executives company 1 april
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.02.08
Round-Up As the news sent shockwaves across the globe, the Round-Up was delighted to note that at a press conference announcing the seismic shift, CEO Steve Ballmer and his co-joined executives decided they would eschew ties to adopt the relaxed, anti... [29 Feb 2008]
Sun to revamp grid offering
News Sun executives argue it's better to rent computing hardware and software from others with expertise than to assemble and run the technology yourself. Larry Singer, the senior vice president and strategic insight officer who joined Sun in 2003, is... [18 Sep 2006]
Google enjoys eyebrow-raising revenue rise
News Piper Jaffray analyst Safa Rashtchy said the stock rise was due to the "positive tone" from Google executives and the good profits results. Google's first-quarter revenue rose nearly 80 per cent and, along with an increase in profit, beat analyst... [21 Apr 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.04.06
Round-Up Meanwhile, other technology-related April Fool's gags had Microsoft executives going to Google, Google executives going to Yahoo! AOL executives leaving AOL for Google, and China buying Google. April Fool's Day has come and gone again and one... [07 Apr 2006]
Apple's Jobs takes home $1 again
News In last year's proxy statement, Apple's board said that despite the prior year's restricted stock grants, executives at the company were underpaid and urged the company to begin a cash bonus programme. [14 Mar 2006]
BlackBerry does JPEG patent deal
News Generally, the royalty fees on devices such as digital cameras, where compression is essential, are about one per cent, according to Forgent executives. Forgent spokesman Michael Noonan noted that the Austin, Texas-based software maker may have... [28 Oct 2005]
Oracle to launch retail brand for business apps
News Recent comments from Microsoft executives raise some questions about that strategy, however. In April, the company purchased retail software maker Retek for slightly less than $500m. At its OpenWorld customer conference in San Francisco this week... [19 Sep 2005]
Cisco spends $61m on consumer electronics firm
News While Cisco executives have not provided detailed plans for the technology, Jamie Tsao, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Linksys, emphasised that Cisco still sees itself as an infrastructure company and not a provider of consumer... [25 Jul 2005]
AOL to throw up spam block
News Company executives were quick to point out that AOL's acquisition of Mailblocks does not indicate a departure from the ISP's work on an industrywide authentication protocol standard for preventing email forgeries. [06 Aug 2004]
Blogging breaks out into big business
News After announcing an unpopular price and licensing shift, the executives found themselves pilloried by bloggers on their own site. Microsoft and its legions of public relations employees and contractors are famous for their efforts to control the... [26 Jul 2004]
Linux hero hired by Microsoft
News Top executives have labeled open-source software a "cancer" and "Pac-Man-like," while open-source advocates often treat Microsoft as a moral as well as technological enemy. I think Microsoft sees the European public sector as the vanguard of the... [21 Apr 2004]
SEC rules could force Google IPO
News If the law is applied to the popular search engine, Google executives would have to disclose the company's closely guarded financial information, and it could ultimately play into the decision on whether or when to take the company public. [11 Dec 2003]
HP focuses on projector top spot
News While such devices are used today primarily to help executives deliver PowerPoint presentations, similar technology could be used to make a nice home theatre system as well. The company took a small step toward achieving that goal on Monday when it... [03 Jun 2003]
Game Boy advances
News Nintendo executives said during a Tokyo press conference on Tuesday that they expect sales of the company's Game Boy Advance handheld player to increase by a third in the upcoming fiscal year, which starts on 1 April. [06 Feb 2003]
Gates boasts of security advances at Microsoft
News The email message to Microsoft's customers is the latest monthly missive sent by the company's executives as part of a customer-relations drive known as Executive Emails. However, Gates outlined several other projects that Microsoft completed this... [24 Jan 2003]
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