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Intel appoints COO Brian Krzanich as new CEO starting May 16
- It’s been almost six months since Paul Otellini announced his plans for retirement and today Intel has finally appointed someone else to take over the chief executive role. As expected, Otellini’s successor will come from within the company, as Brian…
Apple execs dominate S&P top five highest-paid employees
- After compiling SEC data filed by 410 companies containing 2,050 executives, Bloomberg Businessweek reveals that Apple dominates the S&P index's top five best-paid executives with four of its own. Together, Apple's fantastic four raked in nearly $300 million dollars in…
HBO Go bundle for broadband subscribers could happen, says CEO
- HBO has produced some of the best shows to ever hit the small screen, from pop-culture masterpieces like The Sopranos to epic fantasy novel adaptations like Game of Thrones. Unfortunately the network doesn’t make its content available on services like…
Weekend tech reading: No Firefox on iOS, Intel eyeing potential CEOs
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Jay Sullivan, Mozilla’s VP of Product, has revealed that the not-for-profit organization is not going to build an iOS version of its Firefox web browser as long as Apple doesn’t mend its unfriendly ways towards third party browsers. Speaking at SXSW in a mobile browser...
Comcast CEO believes his company can learn a lot from Apple
- Comcast has come a long way since its start as a small town cable system in Tupelo, Mississippi. The company has a higher market value and earns more revenue each year than News Corp., Time Warner and Disney but CEO…
HP CEO Meg Whitman addresses several issues at Gartner Symposium
- HP CEO Meg Whitman tackled a number of tough questions and laid out plans for the company moving forward during a keynote speech at the Gartner Symposium expo in Orlando, Florida earlier today.
OCZ founder and CEO Ryan Petersen resigns effective immediately
- OCZ Technology founder and CEO Ryan Petersen has resigned from his position with the company effective immediately. Executive vice president and chief marketing officer Alex Mei will serve as Interim CEO as the company begins their search for a permanent…
Ballmer: Surface "sweet spot" $300-$800, Windows 8 biggest thing since 95
- In an interview with The Seattle Times, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sat down with technology reporter Janet Tu to discuss the company's future. Surface, Windows 8 and Microsoft's rivalry with Google and Facebook are just a few items which were touched…
Best Buy names Hubert Joly as new CEO
- Best Buy has announced that Hubert Joly, the former head of hospitality and travel company Carlson, will take over as permanent CEO effective September 2012. Joly will replace interim chief G. Mike Mikan who has held the position since April…
Weekend tech reading: What is Yahoo?
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That straightforward question has so far baffled the people who run the company. I got a taste of the fuzziness when I visited Carol Bartz, then the chief executive, back in 2010. She was funny, profane and articulate, except on the question of what the company is. After five minutes of listening...
Scott Thompson resigns as Yahoo CEO
- Scott Thompson has resigned as the CEO of Yahoo after the Internet company discovered that he had falsified information on his resume with regards to his educational background. The company has since named Ross Levinsohn as interim CEO, although his…
Yahoo to investigate claims CEO Scott Thompson lied about his Computer Science degree
- In a bizarre turn of events, Yahoo's board of directors announced yesterday their intention to investigate allegations that current CEO Scott Thompson intentionally misled the company over his educational achievements, promising to report appropriately the findings to shareholders, according to…
HP profits drop 44 percent, CEO pleads for patience
- Veteran Silicon Valley executive Meg Whitman pleaded for patience yesterday as she revealed that HP’s first fiscal quarterly earnings (PDF) had dropped 44% due to a decline in sales across three of its key units: personal computers, printers and enterprise equipment. …
Sony's Kazuo Hirai will replace Stringer as CEO
- Sony has confirmed that PlayStation veteran Kazuo Hirai will be promoted to chief executive, replacing current CEO Sir Howard Stringer effective April 1. Stringer will become chairman of the company's board in June. The move comes as the electronics and…
Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves HP effective immediately
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Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein has left Hewlett-Packard effective today. No reason was given for his departure although it seems that both parties split on good terms, as first reported by All Things D. Rubinstein has reportedly completed his mandatory...
Analyst suggests Yahoo could buy Netflix
- Just one day after Yahoo officially announced PayPal President Scott Thompson as their new CEO, speculation is running rampant that one of his first moves at helm could be to purchase Netflix. This speculation is based on a number of…
Yahoo taps PayPal's Scott Thompson as its new CEO
- Yahoo has officially named PayPal President Scott Thompson as its new chief executive officer, ending a four-month long search to replace the famously outspoken Carol Bartz, who was fired in September after the company's board grew impatient with her attempts…
RIM may replace CEOs soon, failures of 2011 recapped
- Concerned investors and board members alike may be pushing to shake-up Research in Motion's existing leadership. More specifically, the roles co-CEOs and co-chairmen, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, may be combined into a single head position independent of the company's…
Netflix CEO gets $1.5 million pay cut, stocks remain low
- Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings, got a lump of coal this Christmas as the company's board chose to halve his stock options. Hastings has been at the helm while mismanagement of the company is widely attributed to the exodus of both…
SOPA denounced by Internet founders, CEOs in letter
- The Stop Online Piracy Act has generated a great deal of controversy over the past few months. The bill is so controversial in fact, a group of 83 engineers who helped create the Internet have issued an open letter (PDF). If…
Ultrabooks to help Acer turn the corner in 2012
- Acer CEO J.T. Wang believes that ultrabooks will be the one product that returns the company to profitability. In an interview with Dow Jones Newswire, the chief said that customers will want a lighter and thinner notebook with longer battery…
HP's CEO: Investors need to lower expectations while I reform company
- Hewlett Packard released its fourth quarter results yesterday, announcing a 91-percent drop in earnings as the embattled computer giant fights the blows dealt by its failed attempts to enter the tablet market and the ousting of its former CEO, Leo…
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman expected to take over at HP
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Update: It's official. Léo Apotheker is out as CEO of HP, and former eBay chief Meg Whitman will take his place. HP has seen seven CEOs come and go in the past 11 years and the current head, Leo Apotheker, has held the position for less than a year.
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