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Phishing attack uses fake donation websites to steal crypto from Trump voters

Martin Hodás — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 16:00:01 +0000

An ongoing phishing campaign targets Donald Trump supporters. It uses fake donation websites; however, the fact that it only accepts payments in crypto means its impact is limited. Read more...

Microsoft on U.S. elections: We must build new bridges to unite people

Usama Jawad — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 20:02:05 +0000

In a blog post, Microsoft President Brad Smith has congratulated the President- and Vice-President-Elect, and emphasized the importance of building bridges to close the divide between people. Read more...

Beats President Luke Wood stepping down on April 30

Ather Fawaz — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 05:44:01 +0000

The current Beats President, Luke Wood, will be stepping down from his post on April 30, and will be replaced by Oliver Schusser, who is heading Apple Music and International Content. Read more...

New Nokia President and CEO set to start work in September

Paul Hill — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 11:44:02 +0000

Nokia's Board has elected Pekka Lundmark to head the company from September. He will fill the roles of President and CEO. He takes over from Rajeev Suri who has headed Nokia for over a decade. Read more...

Nintendo appoints new boss as it posts a bumper 500% increase in operating profit

Boyd Chan — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 11:26:02 +0000

Having racked up an operating profit of ¥178 billion for the fiscal year ending March 2018, Nintendo announced that Shuntaro Furukawa will succeed its retiring president, Tatsumi Kimishima, in June. Read more...

Motorola appoints Sergio Buniac as new president and chairman

Jay Bonggolto — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 06:16:01 +0000

Motorola now has a new president and chairman, Sergio Buniac, who replaces Aymar de Lencquesaing after his resignation earlier this year as part of the company's leadership reorganization. Read more...

HTC's president of smartphone, Chialin Chang, resigns

Paul Hill — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 19:20:01 +0000

Chialin Chang, president of smartphone and connected devices at HTC, has resigned from his post to start up his own business in artificial intelligence, which he says he is optimistic about. Read more...

France's President has been using Telegram since 2016

Paul Hill — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 09:32:01 +0000

It has been revealed by officials close to the French President that Telegram is the go-to app for discussing non-sensitive issues. It was used recently to arrange the First Lady's trip to a zoo. Read more...

Uber president Jeff Jones quits after just six months

Daniel Hull — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 17:34:02 +0000

Uber president Jeff Jones has announced his resignation from the company, leaving after less than six months. The news follows a series of controversies endured by the company in the past weeks. Read more...

Donald Trump has thousands of domains registered to his name

Daniel Hull — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:20:02 +0000

Donald Trump has a collection of 3643 websites registered to his name, adding 490 websites in the 18 months before his inauguration. TrumpisFired.com and ImBeingSuedByDonaldTrump.com are two examples. Read more...

Senate panel in Pakistan approves controversial cybercrime bill

Usama Jawad — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 21:16:02 +0000

A senate panel in Pakistan has approved a controversial cybercrime bill, which could be written into the country's law if endorsed by the senate and finally, the President Mamnoon Hussain. Read more...

Nintendo appoints Tatsumi Kimishima as president of company

Chris Schroeder — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 21:00:02 +0000

A couple months following the death of former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, the company has appointed a new leader - one that means business. Read more...

Brad Smith promoted to President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft

Chris Dupres — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 20:58:02 +0000

Microsoft's former General Counsel Brad Smith has been promoted to company wide President and Chief Legal Officer, their first President since 2002 Read more...

NeoBytes :) First official POTUS Twitter account exchange trolls a former President

Steven Parker — Tue, 19 May 2015 08:10:01 +0000

The U.S. President now has an official Twitter account, and the very first exchange somewhat trolls former U.S. President, Bill Clinton when answering a question about the account. Read more...

Nintendo of America's president slams PS4, Xbox One: 'What's the difference?'

Usama Jawad — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 18:48:01 +0000

With a profitable quarter, Nintendo looks quite eager to take on Sony's PS4 and Microsoft's Xbox One and make a historical comeback; Reggie Fils-Aime explains why the company has a good chance. Read more...

Former Microsoft Executive Tony Bates jumps ship to GoPro

Daniel Hull — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 17:37:44 +0000

An announcement from GoPro has stated that former Microsoft Executive Tony Bates will become the new President for the company. Bates brings over 25 years of experience that could prove priceless. Read more...

Bill Gates will not run for president, or office. Ever.

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:37:24 +0000

While Bill Gates has said before that politics is a path he isn't looking to become active in, he has once again been quizzed on whether the Oval Office would be one he would like to work from. Read more...

HTC president on Galaxy S4 design: "We were pleased to see no innovation"

Tim Schiesser — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 06:50:59 +0000

HTC's North American president, Mike Woodward, has said the company is "pleased to see no innovation" in regards to the design of the Samsung Galaxy S4, which has largely the same design as the S III Read more...

$35 Android tablet releases in India, aimed at students

Paul Ferson — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:04:07 +0000

India's president, Pranab Mukherjee, has unveiled the country's Aakash-2 tablet. A successor to the original Aakash, the new model brings Android 4.0 to the table and is aimed at students especially. Read more...

Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft, effective immediately

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:43:53 +0000

Steven Sinofsky, the head of Windows at Microsoft, has left the company effective immediately. Julie Larson-Green and Tami Reller will be taking charge of different aspects of the Windows division Read more...

