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With Windows 7 and new designs, PCs looking better

(AP) -- Although no one waits in long lines for a new edition of Windows software anymore, the debut of Microsoft's latest operating system is part of why buying a PC is starting to feel fun for the first ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (8) | comments 6

IBM puts executive on leave after charges

(AP) -- IBM Corp. has placed a top executive on leave after he was charged in an insider trading scandal for allegedly leaking secrets about IBM's earnings and financial dealings with corporate partners.

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created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple director Levinson leaves Google's board

(AP) -- Google Inc. said Monday that Arthur Levinson has resigned from the Internet search leader's board, averting a potential showdown with government regulators over his overlapping job as a director for ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cisco falls short of its high standards on compensation

When I think of Silicon Valley companies I admire, Cisco Systems is usually one of the first that comes to mind.

Technology / Business

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Microsoft CEO's compensation down 6 percent in '09

(AP) -- The value of the compensation package granted to Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer fell about 6 percent in fiscal 2009, a year in which weak computer sales cut into the software maker's profits.

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Yahoo director to step down at end of year

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. director Maggie Wilderotter plans to step down from the slumping Internet company's board at the end of this year. The resignation will leave Yahoo with 11 directors.

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created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Baidu CEO draws big crowd in Google's backyard

(AP) -- The billionaire founder of a popular search engine drew a big crowd Wednesday at Stanford University - and it wasn't one of the guys that started Google Inc. just a few miles from the campus they ...

Technology / Internet

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft CEO Ballmer's salary up 4 percent in '09

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. raised CEO Steve Ballmer's salary by 4 percent at the start of fiscal 2009, a year in which the software maker's profit declined 17 percent as the economic meltdown decimated personal ...

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created Sep 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Microsoft interns get perks, pay, play

The same day Microsoft reported some of its worst financial results, a dozen buses left the Redmond campus. During rush hour, they headed toward Highway 520 as a phalanx of cops on motorcycles shut down the onramps ahead, ...

Technology / Business

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tech's new love

There was a time in Silicon Valley when the political game was practically sneered upon.

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created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women on company boards face stockmarket prejudice

(PhysOrg.com) -- Companies with female board members fare worse on the stock market, despite performing as well on all other measures as those with all-male boards. This is the finding of a new study by the ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Rivals taking advantage of delay in Oracle-Sun merger

As antitrust regulators continue to scrutinize the year's biggest tech deal, Oracle's planned $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems, competitors in the high-end hardware business and open-source software market have wasted ...

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created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Cisco earnings fall 46 pct but beat expectations

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. said earnings fell 46 percent in its latest quarter, but the profit beat Wall Street expectations, and the company said the quarter may have been the bottom of the recession-related ...

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Google CEO leaves Apple board to avoid conflicts

(AP) -- Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple Inc.'s board because of the companies' conflicting interests as competition between the one-time allies heats up.

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created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Microsoft CEO tries to sell analysts on Yahoo deal

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer is trying to improve Yahoo Inc. investors' opinions of the companies' search-advertising partnership.

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created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0