2 posts and columns on Eric Boyd

Weekend Update 01.09.10–The Hangover Edition

in News on January 9, 2010 at 2:36 pm PT

Only a few days ago, the AllThingsDigital team left home freshly pressed, pockets full of cash (or at least as full as journalists’ pockets get these days) and ready to take on the geek horde at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. They had big plans, but in the end even a copy of Eric Boyd’s “How to Count Cards Like an MIT Freshman,” could not save them. They did do a heck of a lot of reporting on CES though, so at least they could bring back some news, if not new Ferraris from the Wynn.
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Former Yahoo Tech Star Eric Boyd to Microsoft (via Mochi Media)

in News on September 8, 2009 at 12:44 pm PT

Eric Boyd (pictured here), a high-profile techie from Yahoo who left the company for a start-up last year, is now headed to Microsoft to work for its digital group, now run by another ex-Yahoo, Qi Lu. UPDATE: Microsoft confirmed the hiring, although declined to provide further details. Boyd–who is well-known for his card-counting team exploits while at MIT (which was later made into a movie)–had been VP of platform engineering at Yahoo and worked on a variety of projects there. With the addition of Boyd, sources said, Microsoft has acquired a huge swath of the top tech talent of Yahoo, many of whom came to the software giant because of Lu and to also escape the turmoil at Yahoo.
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