well, that didn’t take long, did it?

Roadshow: CEO Pincus Not Selling Shares in Upcoming Zynga IPO

Kara Swisher in News on November 29, 2011 at 10:01 pm PT

While he has recently been portrayed as Mr. Potter of Silicon Valley, it looks like the online gaming leader will not get greedy in the IPO.

Murdoch & Son Visit Parliament and Return With a Big Helping Of Humble (and Shaving Cream) Pie

Kara Swisher in Media on July 19, 2011 at 6:36 am PT

News Corp. CEO and majordomo Rupert Murdoch tells British lawmakers he is sorry on the “most humble day of my life”, survives a surprise attack and loses his jacket. Other than that, the hearing turned into a what didn’t the Murdochs know and when didn’t they know it Q&A session.

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.

Salesforce.com Honored With Rare Microsoft Patent-Infringement Suit

John Paczkowski in News on May 19, 2010 at 3:07 am PT

In a January Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Salesforce.com listed among its risk factors “a communication from a large technology company alleging that we were infringing upon some of their patents.” The company didn’t identify the source of that communication or the extent of its allegations, only that the two were in discussions and no litigation had yet been filed. Well, on Tuesday litigation was filed–by Microsoft.

One Obvious Question for HTC CEO Peter Chou at D8: How About Them Apple (Patents)?

Kara Swisher in D8 on March 3, 2010 at 5:15 am PT

Before Apple lobbed a patent infringement lawsuit at Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC yesterday, we were lucky to get its CEO, Peter Chou, to agree to appear at the eighth D: All Things Digital conference to talk about its work making smartphones for Google and others. That interview obviously got a whole lot more interesting with the epic legal action by Apple alleging that HTC infringed some 20 patents related to the iPhone’s graphical user interface, underlying architecture and hardware.