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More Google Management Changes: CFO Patrick Pichette Adds BizOps and HR to His Duties

in Social on April 11, 2011 at 12:05 am PT

New Google CEO Larry Page has handed CFO Patrick Pichette control of business operations and human resources, giving the well-regarded exec more power over the company’s internal operations.

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Moot, 4chan Founder, Takes Time 100 Poll

in News on April 27, 2009 at 10:41 am PT

The twentysomething founder of 4chan.org won Time’s title of “World’s Most Influential Person” despite accusations that the meme site’s fans hacked the online poll. The founder, Christopher Poole, also known as “moot,” received 16.8 million votes.

Web 2.0 Conference This Week–Lance Armstrong, Al Gore, Jerry Yang, Mark Zuckerberg…and Lionel Richie?

in News on November 3, 2008 at 8:00 am PT

On Wednesday, the annual Web 2.0 Summit kicks off in San Francisco. The lineup is particularly good this year and it is also a perfect time to take the temperature of the Internet’s movers and shakers, given all the hubbub of late with the weak economy. Speakers will include bicycle champ Lance Armstrong, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, former VP Al Gore, Google.org head Larry Brilliant, Paul Otellini of Intel and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, among others. But, best of all for BoomTown, singer Lionel Richie will be performing at a MySpace Music party.