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Google execs defend a Yahoo! ad tie-in

News Google's top executives have given a glimpse into how it might try to deflect antitrust concerns of a possible ad-sharing deal with rival Yahoo! advising observers to look at the overall ad market. Google co-founder Sergey Brin told reporters: "You...

Tags: ad, yahoo, google

[09 May 2008]

Microsoft claims can go it alone online

News offer, executives are trying to make the case that Redmond's online business can go it alone. In the wake of Microsoft's decision to pull its Yahoo! Speaking to investors yesterday, Windows Live general manager Brian Hall tried to bring the focus...

Tags: aol, google, yahoo, microsoft

[07 May 2008]

Skype trialled on Java mobiles

News However, at the same time, executives made it clear the software is preliminary and subject to significant limitations. Skype has released a test version of a client for Java-enabled mobile devices, a move which the company said is a significant...

Tags: java, mobile, skype

[30 Apr 2008]

Top IT job at NHS split into two

News IT at the NHS will now be overseen by two £200,000-per-year executives, as compared to the previous single £280,000 IT director general post - filled by Richard Granger until January this year.silicon.com Public Sector

Tags: richard granger, cfh, nhs

[28 Apr 2008]

Microsoft dashes Yahoo!'s hopes of higher bid

News as a way to compete with arch-rival Google in the internet search and advertising arena but company executives have repeatedly said they have limits to what they are willing to pay to get a deal done.

Tags: microsoft, yahoo

[25 Apr 2008]

Apple profits up thanks to Mac, iPhone and iPod

News Still, some analysts have said that, this time, low-estimating executives may turn out to mean what they say given the weak US economy. Apple yesterday posted a 36 per cent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of Mac computers, iPod...

Tags: ipod, iphone, mac, apple

[24 Apr 2008]

Security breaches down - but at what price?

News The latest Information Security Breaches Survey, published yesterday to coincide with the first day of the Infosecurity Europe conference, reveals that IT managers and board-level executives are trying to keep their organisations secure, with some...

Tags: breach, data

[23 Apr 2008]

Samsung chief steps down after tax indictment

News Four other top executives also stepped down, including the head of the group's strategic division and the chief executives of Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance and Samsung Securities. South Korea's most powerful businessman said yesterday that he...

Tags: ceo, samsung, tax

[22 Apr 2008]

UK hit by 100 data breaches in six months

News Organisations continue to lose sensitive personal data - despite high profile cases such as the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data breach, and the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has warned chief executives to protect staff and customers...

Tags: security, ico, data breach

[22 Apr 2008]

Microsoft Windows 'collapsing' under own weight

News Around half of the managers and executives gathered in the room raised their hands. Silver said he recommends IT executives do use Vista - but on an attrition basis, so that, as PCs with Windows XP are retired, they are replaced with PCs running...

Tags: vista, windows, microsoft, gartner

[11 Apr 2008]

Microsoft deals Yahoo! an ultimatum

News Since its initial offer, executives from both companies met four weeks ago for the first time to discuss the merger and once again last week with no results of moving it into formal talks. Microsoft has issued an ultimatum to Yahoo!

Tags: microsoft, yahoo

[07 Apr 2008]

Reuters CIO joins Royal Bank of Scotland

News RBS does not use the CIO title for executives and Lister will join as chief architect, reporting in to the bank's group manufacturing unit, which provides centralised back-office services such as IT for other RBS banking and insurance brands...

Tags: royal bank of scotland, reuters, david lister

[01 Apr 2008]

Motorola to split in two

News Garner said the decision to split off the handset division would likely "draw a line" under the current arrangement, which he described as "a bit of a poisoned chalice", noting the high departure rates of executives and staff.

Tags: motorola, handset, division, mobile

[27 Mar 2008]

Google, Yahoo! and MySpace announce OpenSocial Foundation

News But in a conference call with press and analysts yesterday, executives from Google, MySpace and Yahoo! and News Corp's MySpace.com have announced they have formed the OpenSocial Foundation, a not-for-profit group to support the OpenSocial...

Tags: google, yahoo, myspace, foundation

[26 Mar 2008]

Apple iPhone 'ready for business'

News Dan Bieler, director consulting of European telecommunications and networking at analyst IDC, added: "It's obviously good news that the iPhone officially is taking on the enterprise segment - i.e.the C-level executives - because they already were...

Tags: gartner, iphone, apple, analyst

[19 Mar 2008]

Facebook ups privacy and says it wants to Chat

News Company executives discussed the ongoing evolution of the social network and explained that changes to the site's privacy controls are necessary given its rapid growth and increasingly diverse user base.

Tags: facebook, im, social networking, controls

[19 Mar 2008]

New mobile masts to be drastically reduced

News Speaking at a Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) meeting at the CeBIT technology fair in Germany, senior executives said flat-rate mobile-data tariffs meant usage was set to increase at a far greater rate than operator revenues.

Tags: mobile, base stations, femtocell, coverage

[07 Mar 2008]

Productivity gains driving IT outsourcing

News A Gartner survey of 750 IT and outsourcing executives worldwide found 41 per cent are primarily outsourcing IT to enhance business outcomes - up from 28 per cent in 2005. Businesses are increasingly outsourcing to improve performance - although...

Tags: outsourcing, ito, offshoring, india

[03 Mar 2008]

Internet Explorer 8: Beta to be launched

News Microsoft executives are expected to reveal further details about the browser's features at the software maker's upcoming Mix conference in Las Vegas next week. Microsoft will shortly make available the test version of Internet Explorer 8, which is...

Tags: microsoft, beta, internet explorer, browser

[26 Feb 2008]

ISPs' traffic handling in the spotlight

News The public forum will give the commissioners a chance to quiz company executives and networking experts, and perhaps reveal what they may do next. The high-profile squabble over Comcast's slowdown of BitTorrent file-sharing traffic - and broader...

Tags: isps, bandwidth, fcc, questions

[25 Feb 2008]

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