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RSS eye in newsYahoo!'s Yang steps down as CEO
News Tania Howarth Birds Eye Iglo Group Yahoo! under fierce financial pressure, has begun a search to replace company co-founder Jerry Yang as chief executive, the company said Monday. Chairman Roy Bostock said in a... [18 Nov 2008]
Google tracks the common cold
News Using the same keyword-tracking technology found on Google Trends, it keeps an eye on people searching for queries involving the word 'flu' and tracks them both by date and location. Google has unveiled a new site to... [12 Nov 2008]
Google pulls plug on Yahoo! ad deal
News didn't see eye to eye about how hard to fight for the deal. that would have given Yahoo! major new revenue but that raised antitrust concerns. David Drummond, Google's chief legal officer said in a blog... [05 Nov 2008]
Artificial intelligence, virtual worlds, BT's tunnels and Apple's patents
News Even if these never materialise, silicon.com put together its very own wish list of items in need of an Apple makeover, with the products that Apple must make, as well as competitors that the Cupertino club would do well to keep an... [05 Nov 2008]
Fat lady sings for iPod head
News Apple on Tuesday confirmed reports circulating on Monday night that Tony Fadell, a longtime executive in charge of the company's iPod division, is stepping down. Fadell will be replaced by Mark Papermaster, a vice president at IBM, who... [05 Nov 2008]
Carl Icahn: "Yahoo! should make a Microsoft deal"
News While the Redmond giant has yet to make any public moves in that direction, its CEO Steve Ballmer is still keeping an eye on the company. Yahoo! shares edged up Tuesday as analysts and the company's own major shareholder... [05 Nov 2008]
£1.5bn savings plan turns Lloyds' merger eye on IT
News As Lloyds TSB steams ahead with plans for an acquisition of HBOS, the two banks have revealed how they plan to slash billions from their combined overheads - with IT in the firing line. Despite having what it claims will be one of the... [03 Nov 2008]
BA blames Heathrow T5 chaos on IT testing slip ups
News Photos: Passenger's eye view of Heathrow Terminal 5 MPs have told British Airways and airport operator BAA they "could and should have avoided" the Heathrow T5 baggage chaos. Both BA and BAA have been criticised for... [03 Nov 2008]
Credit crunch storm looms for IT security
News His concerns that IT security staff could be overwhelmed were echoed by Microsoft's chief security advisor Ed Gibson who warned that information security "could suffer if people take their eye off the ball". [28 Oct 2008]
Should your tech chief be a jack-of-all-trades?
News Tania Howarth Birds Eye Iglo Group Industry experience is considered low down on the list for CIOs and other heads of IT. According to the latest CIO Jury, having a wealth of experience in the industry they currently... [27 Oct 2008]
BT targets small biz with mobile broadband
News With an eye on the small-business market, BT has set up two new deals based around 3G wireless data, offering a mixture of airtime and USB dongles. The two standard business-broadband offerings - BT Business Total... [21 Oct 2008]
Business tech born in Cern's Big Bang lab
News Tania Howarth Birds Eye Iglo Group Cutting edge particle physics is being used to hone new technology that will eventually make its way into enterprises. The Cern nuclear physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland is... [17 Oct 2008]
CIOs having night sweats over job security
News Tania Howarth Birds Eye Iglo Group The credit crunch is giving CIOs job security nightmares. According to a survey by the Chartered Management Institute, just nine per cent of senior IT executives feel secure in their... [14 Oct 2008]
CIOs back call for common skills scheme
News Tania Howarth Birds Eye Iglo Group CIOs have broadly set themselves behind the call for a common accreditation scheme for IT professionals, similar to qualifications required by doctors, lawyers, accountants and... [13 Oct 2008]
Associated Newspapers' CIO quits
News Tania Howarth Birds Eye Iglo Group The CIO of Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mailand Evening Standard, has quit his role at the media group following a restructuring of the media group's IT operations. [08 Oct 2008]
