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Seagate announces 800 job cuts, new CEO
News The storage supplier has said it is shedding one-tenth of its U.S. workforce, and losing its two most senior executives.
Tags: Storage, Global strategic management, Supplier, Seagate Technology LLC, Workforce, Worker, chief technology officer, CEO, job, chief operating officer
Report: Yahoo CTO's duties may expand
News CEO Carol Bartz is preparing a wide-ranging management shake-up that will shift duties around, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Tags: Management by objectives, Conflict resolution, Yahoo! Inc., network programming, product development strategy, Conflict resolution, product development, Programming, chief technology officer, decision-making
Researchers offer tools for eavesdropping and video hijacking
News UCSniff can be used to spy on video conference calls while VideoJak allows for hijacking of video streams.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Network security, Tool, Video, security guard, Attacker, chief technology officer, network
MySpace names its first chief financial officer
News The News Corp. social network hires Mark Rosenbaum as CFO less than a week after it announced a new chief technology officer.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, MySpace, Web 2.0, CFO, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, News Corp., layoff, chief technology officer, co-founder
Microsoft nabs Sun chip executive
News Marc Tremblay, one of the main architects of the Sparc line of chips, is headed to Redmond as a "distinguished engineer" after 18 years at Sun.
Tags: Human resources, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Chip, Sun Sparc, Sun Microsystems Inc., mailing list, chief technology officer, software, New York Times Co.
Finjan finds botnet of 1.9M infected computers
News Huge botnet hosted in the Ukraine is being used to send spam, record keystrokes, and copy files of infected computers running Windows XP, researchers say.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Spam and phishing, Finjan Software Inc., Bot, bot network, Ukraine, computer, RSA Security Inc., director of marketing, chief technology officer
FBController allows for hijacking of Facebook accounts
News A new tool dubbed "FBController" is designed to allow people to take control over Facebook accounts with just the cookie data, and could allow attackers to manage multiple hijacked accounts.
Tags: PC security, Spam and phishing, Hacking, Cookie, India, Tool, Account, social engineering, computer, chief technology officer
Bartz revamps Yahoo to get faster, simpler
News Yahoo's new CEO is overhauling the Internet pioneer's management structure to be faster and more responsive to those who use its site. CFO Blake Jorgensen is out.
Tags: Search, Mobile, CFO, Yahoo! Inc., Hilary Schneider, David Ko, chief technology officer, CEO, North America, leader
Can Adobe beat back the hackers?
News As its software becomes a major means of attack, security experts wonder if it can fight hard enough.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, PC security, Security Management, Adobe Systems Inc., Security, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., software, Antivirus Software, Authentication and encryption
Pacnet increases network capacity by 50 percent
News Telecommunications service provider boosts its subsea cable network with largest capacity upgrade to date, to meet Asia's growing demand for broadband.
Tags: Bandwidth, Optical networking, Business broadband, Pacnet Ltd., network, Asia, cable network, Hong Kong, Singapore, Stock
Facebook surges to 120 million users
News Social-networking site has grown by 30 million members in three months. Will it get more by integrating business applications running at Salesforce.com's Force.com?
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web services, Business applications, Starbucks Corp., chief technology officer, Facebook, News.com, network, partnership
Obama's CTO: Watch out for the turf wars
News news analysis The Obama administration's chief technology officer could be one of those bureaucratic positions that ends up consumed by turf battles rather than making real progress against initiatives.
Tags: Executive recruiting, Government, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, chief technology officer, White House, Eric Schmidt, job, human capital, Internet
What the Obama presidency means for tech
News news analysis Democrats in the White House and Congress may have significant repercussions for Net neutrality, trade restrictions and copyright.
Tags: Federal Government, Copyright, Democrat, Free Trade, John McCain, Broadband, Net Neutrality, chief technology officer, Broadband Policy, FCC
Yahoo veteran named to MySpace CTO spot
News Alex Maghen, who previously served as the head of technology for MySpace Music, has tough road ahead of him, as News Corp.-owned site has fallen from favor in Silicon Valley.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Web 2.0, MySpace, entertainment, chief technology officer, Facebook, CTO, exec, News Corp., Web 2.0
Microsoft's data center chief headed to Cisco
News Debra Chrapaty, one of a relative handful of women in Microsoft's top technology ranks, is headed to Cisco, Microsoft confirmed.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Cisco Systems Inc., chief technology officer, financial analyst, top executive, data center, leadership, collaboration, women
