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

Did he or didn’t he get a computer science degree?
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A Date With Distraction (Comic)

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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Health Help: Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz Talks About New CareZone Start-Up (Video)

Here’s a very intriguing new social networking site called CareZone, aimed at helping people managing chronic health care issues. (I can tell you, based on my own recent scare, it’s needed.)
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So, How Long Does Facebook Keep Your Deleted Photos? (Comic)

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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Facebook Says It Will Now Push Timeline to All Users

Facebook said today that it will finally migrate all users to its new Timeline profile layout “over the next few weeks.”
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LinkedIn: Have a Creative, Dynamic, Problem-Solving New Year

Ah, corporate buzzwords. They’re enough to kill the forward-looking momentum in any strategic, synergistic meeting. And yet they’re used all the time in LinkedIn profiles.
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Marc Andreessen vs. Reid Hoffman in Yahoo Savior Face-Off? Not Yet. (But Delicious to Imagine.)

Whoa, Nelly! How fantastic would it be for Silicon Valley tech legends Marc Andreessen and Reid Hoffman to battle for control of Yahoo? Too fantastic to actually happen. But one can hope.
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From Cradle to, Well, You Know: The Creepy Factor of Facebook’s Timeline

Even though the social networking site wants to host “The Story of Your Life,” maybe who we were is not, in the end, who we really are.
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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, the New Yorker and Women in Silicon Valley

Well-known New Yorker writer Ken Auletta has taken on Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in the magazine, with a largely glowing profile titled provocatively: “A Woman’s Place: Can Sheryl Sandberg Upend Silicon Valley’s Male-Dominated Culture?” My short answer is: No, she can’t. But good for anyone for trying!
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LinkedIn Hires VP Engineering From Google

Kevin Scott, formerly an engineering director and manager at Google, both before and after its acquisition of AdMob, has joined LinkedIn as VP of engineering.

New Facebook Profiles Susceptible to Pranks

The Landscape Around Google's Hiring Binge