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We get it, already: the Google veep is a computer scientist in Oscar de la Renta; a nerd invited to... http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400813&view=rss&microfeed=true 'Tis the season to rush up layoffs so they don't fall in the sacrosanct Thanksgiving-to-Christmas period: An AOL insider tells us the company is slated to let go around 100 people tomorrow, following... http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400752&view=rss&microfeed=true It's always been tough to imagine Justin Timberlake fitting into a movie about the geeky origins of Facebook, even if he was slated to play hard-partying advisor and "founding president" Sean Parker.... http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400725&view=rss&microfeed=true No one knows what Facebook and Twitter are really worth, sexy though the startups may be. 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Daily Show producer Miles Kahn... http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5398244&view=rss&microfeed=true Yelp couldn't have guessed one of its reviewers might end up in a vicious wrestling match with a store owner, right? Wrong: the owner had visited Yelp HQ the day before the fight, been ignored, then...