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Ofcom chairman to step down
News The chairman of the Ofcom board will step down next year, the regulator announced on Wednesday. Lord David Currie became the inaugural chairman of Ofcom's board in 2002, after the super-regulator was formed out of the ashes of Oftel, the...
[June 25, 2008, 12:51]
AMD's chief executive to step down in 2002
News Jerry" Sanders will step down as chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices in April 2002 and hand control of the company to his hand-picked successor. W.J. The chipmaker said Wednesday that the flamboyant Sanders, who founded the company in...
[February 15, 2001, 8:24]
Sun's Zander to step down
News Zander, 55, will step down on 1 July. Sun Microsystems said on Wednesday that Ed Zander, its president and chief operating officer, would retire this summer. Sun chief executive Scott McNealy will take on Zander's duties, and a replacement will not...
[May 1, 2002, 14:16]
Labour MP to step down over Nasa hacker
Blog The Times reported on Friday that MacKinlay would step down after a vote to review the UK/US extradition treaty was supported by only ten MPs. However, one of his consituency workers told ZDNet UK on Monday that MacKinley would be stepping down.
[July 27, 2009, 17:25]
Unisys chief to step down
News Joseph McGrath, who has served as chief executive for the past three years, will step down by the year's end. IT services provider Unisys announced on Tuesday that it has begun a search for a new chief executive, as the company struggles to right...
[September 24, 2008, 10:25]
Transmeta chief executive to step down
News Transmeta founder Dave Ditzel will step down as chief executive officer to become vice chairman and chief technology officer, the company said Thursday. Mark Allen, the company's president and chief operating officer, will become the new chief...
[March 2, 2001, 8:54]
Gates to step down from Microsoft
News Bill Gates, the man who started Microsoft and has been its public face throughout its three decades of existence, plans to step away from daily work at the company. People said, 'Oh, this will slow him down.
[June 16, 2006, 8:25]
Cybercrime-fighting MP to step down
News The UK Parliament is set to lose one of its most tech-savvy politicians and IT champions at the forthcoming general election when Liberal Democrat MP Richard Allan stands down. Allan has been MP for Sheffield Hallam since he was first elected in...
[April 11, 2005, 10:45]
Labour MP to step down over Nasa hacker
Blog Comment If it was a Labour MP being extradited then there would a load of overpaid MP's jumping up and down!
[July 28, 2009, 13:29]
Labour MP to step down over Nasa hacker
Blog Comment I never did understand how such a stupid one-sided {ahem} treaty ever got through parliament.
[July 28, 2009, 21:51]
Labour MP to step down over Nasa hacker
Blog Comment well, thats just disgusting! only 10 bothered to vote out of 74 public voices? sigh* another nail in the coffin of British politics.
[July 29, 2009, 9:30]
Should McNealy step down?
Talkback Sun's current sales numbers show they need to learn how to "hoover some wallets.
[October 27, 2003, 16:28]
Should McNealy step down?
Talkback Sun's numbers reflect problems in the market more than they do any lack of leadership bu McNealy. I suppose buisness analysts would feel more comfortable with a generic leader who doesn't make waves, but that's a great way to end up like DEC or...
[October 28, 2003, 10:51]
Levin to step down as AOL's chief executive
News But this is a step that I have been thinking about for some time and whose time has come. AOL Time Warner has announced that chief executive Gerald Levin will retire in May 2002 and will be succeeded by Richard Parsons, the company's co-chief...
[December 5, 2001, 14:57]
Yahoo CEO Yang to step down
News Yang needed to step aside to give Yahoo a chance to start fresh, said David Wertheimer, the former president of Paramount Digital Entertainment and now the chief of the Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern California.
[November 18, 2008, 7:29]
Sony Ericsson president Komiyama to step down
News Sony Ericsson's president, Hideki 'Dick' Komiyama, is to retire at the end of the year, the company said on Monday. The new president for the loss-making handset maker will be Bert Nordberg (pictured), who will move over from Ericsson.
[August 17, 2009, 13:39]
Intel chairman Craig Barrett to step down in May
News Intel announced on Friday that chairman and former chief executive Craig Barrett will retire from the board in May at the chip giant's annual shareholders meeting. Barrett, 69, is retiring to spend more time working on his interests in healthcare...
[January 26, 2009, 12:17]
Sony Ericsson's top US exec to step down
News Sony Ericsson's handset business is losing its top North American executive. Najmi Jarwala, president of Sony Ericsson USA and head of the company's North American operations, is leaving Sony Ericsson "to pursue other career opportunities", the...
[March 24, 2009, 8:02]
Waitt to step down as CEO of Gateway
News He added that "Gateway's doing just fine at the moment, so it's as good a time as any to (step aside). I have another 20 or 30 years as CEO, and don't plan to slow down at all. The PC industry just lost one of its most creative lights, at a time...
[December 9, 1999, 9:40]
Head of internet-oversight group to step down
News Paul Twomey, the chief executive of Icann, the not-for-profit organisation responsible for the internet's domain name system, said on Monday that he will be stepping down from his position at the end of 2009.
[March 3, 2009, 9:44]
