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Just yesterday, Sprint executive David Owens took some time and did a live chat for Sprint customers and in that chat were some interesting tidbits. To begin, plenty of Android users have been wondering about the Hero. Well he confirmed that the HTC Hero, along with the yet-to-be released Samsung… Continue Reading »

In some news that just goes to deepen the Apple and Palm employee mix, Jon Rubinstein has recently been appointed as CEO of Palm.  Rubinstein, who was the General Manager of the iPod division at Apple from February 1997 through April 2006 has replaced Ed Colligan, who had held the… Continue Reading »

Nvidia has had a bit of rough time lately.  Now, the CEO is taking a big pay cut.  While his salary is technically only $1, there are other ways CEOs are compensated to make sure they can enjoy some privileges.  In 2008, Jen-Hsun Huang, received $3.7 million in compensation. The… Continue Reading »

Sir Howard Stringer is about to get a new title.  He is already Sony’s CEO and will become Sony’s president when current president Ryoji Chubachi departs from the position on April 1st.  Sony has had its share of trouble these days and Stringer thinks this move will help the overall… Continue Reading »

The CEO of Lenovo, William Amelio announced his resignation today as his three year contract with the company comes to a close.  Insiders speculate that the resignation stems from the company’s stunning $97 million loss for the third quarter.  This number is a dramatic comparison to Lenovo’s $172.6 million profit… Continue Reading »

Jerry Yang is out as CEO of Yahoo! after a less than memorable year.  Today, Carol Bartz is the new CEO.  Does she have what it takes to right the ship? Her past experience, while no indicator of future performance, shows that she made Audodesk a huge success.  When she… Continue Reading »

2008 has not been kind to Yahoo.  It began with a buyout offer from Microsoft that they promptly screwed up, and was followed by the disintegration of their ad deal with Google and two rounds of layoffs.  Now it appears CEO Jerry Yang has finally had enough. Yang announced his… Continue Reading »

Circuit City turned in second quarter results that looked a lot like a black diamond ski slope.  As reported in a previous Gadgetell article, drastic measures had to be taken with a sudden CEO change three weeks ago. Hopefully, new CEO, James Marcum, is a good skier.  Maybe you are… Continue Reading »

Circuit City’s CEO, Philip J. Schoonover, announced his resignation as president and CEO and is leaving the company immediately.  Normally, when a company changes CEOs, there is a plan announced sometimes years in advance to keep the stock price afloat.  Schoonover’s departure was not part of any such plan. New… Continue Reading »

It was bound to happen, the string of positive Vonage stories had to come to an end sooner than later, and the latest is reporting that Vonage is having difficulty getting new customers. It should come as no surprise that Vonage has been and continues to loss money. They have… Continue Reading »