Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Published 12:01 am Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Maybe they could advertise with Monster.com? With the recent death of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida’s longtime No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, is thought to be the front-runner to replace the terrorist mastermind, although there are other candidates.

You might think few would want the job, but there are perks, including a furnished compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan; a vacation cave in the mountains of Waziristan; most of a case of Just for Men beard dye and a drone-launched missile with No.1’s name on it.

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It’s easy to tell who; they won’t do their chores in FarmVille: About 7.5 million Facebook users are younger than 13 and have lied about their age to get on Facebook, which officially is open only to those 13 and older.

The Buzz lies about his age on Facebook, too, but curiously none of his high school classmates have called him on it.

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Microskype: Microsoft announced it would pay $8.5 billion for the Internet phone service Skype and plans to join Skype’s functions with its Xbox game console, Outlook email and Windows smartphones.

One more bit of Microsoft magic will be added to Skype: Microsoft Office’s assistant Clippy returns to help: “I see you’re making a phone call. Is this a personal call or a business call?”