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Loeb Calls Again for Thompson Firing From Yahoo, as Former eBay Boss Supports Him

Kara Swisher in News on May 9 at 7:33 am PT

The back-and-forth over Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson’s fitness as a leader continues.

Place Your Bets: Will Loeb Drop Another Bomb on Yahoo at Vegas Confab Later Today?

Kara Swisher in News on May 9 at 6:00 am PT

There are pretty good odds, but it’s a gamble for the activist investor to find a way to top his last act.

Viral Video: The ParkMe Dudes Booting Austin

Kara Swisher in News on March 20 at 12:31 am PT

Boots in Texas. Heh.

The Case of the Unfortunate Underscore: How Twitter Verified the Fake Wendi Over the Real Wendi

Kara Swisher in Media on January 4 at 11:35 am PT

The butler didn’t do it. It was the punctuation, in the email, with the @.

Viral Video: Fake Steve Jobs Hawks Tea in Taiwan

Kara Swisher in News on July 6, 2011 at 9:39 pm PT

No, really.

Headless Lawsuit in Topless Blog!

Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 8:46 am PT

On some level of journalism, I guess anything could happen. But does that mean it should? Some sensational stories in tech of late have led to some even more sensational reporting.

More Fake Videos As "Viral" Web Advertising–Where Is the Old Spice Guy When You Need Him?

Kara Swisher in News on March 17, 2011 at 6:15 am PT

Ugh, yet another attempt to pass off “authentic” online videos as real ones, in order to hawk something. This time, it’s a video of a geeky man using a little transmitter, a red balloon and an iPhone to change screens in New York’s Times Square. Except not.

Cisco Security Survey Finds Windows Vulnerabilities And Spam Decreasing

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 20, 2011 at 6:40 am PT

Still no rest for the weary computer security professional. Smartphones and tablets are coming to the office and creating new opportunities for trouble.

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Why Facebook Carded Some Users

Geoffrey A. Fowler, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 18, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

On Tuesday, Facebook discovered a bug: An automated system designed to detect spammers and people with fake accounts spun out of control, and started challenging a wider set of regular users. It disabled some people’s accounts, and asked them send in a copy of their real-world ID. Facebook said the issue only affected a “fraction of a percentage” of the social network’s users, and they fixed it within hours. The company also deleted all the ID information that some people sent in.

Viral Video: Kathy Griffin Laments Fake Boyfriend Levi Johnston's Engagement

Kara Swisher in News on July 16, 2010 at 12:13 am PT

One of the better bits on her terrific show, “My Life on the D List,” is comic Kathy Griffin’s fake boyfriend, Levi Johnston. As in, baby father to Sarah Palin’s grandchild. Johnston and the Palins had been on the outs, until it was announced this week in a turnabout that he was now engaged to Bristol Palin, the baby’s mother. Never to miss an opportunity, Griffin naturally fakes breakup heartache, using Johnston’s nude cover shoot from Playgirl as a prop.