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RSS positions in newsIcahn, Yahoo!: Agreement reached
News s valuable collection of assets positions it well to continue expanding its online leadership and enhancing returns to stockholders. Yahoo! has reached a settlement with activist investor Carl Icahn, who will join the internet company's board. [21 Jul 2008]
Kangaroo web TV faces competition scrutiny
News He added in a statement: "This venture has been delayed by a reference to the Competition Commission, at the very same time that non-UK companies like Google and Apple are free to build market dominating positions online in the UK without so much... [30 Jun 2008]
Microsoft launches into virtualisation
News With survey respondents asked to rank operating-system features in order of importance, virtualisation came last, in 11th place, with scalability, high reliability and identity management taking the top three positions. [27 Jun 2008]
Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford
News He] had the vision to see this future and he possessed the competitive drive to force his technologies into monopoly positions in the marketplace," Colony added. During his career Gates has made Microsoft into one of the biggest companies in the... [25 Jun 2008]
iPhone 2.0: Lower price and "amazingly zippy"
News Shannon Cross of Cross Research said: "This positions Apple well vis a vis other smart phone competitors such as Nokia and RIM, [the] iPhone is no longer an expensive device. Apple unveiled a next-generation iPhone last night with faster internet... [10 Jun 2008]
Yahoo! vs Icahn: War of words
News board have gone to in order to entrench their positions and keep shareholders from deciding if they wished to sell to Microsoft". Yahoo! said on Wednesday that deal talks are ongoing with Microsoft as the company resisted an attack by billionaire... [05 Jun 2008]
FS sector 'still hot for techies'
News The recruiter said there is steady demand for IT positions within commodities, with a greater than 50 per cent increase in advertised positions since October 2007. Over the last three months there has been little to no change in demand for... [03 Jun 2008]
Want to progress in IT? Then be a business swot
News As such, Yeo said it is an essential characteristic required of employees in senior tech positions. Regardless of whether the role of IT practitioners in the organisation relates to sales, or is one that is strictly technical in nature, business... [02 Jun 2008]
Dell's smiling after quarter profits
News The company said in the same quarter a year ago it planned on removing 8,800 positions. The PC maker reported its first-quarter profits yesterday, with revenue of $16bn, a 9 per cent improvement from a year ago, and earnings of 38 cents per share... [30 May 2008]
Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin to retire
News The Indian-born CEO, 53, who became chief executive in July 2003, has a career in telecoms that spans two decades - including executive positions at AirTouch (what is now Verizon Wireless) and Pacific Telesis Group (now part of AT&T). [27 May 2008]
Lloyds TSB offshores 450 tech jobs to India
News The bank said any affected staff will be offered a replacement role but LTU claims there is no guarantee these jobs would be at the same level or in the same location, adding that two-thirds of the equivalent positions in the UK are being offshored. [19 May 2008]
Top IT job at NHS split into two
News A Department of Health spokeswoman said: "The creation of two positions will allow us to focus on the most effective use of IT across the department and the wider NHS. IT at the NHS will now be overseen by two £200,000-per-year executives, as... [28 Apr 2008]
US no longer king of the PC?
News The world's top five PC vendors remained in their same positions (HP, Dell, Acer, Lenovo and Toshiba), and all grew faster than the total market. The US PC market is beginning to have less influence on the global market, according to IDC's... [17 Apr 2008]
Google CIO to join digital music realm
News Before working at Google, Merrill held information technology, engineering and security positions at Charles Schwab, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Rand - a not-for-profit think tank. Google CIO Douglas Merrill is leaving Google to become president of... [03 Apr 2008]
AOL snaps up Bebo for $850m
News AOL chairman and CEO Randy Falco said in a statement: "What drew us to Bebo was its substantial and fast-growing worldwide user-base, its vision of a truly social web and the monetisation opportunities.This positions us to offer advertisers even... [13 Mar 2008]
