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Motorola's consumer handset chief resigns

August 20, 2008 11:18 AM PDT

Rob Shaddock will be replaced by company veteran John Cipolla in what is expected to be a "seamless" transition, handset maker says.
(By David Meyer of ZDNet UK)

Gannett names chief digital officer in online push

January 14, 2008 9:33 AM PST

Newspaper publisher names chief of rich-media unit to post as it seeks to transform itself into a more Internet-savvy company.

Police Blotter: Fired worker blames porn on malware

October 3, 2007 10:05 AM PDT

Respiratory therapist, fired after porn bookmarks were found on a hospital computer, unsuccessfully uses the virus-did-it claim.

Yang replaces Semel as Yahoo CEO

June 18, 2007 9:18 PM PDT

Terry Semel steps down one week after shareholders blast him over search company's financial performance.

Yahoo memo: Letter from Terry Semel to board of directors

June 18, 2007 3:28 PM PDT

A letter from outgoing CEO to Yahoo's board of directors says it's "time for new executive leadership."

Yahoo memo: Letter to Terry Semel from board of directors

June 18, 2007 4:49 PM PDT

A letter to Yahoo's exiting CEO says he was key to company's success, but that there is "no better person in the world to run Yahoo now" than co-founder Jerry Yang.

Windows chief bows out

January 29, 2007 5:03 PM PST

special feature As Vista hits store shelves after a long five years, Microsoft veteran Jim Allchin heads for retirement.

Meet me in my avatar's office

January 24, 2007 5:53 AM PST

IBM executives say success in the future services economy depends on how well employees play the game--literally.

Database head to leave daily duties at Microsoft

November 2, 2006 6:28 AM PST

Paul Flessner, the executive in charge of SQL Server and storage business, will step down in the new year.

Hewlett-Packard loses services chief

October 26, 2006 11:47 AM PDT

Steve Smith resigns for personal reasons, but company won't say if the departure is linked to HP's boardroom scandal.

Gear up for baby boomers' exodus from tech

August 10, 2006 12:47 PM PDT

Tibco CEO Vivek Ranadive says companies must preserve the "tribal wisdom" of retiring workers or pay the price.

Intel shuffles executive chairs

July 20, 2006 11:07 AM PDT

One leader appears better than two in some divisions after a major shake-up of the company's upper management ranks.

Microsoft shuffles more executives

June 29, 2006 4:56 AM PDT

Software giant moves around several more executives as part of its ongoing restructuring of the company.

Vista Views: Windows in the post-Gates era

June 21, 2006 5:00 PM PDT

CNET News.com readers tell us how they think Bill Gates' departure will affect the development of Windows.

Online shifts for Windows

June 20, 2006 5:03 AM PDT

Developer's kit is set to link Windows Live ID to "rich client" apps. Also: Meet the new Messenger.

H-1B limit reached for next year

June 2, 2006 11:20 AM PDT

The U.S. already has enough petitions to fill the 65,000 slots, prompting new calls from tech companies for a higher cap.

IAC appoints new Ask.com CEO

April 24, 2006 9:26 AM PDT

InterActiveCorp says Steve Berkowitz, heading for Microsoft, will be replaced by company veteran Jim Lanzone.

In corporate 'Spy Game,' work equals play

April 20, 2006 7:54 AM PDT

The latest corporate team building exercise could have you re-enacting a scene from a famous spy flick--in public.

SanDisk names new president

April 11, 2006 8:09 AM PDT

Eli Harari will maintain his CEO title but will hand over the SanDisk presidency to COO Sanjay Mehrotra.

Suse Linux COO latest exec to leave Novell

March 29, 2006 11:33 AM PST

Amnon Harmon is next of Suse old guard to leave. Others include Linux CTO Geck and co-founder Mantel.