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Jobs: The best man for the job
News Apple's board of directors may have also concluded that it was best not to rock the boat. That was one of the bigger understatements in the storied career of Apple's co-founder, who on Wednesday announced he was dropping the "interim" from his...
[January 6, 2000, 15:06]
IT security thought to be 'not a CEO concern'
News The survey found that close to 70 percent of the responding organisations' board of directors did not receive quarterly reports on the status of company information security, while only 20 percent of respondents agreed that information technology...
[October 8, 2004, 12:55]
Gates to make last UK appearance for Microsoft
News His last appearance in this country on Wednesday will be as guest of the UK's business establishment — the Institute of Directors (IoD). As Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates has been a regular visitor to London, but Wednesday be the last time he...
[January 29, 2008, 14:23]
Grove's new role is to work with the industry, says Intel
News The spokesman said the formal changeover will take place in May, after a vote at an upcoming board of directors meeting. The spokesman explained: "Craig has been running the operational aspects of Intel for quite a number of years, it frees Andy up...
[March 26, 1998, 13:24]
Microsoft blocks Vista driver 'hack' tool
News A signed file uniquely identifies the company that developed that file but, when companies can be created and registered in jurisdictions known for protecting the privacy of company founders and directors, you have to ask: what does driver signing...
[August 3, 2007, 14:17]
A Year Ago: Jobs - The best man for the job
News Apple's board of directors may have also concluded that it was best not to rock the boat. That was one of the bigger understatements in the storied career of Apple's co-founder, who on Wednesday announced he was dropping the "interim" from his...
[January 6, 2001, 6:07]
Movies hit the very small screen
News Atom boasts that two of the films it licensed include major stars (Matthew McConaughey and Neve Campbell) and that another has been nominated for an Oscar, but most feature unknown directors and actors.
[March 5, 1999, 9:46]
Former BT chief to head up Alcatel-Lucent
News In addition to Verwaayen, Alcatel-Lucent's board of directors also approved the appointment of Philippe Camus — previously co-CEO at European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS), among other roles — as non-executive chairman, from next month.
[September 2, 2008, 16:52]
Apple readies for Macworld amid rumours
News Apple, of course, has said little about what it will do on Tuesday, although the company did announce that it has added Jim Lawrence, chief financial officer of General Mills, to its board of directors.
[January 6, 2004, 10:25]
News Roundup: Microsoft source code stolen
News Statements made by Microsoft directors saying that "of course" all their important data was secure have all the reassuring comfort of statements by John Selwyn Gummer about the hamburger he fed his daughter.
[October 27, 2000, 15:56]
MS billionaire Gates gets small pay raise
News Yet for all that accomplishment, the best that Microsoft CEO Bill Gates could wrangle out of his board of directors was a relatively modest five per cent raise. Looking ahead, analysts expect the company to best the past year's $8.6 billion in...
[September 26, 1997, 14:02]
Motorola to spin off chip unit
News Elected unanimously by Motorola's board of directors, Zander will take the helm on 5 January, replacing Christopher Galvin, whose grandfather founded the company. The filing also details how Spinco, like many in the semiconductor sector, underwent...
[December 18, 2003, 15:10]
.Info chief quits in protest over sunrise period
News Robert Connelly, one of the 13 directors of Afilias, has handed in his notice less than a week before the formal registration of .info domain names is opened to the general public. This period, which ended last week, was designed to protect company...
[September 7, 2001, 13:48]
NewMedia Spark buys GlobalNet Financial.com
News GlobalNet's directors have agreed to dispose of its business interests. Internet investment company NewMedia Spark has snapped up online financial news company GlobalNet Financial.com, a day after announcing that it has written off 11 of its...
[June 15, 2001, 14:23]
Steering Microsoft clear of hackers
News The $64,000 question is whether this studied ambiguity will hinder Microsoft's ambitions to sell more of its software to information technology directors with big corporate data centres. The company contends that its software security is improving...
[October 14, 2003, 11:25]
Compaq cuts record quarter
News Also today, Compaq announced that its board of directors had approved a quarterly dividend of three cents per share, and a two-for-one stock split. Pfeiffer added that the company is expecting a strong fourth quarter, and has a "healthy outlook...
[October 16, 1997, 15:15]
Symantec spend up still on
News The boards of directors from both companies have already approved the deal. The company said it can help businesses create more secure corporate computing networks by providing applications -- such as ON Technology's hard-disk imaging software...
[October 28, 2003, 9:25]
Apple execs reaped 'millions' in unlawful profits, shareholders allege
News The practice of repeatedly and consciously backdating stock options granted to Apple's executives and directors remained concealed from the public and its shareholders," the action against Apple alleges.
[August 23, 2006, 17:25]
HP denies spying on former employee
News While HP denies pretexting Kamb, the company has said that as part of a separate — and now infamous leak probe — it obtained or tried to obtain the phone records of more than a dozen people including current and former directors, employees and...
[March 1, 2007, 14:17]
IBA completes iSoft takeover
News IBA will be holding its annual general meeting on 30 November, when it is expected that its directors will announce a recommendation to change its name to IBA Health Group Ltd, according to a statement released on Wednesday.
[October 31, 2007, 8:44]
