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Yahoo ousts CEO Thompson after CV furore

...leader, Ross Levinsohn, took over on Sunday as Yahoo's interim chief executive, replacing Scott Thompson in a shake-up that also will put activist... Read more

14 May, 2012 by Stephen Shankland

HP reshuffles executive deck

...HP reorganised its executive suite on Monday to ensure that key executives and the company's... Read more

14 June, 2011 by Larry Dignan

Google executive shake-up returns Page to chief position

...Google has announced an executive reshuffle, with Eric Schmidt stepping down as chief executive to be replaced... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Ben Woods

Skype makes Cisco executive its new chief

...enterprise, commercial and small business unit, will take over as Skype chief executive. Josh Silverman, who has run Skype since 2008, will step aside. Cisco... Read more

5 October, 2010 by Larry Dignan

HP's Hurd quits in sexual harassment probe

...HP chairman and chief executive Mark Hurd resigned from the company on Friday after the company conducted... Read more

7 August, 2010 by Erica Ogg

Apple's Tim Cook gets $376m stock reward

...Even though he's only officially been Apple's chief executive for a few months, Tim Cook received a handsome compensation package for... Read more

10 January, 2012 by Steven Musil

Report: Skype execs depart ahead of Microsoft merger

...Skype is firing senior executives ahead of its merger with Microsoft, according to reports. Four vice presidents... Read more

20 June, 2011 by Steven Musil

Apple pressed to reveal chief exec plans

...a formal plan for how it eventually intends to replace its chief executive Steve Jobs. An Apple shareholder is to ask the company to present... Read more

10 January, 2011 by Greg Sandoval

Gartner warns business leaders not to ignore iPad

...Analyst firm Gartner has issued a sharp warning to chief executives to grab the opportunities offered by the iPad with both hands and... Read more

4 November, 2010 by Renai LeMay

Former Oracle co-president Phillips joins Infor

...Charles Phillips will become chief executive of Infor, which makes enterprise planning software for mid-sized companies. Phillips... Read more

26 October, 2010 by Larry Dignan

HP picks former SAP chief as new head

...the former head of German software giant SAP, as president and chief executive officer. Léo Apotheke will take over as president and chief executive at... Read more

1 October, 2010 by Erica Ogg

Nokia names Microsoft exec Elop as new chief

...the Microsoft Business Division, is leaving the software giant to become chief executive of phone maker Nokia. Nokia said in a press release on Thursday... Read more

10 September, 2010 by Ina Fried

Bigwigs creating big risks of social-engineering attack

...High-level executives are one of the biggest social engineering risks for organisations, according to... Read more

18 June, 2010 by Vivian Yeo

Analysts back calls for Steve Jobs succession plan

...that calls on the company to disclose a succession plan for chief executive Steve Jobs. An investor advisory group is backing Apple shareholder calls for... Read more

7 February, 2011 by Steven Musil

HP refreshes board with five new faces

...board members and adding an additional seat. Ray Lane, HP's non-executive chairman, has announced the departure of four executives and the arrival of... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Erica Ogg

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

4 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

4 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

5 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

7 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

9 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

9 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

10 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

12 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

12 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

13 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

14 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

15 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

16 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

17 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

17 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

21 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

23 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry