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Levinsohn takes on CEO role at struggling Yahoo

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:03:00 GMT

Just one day into the job, Yahoo's interim CEO Ross Levinsohn is in charge of a company struggling with administrative chaos, industry position and growing competitors.

Yahoo launches big data analytics tool for online advertisers

jvijayan@computerworld.com (Jaikumar Vijayan) — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:52:00 GMT

Yahoo today launched Genome, a new tool that allows online advertisers take advantage of the company's extensive experience with big data analytics.

With another CEO out, Yahoo's turnaround stalled

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:19:00 GMT

For the second time in eight months, Yahoo is without a permanent CEO. The latest development brings more trouble to a company struggling to regain its stature in the industry.

WSJ: Thompson told Yahoo board he has cancer

(Nancy Weil) — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:07:00 GMT

Scott Thompson told the Yahoo board before he was ousted as CEO over the weekend that he has thyroid cancer, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Update: Thompson is out as Yahoo CEO

(Nancy Weil) — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:58:00 GMT

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson plans to step down from his job in the wake of questions about whether he padded his resume, according to All Things D.

Scott Thompson out as Yahoo CEO

(Nancy Weil) — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:54:00 GMT

Embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has left the company, Yahoo announced Sunday, after more than a week of controversy over questions about embellishments to his resume.

Scott Thompson out as Yahoo CEO

(Nancy Weil) — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:36:00 GMT

Embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson, who led the company for just four months, has left the company, the company announced Sunday, after more than a week of controversy over questions about embellishments to his resume.

Facebook IPO's elephant in the room -- mobile

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:52:00 GMT

While Facebook executives talk to the country's top investors about its 900 million users and its powerful global reach, analysts say they need to explain how they're going to fix one glaring problem -- mobile.

C keeps lead over Java in poll; PHP developer questions results

(Paul Krill) — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:25:00 GMT

An important PHP developer dismissed the validity of Tiobe's language survey, which has C continuing to displace Java as the most popular language

Major Yahoo investor calls for firing Thompson, naming interim CEO

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:14:00 GMT

A major Yahoo investor fired another shot at the company's CEO, saying Scott Thompson's apology wasn't enough and that he should be replaced immediately.

Embattled Yahoo director stepping down

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:59:00 GMT

The Yahoo director who led the search committee that hired embattled CEO Scott Thompson said Tuesday she will will step down from the board.

Update: Yahoo forms committee to investigate its CEO

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:20:00 GMT

Yahoo's board of directors said Tuesday it has formed a special committee to investigate CEO Scott Thompson's academic credentials, as well as documents and circumstances surrounding his hiring earlier this year.

QuickPoll: Do questions about Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's resume hurt the company?

Tue, 08 May 2012 18:50:00 GMT

Yahoo has acknowledged that its new CEO, Scott Thompson, does not hold a degree in "accounting and computer science" as his resume and the company's financial filings claimed, and instead majored only in accounting. Do questions about Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's resume hurt the company?

Yahoo CEO apologizes for tumult

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:04:00 GMT

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson says he's sorry, but is not admitting any wrongdoing.

Yahoo investors up pressure to oust CEO

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:05:00 GMT

The row over Yahoo's leadership intensified over weekend as another major investor called for CEO Scott Thompson to be fired.

Will Yahoo CEO's misstep kill company momentum?

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:19:00 GMT

All the momentum and vision that Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has been building for the struggling company may have been thrown off course.

Facebook IPO won't be derailed, analysts say

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:14:00 GMT

As the expected date of Facebook's long-awaited initial public offering nears, analysts and investors are taking a last, close look at the financial, legal and other details that could help or hurt what could be the biggest IPO in tech history.

Yahoo informs Facebook of more potential patent infringements

(John Ribeiro) — Fri, 04 May 2012 06:35:00 GMT

Yahoo is said to have written to Facebook indicating that it believes that 16 patents it claims to hold "may be relevant" to open source technology allegedly being used in the data centers and servers of the social networking company, according to a regulatory filing by Facebook on Thursday.

