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Article | 10/12/2010 Facebook's Zuckerberg vows to donate his wealth
Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire behind Facebook, has pledged to part with a sizable chunk of his fortune for good causes.
Article | 4/12/2010 WikiLeaks: Intel threatened to move Russian jobs to India
Intel engaged in high-level talks with Russian officials and ultimately said it would pull research and development work from the country unless it co...
Article | 29/11/2010 Salesforce.com names its first chief scientist
Salesforce.com has named JP Rangaswami, formerly chief scientist of BT Group, to a newly created position of the same name, the company said Wednesday...
Article | 25/11/2010 Microsoft nabs OpenStreetMap founder
As part of an initiative to leverage the OpenStreetMap project for its own Bing Maps, Microsoft has hired OSM founder Steve Coast, the company announc...
Article | 20/11/2010 'Cisco Cultural Advisor' might help workers collaborate
Cisco Systems is quietly developing a mobile application that profiles how users work and communicate, with the aim of helping them work better togeth...
Article | 12/11/2010 Hurd says Oracle job more attractive than other offers
Some people speculated that Mark Hurd joined Oracle to get back at his former employer, Hewlett-Packard, but on Thursday he described other reasons fo...
Article | 13/11/2010 Some top Google executives get 30 per cent raises
The same week that Google reportedly offered all employees 10 per cent raises, it boosted pay for some senior executives by 30 per cent.
Article | 13/11/2010 Cisco hires former iPhone engineer Papermaster
Former chief iPhone engineer Mark Papermaster has joined Cisco Systems as the head of its switching chip division.
Article | 10/11/2010 Ballmer Sells $1.3 Billion of Microsoft Stock
Steve Ballmer has sold more than 49 million shares of Microsoft stock worth $1.3 billion in the past several days, and plans to sell a total of 75 mil...
Article | 5/11/2010 Yahoo CIO departs
In another high-profile departure, Michael Kirwan, formerly CIO of Yahoo, has left the company.
Article | 3/11/2010 Former SAP exec Shai Agassi anticipated Oracle lawsuit
Former SAP executive Shai Agassi knew that Oracle might end up suing SAP over activities conducted by TomorrowNow, a now-defunct subsidiary of the Ger...
Article | 3/11/2010 More contributors leave OpenOffice.org for LibreOffice
33 contributors to the OpenOffice.org project are leaving, unhappy with what they say is Oracle's attitude toward the project's organisation and manag...
Article | 29/10/2010 IT worker gets prison after stealing data for online surveys
A former IT staffer has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for stealing sensitive information belonging to his co-workers and using the data...
Article | 28/10/2010 What CFOs want IT managers to know now
You can't run a company without technology, but you can't invest in technology without the blessings of the finance department. And thanks to the long...
Article | 21/10/2010 Steve Jobs vs. the world, part deux
You'd think grown men would have better things to do than squabble like rabid squirrels fighting over a Brazil nut. But when it comes to the future of...