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Beeb appoints new iPlayer chief
News Huggers, who joined the BBC last year and is currently group controller of the Future Media and Technology division, replaces Ashley Highfield - who left to become CEO of on-demand online media player Kangaroo, a joint venture between BBC... [18 Jul 2008]
BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down
News Livingston joined BT in 2002 as group finance director and has been head of BT Retail since 2005. Analyst Ovum credits Verwaayen for "sorting out the mess he inherited when he joined BT in 2002", as well as "personally initiating a constructive... [08 Apr 2008]
Top five takeovers that shook the tech world
News Web giant AOL and entertainment company Time Warner joined forces in 2000 in a massive deal worth $164bn. The partnership didn't get off to a great start when the new company reported a loss of $99bn in 2002 after the value of its America Online... [04 Feb 2008]
Tesco IT chief steps down
News Cobain, who was recently voted CIO of the year, joined Tesco in 2001 and was responsible for setting and managing the focus of the IT division and leading the development of the retail giant's IT strategy in line with its aggressive and ambitious... [14 Nov 2007]
eBay takes $900m hit for Skype buy
News Zennström, who helped start Skype in 2003, has joined forces with Skype co-founder Janus Friis to start an internet television service called Joost. In what looks like an attempt to shake things up at Skype and move the division in a new direction... [02 Oct 2007]
Microsoft spring cleans its Windows unit
News Sievert, who joined Microsoft from AT&T Wireless in 2005, and Nash, who headed Microsoft's security business unit until a recent sabbatical, will both report to Veghte. Brad Goldberg, who has been general manager of product management for Windows... [28 Feb 2007]
Murdoch's Fox snaffles online ad specialist
News The SDC acquisition is the first major acquisition FIM has completed since Peter Levinsohn joined FIM as president in December. Fox Interactive Media (FIM), a division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, has acquired advertising-technology company... [23 Feb 2007]
Lloyds TSB nabs Barclays IT chief
News He then joined Barclays in 1986 to oversee what was then known as the 'end-user computing division'. After a 20-year career at Barclays, Lloyd will now head up the IT for Lloyds TSB's wholesale and international banking division, and will be on the... [02 Aug 2006]
Apple's legal guru departs
News Tevanian on Monday joined the board of directors of voice portal company Tellme Networks. Heinen's exit follows that of iPod division chief and long-time hardware executive Jon Rubinstein, as well as the departure of chief software technology... [09 May 2006]
Apple loses software guiding light
News Tevanian joined Apple from Next in 1997, after serving as head of engineering for the Steve Jobs-run start-up. Another long-time Apple executive, iPod division chief Jon Rubinstein, is slated to retire this month. [29 Mar 2006]
Cyber security 'not keeping pace with threats'
News Schmidt was joined on the panel by Andy Purdy, acting director of the National Cyber Security Division at the Department of Homeland Security; Daniel Mehan, former chief information officer at the Federal Aviation Administration; and James Lewis... [15 Feb 2006]
Barclays Capital crowns new CIO
News Freeborn, who worked at UBS for 12 years, is replacing Kevin O'Reilly, who joined accounting firm Deloitte as a partner earlier this week. In January, Freeborn will move to the investment banking division of Barclays Bank to become managing... [10 Nov 2005]
Apple crowns Cook as COO
News Cook, who joined Apple in 1998, has been executive vice president of worldwide sales and operations for the past three years. Fadell joined Apple in 2001 to work on the iPod. Apple's rapidly growing iPod business will get a new leader next year... [17 Oct 2005]
All change in Redmond as Microsoft does a reboot
News At the time, Microsoft said Johnson, who was serving as sales chief, would move to an unspecified new role once Turner joined Microsoft this month. Ray Ozzie, who joined the company as one of its three chief technical officers earlier this year... [21 Sep 2005]
Microsoft sues Google for tempting search expert
News A Microsoft lawyer said in an interview that Lee's move to join Google was a "particularly egregious" violation of the noncompete agreement that he had signed when he joined Microsoft. The suit was filed in a Washington state court against Google... [20 Jul 2005]
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