Yahoo board to 'review' discrepancy in CEO's resume

(John Ribeiro) — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:45:00 GMT

Yahoo said late Thursday that its board will review a discrepancy in the resume of its CEO, Scott Thompson, and "make an appropriate disclosure" to its shareholders.

Yahoo CEO's resume overstated his technology background

(Cameron Scott) — Thu, 03 May 2012 23:54:00 GMT

Yahoo acknowledged on Thursday that its new CEO, Scott Thompson, does not hold a degree in "accounting and computer science" as his resume and the company's financial filings claimed, and instead majored only in accounting.

Location-based services: Are they there yet?

(Brian Proffitt) — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Mobile apps that use your location to offer services are no longer new. But are they truly useful to businesses? We look at Facebook, Foursquare, Google Latitude and Yelp to see how they're doing.

Microsoft opens New York research lab, hires mainly Yahoo researchers

(John Ribeiro) — Thu, 03 May 2012 07:03:00 GMT

Microsoft is opening a research lab in New York City that aims to benefit from interaction with the academic and tech communities in the metropolitan area, as well as attract new talent to Microsoft, the company said.

Yahoo claims Facebook bought patents to countersue it

(John Ribeiro) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:44:00 GMT

Facebook purchased in the last five months eight of ten patents it has cited in a counterclaim to a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Yahoo, and several were purchased after Yahoo filed the suit, the Internet portal claimed in a filing on Friday before a federal court.

Wall Street Beat: Mixed tech earnings get tepid reaction

(Marc Ferranti) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:00:00 GMT

Some of the biggest names in IT reported mixed results this week for the first quarter, leading to a dip in tech stocks Friday even as some major indexes showed gains for other sectors.

Yahoo's new CEO lays out strategy for smaller, more focused company

(Cameron Scott) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:19:00 GMT

Yahoo plans to cut about 50 properties and refocus on its core business, CEO Scott Thompson said in an earnings call.

Yahoo earnings rise, but revenue treads water

(Cameron Scott) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:30:00 GMT

Yahoo reported Tuesday that its first-quarter profit came to US$286 million, up 28 percent from the same quarter last year, but the company's total revenue revealed much more modest gains.

Review: Yahoo Mojito gives server-side JavaScript a lift

(Peter Wayner) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:07:00 GMT

Yahoo's open source framework combines YUI on the client, Node.js on the server, and excellent use of MVC design pattern

Detroit makes pitch for ousted Yahoo employees

(Cameron Scott) — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:15:00 GMT

Quicken Loans and two affiliated Detroit venture capital firms have issued a call for the roughly 2,000 Yahoo employees who received pink slips last week to move to the Motor City to bolster the blighted city's efforts at revitalization.

Yahoo CEO needs to outline his vision after layoffs

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:46:00 GMT

As Yahoo announced layoffs of about 2,000 employees Wednesday, industry watchers were asking when its CEO will lay out his vision for the struggling company's future.

Yahoo laying off 2,000 workers to save $375M

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:03:00 GMT

After weeks of rumors of a pending reorganization, Yahoo announced this morning that the company is laying off about 2,000 workers.

Facebook fires back at Yahoo, says it infringed 10 patents

(James Niccolai) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:14:00 GMT

Facebook has denied Yahoo's claims of patent infringement and shot back with counterclaims that Yahoo infringed 10 Facebook patents.

Yahoo serves Mojito for Web app development

(Cameron Scott) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:18:00 GMT

Yahoo on Monday released an open-source Web application framework called Mojito that aims to make it faster for developers to write apps that can run on all major device platforms, including smartphones, PCs, iOS and Android.

Yahoo to implement do-not-track worldwide this year

(Peter Sayer) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:22:00 GMT

Yahoo websites worldwide will comply with visitors' "do not track" preferences starting later this year, Yahoo announced Wednesday.

