Neowin News Feed for: Executive

Massive executive shakeup at Apple: Scott Forstall leaves

Owen Williams — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:13:39 +0000

Apple has announced -- in the middle of a hurricane -- that they will be shaking up their executive team, and that Scott Forstall will be leaving in 2013. Read more...

AOL's top advertising executive to leave company

Paul Ferson — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:55:38 +0100

AOL's top advertising executive will be leaving the company, the chief executive confirmed to employees on Monday. The president of the company's global marketing and strategy, Jeff Levick, will be leaving the company after a... Read more...

Executive Says Sony Layoffs not Related to PS3

Slimy — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:31:26 +0100

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Wednesday's reported layoffs at Sony Computer Entertainment America may have served as another wakeup call to the company's current struggles in today's gaming market, but SCEA communications chief Dave Karraker denies that the PS3's third... Read more...

Microsoft's search group loses another executive

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:52:24 +0100

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Another executive is leaving Microsoft's Internet search group as the company continues to struggle to compete with Web search leader Google. Dane Glasgow, general manager of Windows Live Search, is leaving the company, a spokesman... Read more...

Ageia PhysX Coming to Mobile Apps – Chief Executive

Slimy — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:18:59 +0000

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During an interview with ChileHardware web-site, Chief executive Manju Hedge of Ageia Technologies, announced that his company plans to offer a physics processing unit (PPU) for mobile applications, target the PhysX chips at non-gaming apps... Read more...

Microsoft says Zune Executive to leave the Company

Slimy — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:11:33 +0000

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Bryan Lee, a senior Microsoft Corp. executive who oversaw the launch of its Zune digital music player, plans to leave the company. The corporate vice president at Microsoft's entertainment and devices division also played a... Read more...

Executive Interview: Jim Zemlin, Linux Foundation director

Slimy — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:40:30 +0000

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Linux Devices has a quick Q&A with Jim Zemlin, the executive director of the Linux Foundation, formed January 21 after the merging of Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and Free Standard Group (FSG). Here are... Read more...

AOL executive leaves after breach

Steven Parker — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:46:32 +0100

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One of AOL's top executives has left the internet firm soon after a privacy breach in which the search queries of 650,000 subscribers were released. AOL apologised for accidentally giving details of 20 million search... Read more...

AMD Names Ex-IBM Executive CTO

stncttr908 — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:17:43 +0100

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Advanced Micro Devices announced yesterday that it has replaced CTO Fred Weber with Ex-IBM PC division CTO Phil Hester. Hester most recently worked with server computer manufacturer Newisys, which used AMD's Opteron server class... Read more...

Electronic Arts hires former THQ executive

Dice — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:17:28 +0100

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Electronic Arts has hired Philip Holt, formerly head of studio operations at THQ, to oversee the publisher's Florida subsidiary, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel. Holt will take over as chief operating officer... Read more...

AMD executive casts doubt on Intel's dual-core claim

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 17:41:43 +0100

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Intel's dual-core platform consists of two separate cores in individual dies packaged together using multi-chip packaging in a single chip, which is not a true dual-core solution, according to Henri Richard, senior vice president for... Read more...

Sony executive hints at PSP launch delay

malebolgia — Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:34:46 +0100

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The first suggestion that Sony may be forced to delay the launch of PSP has come from Sony Computer Entertainment network systems boss Izumi Kawanishi, who told a Japanese publication that the schedule depends on... Read more...

Jobs back to work as Apple chief executive

malebolgia — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 02:38:59 +0100

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Apple Computer Chief Executive Steve Jobs has quietly returned to work full time after taking a leave of absence to recover from cancer surgery. Jobs has been participating in high-level staff meetings over the past... Read more...

Microsoft executive on Linux, 64-bit computing

malebolgia — Tue, 18 May 2004 18:20:08 +0100

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Bob Muglia, senior vice president of Microsoft's Windows Server division, in an interview last week discussed the road map for future operating system releases, the competitive threat posed by Linux and the promise of 64-bit... Read more...

Gates to lead executive summit

Tom Warren — Tue, 20 May 2003 04:05:51 +0100

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Copper River salmon aren't the only carefully handled, rich creatures flown to Seattle in early May. It's also time for Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates' CEO Summit, an annual event that brings more... Read more...

Executive Email from Steve Ballmer

Tom Warren — Thu, 08 May 2003 15:41:07 +0100

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Rights Management: Enabling New Opportunities for Customers During the past decade, computers and the Internet have transformed the way we work, learn, communicate and are entertained. Yet some of technology's potential to... Read more...

AOL must pay $1.5 million to fired Netscape executive

Darren Bolton — Wed, 05 Jun 2002 09:54:46 +0100

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A Santa Clara County jury Tuesday ordered America Online to pay about $1.5 million to a former top executive with its Netscape Communications division, after finding the company damaged his reputation when it fired him... Read more...

Ebbers Resigns as WorldCom Chief Executive

configure — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:44:57 +0100

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Bernard Ebbers, the brash executive who built WorldCom Inc. into one of the top telecommunications companies, has resigned, bowing to a plummeting stock price and government probes into accounting issues and personal loans he received.... Read more...

Motorola announces executive layoffs, faces court costs

configure — Thu, 10 Jan 2002 05:38:44 +0000

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Heads continue to roll at Motorola Inc., with the network and telecommunication equipment maker reporting a 20 percent reduction in its high-level executive staff -- about 120 managers -- in an announcement preceding its annual... Read more...

Another Oracle high-level executive leave the company

configure — Sat, 01 Dec 2001 04:32:09 +0000

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Jay Nussbaum, executive vice president of Oracle Service Industries, is leaving after 10 years at the company to become a senior executive at another company that partners with Oracle, a company representative said. Nussbaum, one... Read more...