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Obama appoints technology team

Obama appoints technology team

President-elect Barack Obama has named the three person technology team who will decide on the priorities for the new administration - including a senior Google employee.
Iain Thomson Nov 20 2008 3:15PM Strategy
Obama to appoint US chief technology officer

Obama to appoint US chief technology officer

President-elect Barack Obama has confirmed that he will be creating a post of US chief technology officer to oversee the nation’s technological future..
Iain Thomson Nov 11 2008 3:42PM Strategy
Sun co-founder Bechtolsheim steps back

Sun co-founder Bechtolsheim steps back

The Sun Microsystems co-founder credited with creating the company's first product is cutting back his role at the vendor.
Shaun Nichols Oct 27 2008 6:41AM Hardware
Federal Government appoints new, full-time Chief Scientist

Federal Government appoints new, full-time Chief Scientist

Astronomy professor Penny Sackett has been appointed Australia’s new, full-time Chief Scientist.
Staff Writers Sep 30 2008 4:16PM Strategy
Steve Ballmer starts European road trip

Steve Ballmer starts European road trip

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is to travel throughout Europe this week on a whistlestop tour of governments, customers, partners and employees.
Sep 30 2008 2:16PM Software
Unisys, Circuit City boot chief executives

Unisys, Circuit City boot chief executives

Two of the larger names in the technology industry have started the week off by ousting their chief executives.
Shaun Nichols Sep 24 2008 3:06PM Strategy
Facebook poaches Mozilla engineering chief

Facebook poaches Mozilla engineering chief

Facebook has added further seasoned management talent with the hiring of Mozilla's vice president of engineering Mike Schroepfer.
Andrew Charlesworth Jul 30 2008 8:14AM Software
Ruiz steps down as AMD chief exec

Ruiz steps down as AMD chief exec

AMD has replaced Hector Ruiz as chief executive after six turbulent years at the helm, appointing current chief operating officer Dirk Meyer in his place.
Guy Dixon Jul 21 2008 9:07AM Hardware
Google chief exec targeted over privacy policy

Google chief exec targeted over privacy policy

Fourteen U.S. privacy groups have written to Eric Schmidt arguing that Google is breaking Californian law by not including a link to its privacy policy on its homepage.
Richard Thurston Jun 5 2008 9:58AM Security
Oz Nokia chief jumps ship to join retailer

Oz Nokia chief jumps ship to join retailer

Nokia’s general manager for Australia and New Zealand, Shaun Colligan, has left his position to join a mobile phone retailer under investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Staff Writers May 29 2008 4:06PM Strategy
Hardware failure chief cause of disruption

Hardware failure chief cause of disruption

Hardware failures remain the most common cause of IT service disruptions, according to business continuity firm Sungard Availability Services, accounting for more than a third of all serious incidents.
IT Week Apr 1 2008 3:14PM Hardware
Second Life chief steps down

Second Life chief steps down

The man behind the popular online world Second Life has stepped down..
Shaun Nichols Mar 18 2008 7:21AM Software
US spy chief puts security over privacy

US spy chief puts security over privacy

The Director of National Intelligence, who oversees all 16 US intelligence agencies, has revealed the extent to which domestic and international internet traffic is being monitored..
Iain Thomson Jan 16 2008 7:07AM Security
Microsoft business chief to step down

Microsoft business chief to step down

The president of Microsoft's Business Division has announced plans to retire from the company in September..
Shaun Nichols Jan 14 2008 6:55AM Software
Canadian privacy chief: TJX kept too much info; breach began in Miami

Canadian privacy chief: TJX kept too much info; breach began in Miami

Before TJX revealed its servers had been breached by hackers, the retail giant collected and stored unnecessary and excessive amounts of personal information for too long and relied on outdated encryption technology to defend the data, according to a report released today by Canadian privacy officials.
Dan Kaplan Sep 26 2007 10:26AM Security
Sun chief celebrates profitable first year

Sun chief celebrates profitable first year

Sun Microsystems exceeded analyst expectations by posting a US$329m profit on revenues of US$13.9bn over the past fiscal year that ended in June.
Tom Sanders Jul 31 2007 12:51PM Hardware
Xbox chief defects to Electronics Arts

Xbox chief defects to Electronics Arts

Peter Moore, corporate vice president for Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, which includes overseeing the Xbox and Games for Windows businesses, has resigned.
Staff Writers Jul 19 2007 1:15PM Training & Development
Former ATI chief resigns from AMD

Former ATI chief resigns from AMD

Dave Orton steps down.
Staff Writers Jul 11 2007 10:30AM Training & Development
Yahoo boots chief executive, brings in co-founder

Yahoo boots chief executive, brings in co-founder

Jerry Yang brought on the turn the Google tide.
Tom Sanders Jun 19 2007 11:19AM Training & Development
Sclavos out as VeriSign chief

Sclavos out as VeriSign chief

VeriSign today announced a major management shake-up, capped by the resignation of Stratton D. Sclavos, the company's former chairman, president and CEO.
Frank Washkuch May 30 2007 12:26PM Security

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