Mobile Search Face-Off: Bing vs. Google vs. Yahoo

(Liane Cassavoy) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:40:00 GMT

Desktop search? That's so last decade. Today, we've gone mobile--and so have search leaders Bing, Google, and Yahoo. In this active age, we're just as likely to turn to our smartphone to find what we want as we are to boot up our PC. And though many people consider Google the king of desktop search, things are not so clear-cut when it comes to mobile search, in part because delivering relevant blue links is only one aspect of a great mobile search experience.

Yahoo lawsuit complicates looming Facebook IPO

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:24:00 GMT

With an aggressive new CEO at Yahoo's helm and Facebook looking ahead at its initial public offering, Yahoo's patent lawsuit may have Facebook in an awkward position.

Yahoo sues Facebook over 10 patents

(Nancy Gohring) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:17:00 GMT

Yahoo is accusing Facebook of copying a range of technologies that the flagging search company invented, in a lawsuit that alleges the social media giant infringes 10 patents.

Get Hadoop certified ... fast

(Carolyn Duffy Marsan) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:27:00 GMT

IT professionals are scrambling to get trained and certified in what's expected to be the hottest new high-tech skill for 2012: Hadoop.

Yahoo layoffs would indicate company direction

(Cameron Scott) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:12:00 GMT

Rumored layoffs at Yahoo could offer a clue as to how the company's new CEO, Scott Thompson, plans to redirect the stumbling Internet giant.

Yahoo prepping reorg and massive layoffs, report says

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:22:00 GMT

Yahoo executives are planning a major reorganization of the company, along with possibly thousands of layoffs, according to a report today in AllThingsD.

Yahoo, Facebook in intellectual property dispute

(John Ribeiro) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:04:00 GMT

Yahoo is threatening action unless Facebook licenses some of its technologies, as other web and technology companies are said to have done.

White House pushes for new privacy codes of conduct

(Grant Gross) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:02:00 GMT

The U.S. White House will push for online businesses to adopt new privacy codes of conduct, including consumer rights to control what information websites collect about them and a right to see what data is being collected, officials there said.

Yahoo faces board challenge from activist shareholder

(Cameron Scott) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:45:00 GMT

Activist Yahoo shareholder Daniel Loeb has rejected the slate of board candidates put forth by the company's newly minted CEO, serving notice of his intention to lobby for his own candidates instead.

Hadoop wins over enterprise IT, spurs talent crunch

(Ann Bednarz) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:26:00 GMT

Hadoop is coming out of the shadows and into production in enterprise IT shops. But the relative newness of the open-source platform and a shortage of experienced Hadoop talent pose hurdles.

Iran blocks access to some outside websites, services

gkeizer@computerworld.com (Gregg Keizer) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:06:00 GMT

The Iranian government has severed some citizens' connections to secure websites and services, including Twitter and Google's Gmail, according to reports by Iranians and network experts.

Yahoo in another shakeup as chairman and directors depart

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:21:00 GMT

The shakeup at Yahoo continues as the company's chairman and three directors stepped down Tuesday. The new board could be gearing up to sell the Internet company, or the new CEO may be looking for a board that will support him.

Yahoo ousts half its board

(Cameron Scott) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:04:00 GMT

As part of an ongoing effort to recover from a downward spiral, Yahoo said on Tuesday that four board members, including its chairman, will step down.

The rise of Node.js: JavaScript graduates to the server

(Paul Krill) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:11:00 GMT

Microsoft and others have already adopted this technology to extend JavaScript beyond the browser -- but it has limits developers must beware

Could Facebook IPO help it dominate Google?

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:22:00 GMT

With the Facebook IPO now official, industry and financial analysts say that a huge influx of cash could allow it to topple Google from its dominant position in the online world.

Wall Street Beat: Tech shines as earnings come in strong

(Marc Ferranti) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:43:00 GMT

This week's tsunami of tech earnings, led by Apple's jaw-dropping quarterly report, has given market watchers something to cheer about and also points to industry shifts around tablets and cloud computing.

Yahoo continued to struggle with online ad sales in Q4

(Juan Carlos Perez) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:46:00 GMT

Yahoo struggled selling both display and search advertising in the fourth quarter, as its revenue and net income both dropped year-on-year.