peHUB Second Opinion 9.7

HP fires Mark Hurd. Mark Hurd joins Oracle as co-president. HP sues Mark Hurd. The Journal analyzes the drama. New San Francisco-based startup Ubercab gets a nice shout-out from Jon Callaghan of True Ventures. He's not an investor (yet), but Stumbleupon cofounder Garrett Camp is; so is angel Travis Kalanick. Speaking of wheels when you need them, the Economist takes a look at the big business of renting cars by the hour. Vanity Fair profiles self-described perennial outsider Sean Parker of Facebook, Napster, and Founders Fund fame. Is Wall Street research "a valuable social good?" Google's new interactive logo has people feeling stoned confused.