NSA Needs a Zoloft After Obama No-Show, but Here Comes Internet’s “Wrecking Ball” Letter

I came in like a wrecking ball/I never hit so hard your code/All I wanted was to break your (fire)walls/All you ever did was hack me/Yeah, you, you ha-aa-aack me!

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Fab Hints at More Layoffs Amid Restructuring and Profitability Push

Fab CEO Jason Goldberg hinted in an email to his staff today that more layoffs may be on the horizon, as the company pursues becoming “the most loved company in the world”. “Our processes are changing, along with our investments in technology that may impact the number of people required to perform various tasks,” Goldberg wrote. “And at the same time, we are accelerating our path to profitability, with a commitment to get Fab profitable on our current financing by continuously optimizing our cost structure.”

Aiming for “Functional Coherence,” Mulling a Different P&L and With Advice From Ford CEO, Microsoft Restructuring Set for Thursday

Get ready for the rumble — and you know Steve Ballmer loves to rumble.

Update: As Microsoft Restructuring Nears, Top Execs Fret Over Their Fate

Coming soon to a software giant near you!

Alibaba Group Names Lu as CEO to Replace Ma

A new leader for the Chinese e-commerce giant, whose fast growth of late has boosted Yahoo stock.

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Hewlett Packard: Products Weren’t Knowingly Sold to Syria

Hewlett-Packard Co. says its technology wasn’t knowingly sold to Syria. The Palo Alto, Calif., technology giant made that assertion to the Securities and Exchange Commission in response to a letter dated Sept. 6 and disclosed in a recent regulatory filing.

Viral Video: The Scott-Also-Isn’t-Sorry-for-Posting-These iPad Mini Spoofs

Let’s also lay the whole Ping debacle on the former software head.

Mayer to Get Close to $60 Million (And Maybe More) in Overall Compensation for Yahoo’s Top Job

Memo from the Department of the Internet Rich Get Richer!