US Presidential debate most tweeted political event ever

Christopher White — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:54:21 +0000

As the micro-blogging site continues to grow, more and more people are sharing their thoughts with the world. Last night's presidential debate generated 10.3 million tweets, a new political record. Read more...

YouTube to air Presidential debates live

Stephen Robinson — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:04:05 +0000

YouTube and ABC News have partnered to bring live Presidential debates to YouTube with analysis and commentary from its partners such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Read more...

Kazuo Hirai rumored to become Sony president in April

John Callaham — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:21:33 +0000

An unconfirmed news report claims that Sony will name Kazuo Hirai as the company's new president in April, replacing Howard Stringer who would continue as Sony's CEO. Read more...

Sony president slips up, released info about 8MP iPhone 5 camera

Piers Hausjell — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:29:04 +0000

The Sony CEO and President, Sir Howard Stringer, may have accidently released information about the next generation iPhone 5 camera. When talking during an interview with the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg, he mentioned that... Read more...

Obama's Twitter account hijacked by French hacker

Benjamin Rubenstein — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:24:02 +0000

According to Reuters, a 25 year old Frenchman successfully hacked into President Obama and Britney Spears' Twitter accounts. Using Twitter administrator passwords, the man was able to break into virtually anyone's account. Thankfully, the hacker... Read more...

Obama Administration funds effort to build better batteries

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:43:29 +0000

Wednesday, President Barack Obama outlined a plan for the United States government to fund 48 different battery related projects. The government is mostly looking for more energy efficient batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles. The... Read more...

President Obama's inauguration in 3D courtesy of Microsoft

Tom Warren — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:05:58 +0000

Yesterday we reported that CNN would be using Microsoft's PhotoSynth technology to stitch together thousands of submitted photos to create a 3D environment of Obama's inauguration. The end result is fairly impressive, the technology... Read more...

French President wants Internet Tax

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:41:23 +0000

Never slow to burnish his reputation as an iconoclast, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed funding France's state-owned television stations by taxing an activity economists and communications experts have come to consider almost sancrosanct: the... Read more...

President Bush Signs Internet Tax Freedom Act

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:14:13 +0000

As expected, President Bush has extended the moratorium on state and local government Internet access taxes by signing H.R. 3678, the "Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendment Acts of 2007," into law this week. Congress voted... Read more...

Judge Bars RIAA President Sherman from Testifying, RIAA wins

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:40:28 +0000

The first RIAA lawsuit to go to jury trial has resulted in Judge Michael J. Davis barring Recording Industry Association of America President Cary Sherman from testifying. "I don't want to turn this case into... Read more...

Salesforce.com President Leaves Company

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:00:30 +0000

John Freeland has announced today that he leaving his position as president of worldwide operations at Salesforce.com, a company which creates on-demand customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, to become CEO and president at Information Resources,... Read more...

Miles Flint Stepping Down as President of Sony Ericsson

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:58:06 +0000

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications announced today that Miles Flint, the current president, will step down for personal reasons. Flint, who became president of the company in 2004 and helped bring the venture to profitability, will... Read more...

Yahoo's new president oversees a shake-up

Tom Warren — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:02:48 +0000

Susan Decker, Yahoo's new president, is putting her stamp on the company in a reorganization of its management ranks that creates a new division responsible for generating the bulk of the company's revenue. The... Read more...

Video game industry group names new president

Thu, 17 May 2007 21:36:19 +0000

The Entertainment Software Association, the U.S. video game industry's trade association, has announced Michael Gallagher will take over presidential duties at the association later in May. Gallagher was the chief telecommunications and policy adviser to... Read more...

Piracy worked for us, Romania president tells Gates

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:03:26 +0000

Pirated Microsoft Corp software helped Romania to build a vibrant technology industry, Romanian President Traian Basescu told the company's co-founder Bill Gates on Thursday. "Piracy helped the young generation discover computers. It set off the... Read more...

Square-Enix President Hints at Hardware Plans

Joe Cashman — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:07:37 +0000

Square-Enix president Yoichi Wada has revealed that the publisher is working on a new project with Taito, hinting that plans are in place to enter the videogames hardware market. In an interview with Nikkei Business... Read more...

Ubisoft President "excited" about new PS3 controller

Todd Tanner — Wed, 31 May 2006 12:14:41 +0000

Gamesindustry.biz is also reporting some new news on the Playstation 3 controller. Apparently, Yves Guillemot the President of Ubisoft, is quite excited about the new controller and the possibilities it offers down the road. Speaking... Read more...

Google Maps Is Terror Tool Says Indian President

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:50:00 +0000

India's President, Abdul Kalam, has voiced public concern over Google Maps, an online mapping tool that mixes traditional maps with satellite photographs, via an online interface. Kalam, talking after a meeting with security... Read more...

Interview with ESRB President Patricia Vance

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:09:27 +0000

CNET today has posted an interview with Patricia Vance, President of the Electronic Software Ratings Board, discussing topics ranging from the fallout from the GTA: San Andreas "Hot Coffee" scandal to the ratings process the... Read more...

Konami President Reveals Xbox 360 Exclusive Title

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 16:09:23 +0000

Japanese giant to reduce number of titles released as next-gen consoles arrive. Konami president Michihiro Ishizuka has revealed that the publisher is currently working on an all-new title for Xbox 360, hinting... Read more...