PCWorld: How To Use Facebook Places

http://www.pcworld.com/article/203819/how_to_use_facebook_places.html

I think it's more fun to use Foursquare myself. I don't see why social media has to boil down to just one application. I mean, I already don't trust Facebook, why should I trust them with my places?

"This can be rather tricky for users concerned about privacy--while researching this piece, I checked several of my PCWorld colleagues into local bars at about 11am on a workday--so if you want to use Facebook Places without letting your friends check you in, you can disable it by turning off Friends Can Check Me Into Places in the privacy settings (click the link for detailed instructions). Once this is disabled, your friends can still try to add you at check-in time, but it won't display on the actual check-in."

Hurd and the Board: Failure all around

http://m.cnbc.com/us_news/38704024

"On the other hand, putting up dazzling short-term numbers that have the effect of enriching himself while robbing H.P.'s future — isn't that what a C.E.O. should be fired for? Firing Mr. Hurd for that reason, however, would have taken courage, something that has always been in short supply on the H.P. board."

Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: Larry is furious about this Mark Hurd thing

http://www.fakesteve.net/2010/08/larry-is-furious-about-this-mark-hurd-thing.html (link NSFW)

"My own paranoid conspiracy theory is that this woman was probably a Microsoft plant. Because think about it. A few months ago HP shoved a fork in Ballmer’s eye when they bought Palm and, in effect, rejected Windows. So, Ballmer waits a little while and then bam — he knocks Hurd out of the box. Maybe this all sounds crazy but trust me, the Borg has these sluts planted everywhere. We all do it, actually. They work their way in on some CEO or other top manager; they gather evidence; and then when we’re negotiating something tricky and we need something, we pull the trigger. The slut springs a blackmail attempt or, in this case, a groundless sexual harassment claim which everyone knew would fail in court but was basically just a way to embarrass Hurd and knock him out of his job."

Men with money, and the women who prey on them

For some reason I keep thinking about this article that I read a little while ago...(article link in the blogpost below is NSFW)

http://princess-teri.blogspot.com/2010/05/diane-passage-knew-just-how-to-hook-him.html

WSJ: New Superbug Spurs Warning

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704901104575423340559483222.html#articleTabs%3Darticle

"Researchers in an article published in the U.K. journal Lancet Wednesday identified a superbug that is resistant to most antibiotics and warned that it is widespread in India and could spread globally.

The new gene, called NDM-1, alters bacteria, allowing them to become resistant to nearly all known antibiotics including carbapenems, a group of antibiotics often reserved as a last resort for emergency treatment for multi-drug resistant bugs."

Mark Hurd, Larry Ellison, and girlfriends that pass in the night

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/08/10/mark-hurd-larry-ellison-steve-jobs/?source=yahoo_quote

"In his 1997 book, "The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison (God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison)," St. Petersburg Times reporter Mike Wilson described Ellison conducting simultaneous romantic relationships with as many as three female employees. That sometimes created confusion -- Ellison openly described to Wilson an incident in which a woman employee arrived at the executive's house one night, only to find another girlfriend-employee there."

Watch out for them reality TV stars

Woman in HP's Mark Hurd case, Jodie Fisher, comes forward.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15712227

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167546/

Source: HP's Hurd paid harassment accuser to settle claim, denies sexual relationship - San Jose Mercury News

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_15700217

"But according to one source, the woman complained to HP that she felt pressured to have sex with Hurd and feared she might lose her work with the company if she did not comply. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Hurd has acknowledged a friendship with the woman but denied having any sexual relationship or ever pressuring the woman about sex.

Hurd has paid the woman an unspecified amount of money to resolve her claim, according to a person who has spoken with Hurd's advisers. The person described the amount as" less than what Hurd's legal fees would have been if the matter had gone to trial.

AP: Timeline: Major HP events over past 5 years

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5it6z7wvPVX-KxbyGPyDCOMwvi4DAD9HEVRK00

"A timeline of some key controversies, acquisitions and news events for Hewlett-Packard Co. over the last five years, and the trajectory of HP's stock price under now-ousted CEO Mark Hurd:"

HP CEO ouster leaves leadership hole - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100808/ap_on_re_us/us_hp_ceo_resigns

"Hurd will get about $28 million in cash and stock just to walk away. The person said Hurd realized he could no longer lead HP in part because at least two board members were convinced he had had a sexual relationship with the woman and was trying to cover it up."

Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd Resigns After Sexual Harassment Probe - WSJ.com

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703309704575413663370670900.html

hmmm, do i smell conspiracy?? - funny that it happens during contract renegotiation. who knew that and could benefit from it?

the fact that there was no affair is a red herring. harassment is an attempt tocoerce someone into an improper relationship thru ones position power. looks like he tried for a while, wined and dined her, paid her a little too much, but she turned him down, and like any Master of the Universe, he thought he didnt have to take no for an answer, and she finally called him on it. and by that time there was a paper trail. hello, gloria allred? she probably got the big payoff for not pressing further charges in public.

with all the ethics scandals that hp has seen, the board had no choice but to fire him. any other ceo would have gotten away with it, come on.

"Mr. Hurd, H-P's CEO since 2005, had been in discussions with the board to extend his tenure as CEO before the woman's letter surfaced, according to a person familiar with the discussions. Mr. Hurd was in talks for a three-year contract that could have been valued at $100 million, a person familiar with the matter says.

Mr. Hurd's relationship with the board soured during the investigation, people familiar with the matter said. The findings of the investigation were presented to the board July 28, these people said.

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