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Daily Mail says its IT shakeup was 'decisive action'
Daily Mail and General Trust has called its recent shakeup, which included the centralisation of two IT departments into one under a single CIO, “decisive action”, as the company reported difficulties in its preliminary results for 2008.
Yahoo CEO pays price for snubbing Microsoft
After driving off a takeover buyout offer from Microsoft, and losing out on a deal with Google, Jerry Yang is stepping down as chief executive of Yahoo, the company he co-founded.
Obama tells potential staff to open their Facebook pages
Potential employees applying for jobs in Obama Barack's administration are being asked to provide access to their Facebook and other social networking pages, in a bid to uncover any information or posts that could embarrass the President-elect.
IBM ordered to pay $3M to keep Apple exec case going
A federal judge has ordered IBM, which is trying to block a former company executive from taking a job with Apple, to provide a $3 million bond to keep the case going.
Women leaving UK IT jobs in droves, says BCS
Around 37,000 UK women IT professionals left the business between 2001 and 2007, according to a new report by the British Computer Society (BCS).
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Dell CTO to retire
Dell's chief technology officer, who has been with the company for 13 years, will retire in mid-January.
US military gets 'TroopTube'
The US military has launched TroopTube, a new site to upload and share videos, more than a year after the US Department of Defense banned YouTube from military networks for being a bandwidth hog.
Former IT worker used skills for hacking
A former network administrator US has pleaded guilty to hacking and ID theft charges.
Virgin Media to axe 2,200 jobs
Cable giant Virgin Media is to cut 2,200 jobs by 2012 under a sweeping restructure announced on Tuesday. The plans are part of a group-wide overhaul following a review this year made in the wake of the firm's formation by the merger of cable companies Telewest and ntl in 2006.
Nortel chops 1,300 staff as CTO leaves
Four Nortel executives, including CTO John Roese, will be leaving the company in January following a restructuring announced this week along with third quarter results.
CTO role becomes broader, more strategic
The role of the chief technology officer has evolved from one narrowly focused on engineering into one with broader, more strategic responsibilities, according to the CTOs of two major IT companies.
Nortel could slash workforce by 10% on Monday
Nortel is expected to announce significant job cuts when it reports third quarter results on Monday. That would be on top of the 2,100 jobs that the company said in February it was cutting.
Barack Obama looking for federal CTO
President-elect Barack Obama's plan to build a Google-enabled government began modestly this week with its new Change.gov Web site, which includes the means to apply for a job in the new administration.
Ex-Intel worker indicted on $1bn trade secrets theft
An ex-Intel employee accused of stealing US$1 billion worth of trade secrets and using them to help rival AMD was indicted in Massachusetts Wednesday, according to news reports.
Survey: US tech wages fall in third quarter
Wages for US tech jobs fell significantly in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, the IT staffing company Yoh Services said Thursday.
AMD cuts 500 jobs
AMD is to lay off 500 employees, the second round of job cuts to come from the chip maker this year.
Forrester: This tech recession will be different
The technology sector is facing a recession, but it will be different to the dot com crash, according to Forrester founder George Colony.
EMC appoint globalisation leader as CIO
Storage systems vendor EMC has appointed a new CIO. Sanjay Mirchandani takes on the CIO crown in an internal move from senior vice president of the EMC Office of Globalisation.
Motorola to lay off 3,000 staff, iPhone to blame?
Wide-ranging staff layoffs are due at Motorola, as $800 million in cuts planned. Motorola co-CEO says company needs to compete with iPhone and other new devices.
Former IBM executive takes charge of Apple's iPod
IBM executive hired to take over iPod despite an IBM lawsuit aimed at preventing him from joining the company. Meanwhile two key executives are leaving to spend more time with their family.
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