Friends and foes

摘要

When a geek leaves a hip party with a gorgeous girl on his arm, it is typically in a scene from a film rather than one from the real world. Yet in Silicon Valley, where pasty-faced youths with a penchant for churning out computer code are often feted as rock stars, celluloid fantasy can sometimes become reality. For the two friends who created Facebook, their site's early success propelled them into a world of cool nightclubs and hot dates. But it also landed them in a legal battle that ultimately soured the relationship between the founders of the world's most successful online social network.