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HP kicks out Apotheker, brings in Whitman

...politician Meg Whitman is the new boss at HP, after the company sacked Leo Apotheker little more than 10 months after hiring him Read more

23 September, 2011 by David Meyer
BT's archive: Pictures from the vault

BT's archive: Pictures from the vault

...the editor of ZDNet UK his first job in journalism — but wisely sacked him shortly after hiring him. Image credit: BT Read more

20 January, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins

Obituary: Compaq UK founder Joe McNally

...s global turnover. McNally was born and raised on Tyneside, and was sacked twice by steel stockholders Miles Druce, where his father was managing director... Read more

13 March, 2012

Whitman wants HP's drama to be over

...people over who we are as a company. – Meg Whitman, HP HP sacked former chief executive Leo Apotheker in October, just under a year after... Read more

29 November, 2011 by Jack Clark

The Consumerization of IT ?

...data from a personal device should that person leave or potentially be sacked for doing something they shouldnt on their 'Home/Office' laptop. I’ve... Read more

31 October, 2011
Yahoo fires Bartz from CEO post

Yahoo fires Bartz from CEO post

...the hunt for a new chief executive, after the company's board sacked Carol Bartz on Tuesday. Yahoo has fired Carol Bartz (pictured here in... Read more

7 September, 2011 by David Meyer

Vodafone fires staff after data leak

...Vodafone has sacked several employees in Australia over a privacy leak that exposed up to... Read more

13 January, 2011 by Luke Hopewell

Government closes in on e-Borders deal with EU

...cause harm to the UK," he added. In late July the government sacked Raytheon as the prime contractor for e-Borders, claiming it had been... Read more

5 November, 2010 by Kable

Infrastructure company Arqiva plans 250 layoffs

...posts are going". He refused to say how many of the 250 sacked employees were likely to be engineers or IT workers. Apart from Arqiva... Read more

15 October, 2010 by David Meyer

BT dominates Connecting for Health supplier spending

...been worth around £100m. The DoH data also reveals that despite being sacked from NPfIT in 2008, Fujitsu continues to be CfH's fourth largest... Read more

9 September, 2010 by Kable

Government stays mum on e-Borders' future

...journey into or out of the UK. In late July, the government sacked Raytheon as the programme's prime contractor, claiming it had been in... Read more

17 August, 2010 by Kable

Council staff pry into DWP database

...research on the previous year, which found that nine council staff were sacked during 2006-2009 over CIS misuse. The department's latest response showed... Read more

16 August, 2010 by Kable
Football Manager Handheld 2012 3.3

Football Manager Handheld 2012 3.3

...players unhappy. How will you handle the egos? Can you avoid being sacked before the end of the season by still achieving the board's... Read more

27 March, 2012
Football Manager Handheld 2012 (US and Japan) 3.3

Football Manager Handheld 2012 (US and Japan) 3.3

...players unhappy. How will you handle the egos? Can you avoid being sacked before the end of the season by still achieving the board's... Read more

27 March, 2012
Wordly! 1.0

Wordly! 1.0

...2010 05:48"simple but addictive. this game is gonna get me sacked! fully addicted"Anonymous | 25/02/2010 22:58"really amazing app I... Read more

12 February, 2012

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apexwm

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

9 minutes ago by apexwm on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
SoapyTablet

'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...

2 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Cut-price data roaming gets all-clear for July
apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

3 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

3 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

3 hours ago by pjc158 on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence
Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

5 hours ago by Dean Talboys via Facebook on Assange loses extradition battle in Supreme Court
SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

6 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

9 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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

...... and PDP11s too

17 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...

18 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...

20 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...

21 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...

21 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...

22 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.

1 day 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...

1 day 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

1 day 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

1 day 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....

1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC