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Google Board Member Resigns, Sticks with Apple’s

Search giant Google has announced the resignation of one of its directors, Arthur Levinson, who is also on Apple’s board. The announcement comes shortly after Google's Chief Executive, Eric Schmidt, left Apple's board of directors due to the increasing competition between the two giant companies. A r...

13 October 2009
06:06 GMT

Apple’s Resignation from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Draws Criticism

After Apple’s announcement of resigning from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its stance on climate change, the Chamber has fired back with a letter, stating the Mac maker “didn't take the time to understand” its position. The letter, signed by Chamber President Thomas Donohue, was addressed t...

7 October 2009
08:33 GMT

Apple Resigns US Chamber of Commerce over Climate-Change Policy

Apple is the latest company to resign from the United States Chamber of Commerce because of the chamber’s strident criticism of plans to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in the US. Three large companies made the same move in recent weeks for the same reason, according to a report over at The New York Times. Acco...

6 October 2009
03:01 GMT

Acting U.S. Cyber Security Czar Calls It Quits

Melissa Hathaway, the acting senior director for Cyberspace for the National Security and Homeland Security Councils, has resigned from her position and will be returning to the private sector. She claimed to have taken the decision because of personal motives. Ms. Hathaway took on the position of acting senior dire...

4 August 2009
09:12 GMT

UK MP to Resign in Support of Gary McKinnon

Andrew MacKinlay, Labour member of the Parliament for Thurrock, Essex, has decided that it's time to call it quits at the next elections, after his fellow Labour MPs failed to vote for a review of the 2003 Extradition Treaty in the House of Commons, despite previously signing motions in support of British hacker...

28 July 2009
08:36 GMT

Mario Rivas Is History, AMD Appoints New Server Chief

Advanced Micro Devices has just announced a major change in its executive board, as Mario Rivas, the company's former senior vice president of the Computing Solutions Group, left to pursue other challenges. According to the company, his position will be taken by Randy Allen, formerly chief of AMD's server b...

13 May 2008
03:07 GMT

OLPC, Back in Business with New Executive Team

Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child charity project has just got a new president and chief operating officer. The move is part of the restructuring and reshaping policy announced in mid-March, a policy that forced many of the executives involved in the project to pack their bags to brighter ideals.Accordi...

5 May 2008
06:30 GMT

OLPC Runs Out of Executives: Walter Bender Resigns

Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child charity foundation lost another executive on their way to delivering inexpensive and user-friendly educational notebooks. Walter Bender, the former President of Software and Content, has just resigned.The official explanation for Bender's departure is that there ha...

22 April 2008
05:39 GMT

CFO Is Leaving Electronic Arts

Even as big game companies ride a wave of unprecedented sales and expansion, there are bound to be discontents. Warren Jenson, who has been Chief Financial Officer at giant Electronic Arts since 2002, has recently announced his intention of parting ways with his employer. No clear and official reason was offered for ...

24 March 2008
19:06 GMT

Sony President Resigns

Phil Harrison, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, will quit his job by the end of the month, an official press release states. He will be replaced with immediate effect by Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO of SCEI. The resignation reasons are unclear right now and they seem to stay that wa...

25 February 2008
05:27 GMT

VIA Engineers Flee Toward Asustek Computer

Via Technologies is a computer hardware company known for its low performance, low power and low price products that can usually be found in entry level computer systems or in embedded systems where a low power drain coupled with a low manufacturing and selling price is more important than raw computing power.As the ...

7 September 2007
11:37 GMT


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