Yahoo CEO: I want to apologize for resume error
Embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson told company employees late Monday that he is sorry for the distraction his resume padding scandal has caused -- without commenting on what role his own actions might have played in creating the drama. 'I want you to know how deeply I regret how this issue has affected the company and all of you,'
AT&T expands into wireless home security, automation
AT&T is joining the expanding field of home security and automation, introducing a wireless service that will let homeowners use their mobile devices to remotely set alarms, turn on lights or even shut off water. Called AT&T Digital Life, the service will connect users with a vast array of
Yahoo in talks to sell 15-25 percent of Alibaba: source
Yahoo Inc could be weeks away from selling 15 to 25 percent of Alibaba Group's stock back to China's largest e-commerce company, in a deal designed to eliminate complexities that had scuttled the parties' previous negotiations, a person familiar with the matter said. The two companies have been in talks for a month, the person said, but
Yahoo board to review CEOs education records
Yahoo Inc's board of directors will review a discrepancy in the educational record of its chief executive, Scott Thompson, a spokesman told Reuters, after activist hedge fund Third Point accused Thompson of padding his academic credentials. Yahoo will also make an appropriate disclosure to shareholders when the review is complete, the
Internet pornography: government to consult on protecting children
The government is to consult on tough measures to protect children from internet pornography. Under plans being draw up by Downing Street, it would be up to customers to 'opt-in' to receive adult content online when they take out a broadband contract. Campaigners have argued it is too easy for children to access explicit adult
Mick Jagger to host, perform on Saturday Night Live
Mick Jagger will host 'Saturday Night Live' for the first time on May 19, bringing the sketch comedy's season to a close, NBC television said on Thursday. The Rolling Stones frontman has performed twice on the long-running satirical program in the past, but this will be his first hosting gig. Jagger, 68, will also perform. Jagger also
The Internet, corporations and the upside of a zombie apocalypse
Brooklyn, New York (Motherboard.vice.com) -- For someone who likes to talk about the virtues of disconnecting, the media critic Douglas Rushkoff seems surprisingly always on. When I visited him at his storefront office near his home in Hastings on Hudson, New York, he was preparing to teach a new class, getting ready for a BBC interview,
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson caught padding his resume
The proxy fight between Yahoo and activist shareholder firm Third Point just got extra nasty. Third Point came out swinging late Thursday with an allegation that Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson lied about his college degree. In a series of published biographical statements stretching back for years -- including his bio on Yahoo's website
Prominent blogger: Im leaving the Internet for a year
Maybe it seems like the fastest way for a gadget-and-technology blogger to commit career suicide, but Paul Miller gave up the Internet at midnight Tuesday. Miller, who was and still is a senior editor at a tech news site called The Verge, plans to stay offline for a full year. When he needs to
Internet freedom under threat from hasty legislation in UK and US
Governments across the world - including those in the US and UK - are posing a threat to internet freedom through 'hasty' legislation passed due to security fears, the head of an international media watchdog has warned. Dunja Mijatovic, the representative for freedom of the media for the 56 countries that make up the Organisation for
Yahoo Japan, Yahoo Inc end talks on share buyback
Yahoo Japan Corp's talks with key shareholder Yahoo Inc for a share buyback have ended with no agreement, but the companies left open the possibility of further negotiations, Yahoo Japan's chief financial officer Toshiki Ohya said on Tuesday. 'We want to positively consider resuming negotiations if the conditions are right,' Ohya told
Dealtalk: China Internet firms face venture capital funding squeeze
China's hot Internet sector is facing a problem it is unaccustomed to: a lack of money. The world's largest Internet market, with nearly half a billion users, gave birth to some of the world's most vibrant Internet firms, such as Baidu Inc and Tencent Holdings. Venture capitalists bankrolled them, making knockout returns after the firms'
Me and my data: how much do the internet giants really know?
To briefly state the obvious, the internet giants are seriously big: Google is not only the world's largest search engine, it's one of the top three email providers, a social network, and owner of the Blogger platform and the world's largest video site, YouTube. Facebook has the social contacts, messages, wallposts and photos of more than
Hacktivists in the frontline battle for the internet
If there is a battle over the future shape of the internet - and society as a whole - then hacktivist groups such as Anonymous and Lulzsec, Wikileaks and the file-sharing site Megaupload.com are among the frontline battalions. While the individual incidents and clashes involving these groups may seem disparate and unconnected, those at
The online copyright war: the day the internet hit back at big media
A casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that major media firms hate technology. They certainly fear it. Since Jack Valenti, the legendary film industry lobbyist, said in 1982 that the VCR was like the Boston Strangler, preparing to murder the innocents of Hollywood, they have viewed such advances as a Godzilla creature rising
Yahoo CEO: We dont need to reinvent who we are
New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is the latest leader to promise a splashy turnaround -- and though it's an old party line by now, the earnings for his first full quarter on the job were upbeat. Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500) pulled in 23 cents a share on $1.07 billion in sales for the first quarter, the company said Tuesday. Earnings topped
Jimmy Wales: internet will change perception of privacy
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales claims that the internet will change 'perceptions of privacy' and argues that employers will have to end the 'hypocrisy' of refusing to hire students who post embarassing online photos.
Comment: Mr Wales argued that Facebook did not pose a threat to privacy because it simply exposed normal behaviour
