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Ex-Yahoos Getting Downloaded by PE Firms and Others on Possible Deals

Kara Swisher in News on November 11, 2011 at 2:53 pm PT

Former employees are good for something, apparently!

Whitman Makes Comms Appointment at HP (We Got Your Memo)

Kara Swisher in News on September 27, 2011 at 7:16 am PT

New CEO Meg Whitman appoints acting communications head as part of new “one-voice” rule.

IBM Reports Earnings Today: Here’s What to Expect

Arik Hesseldahl in News on July 18, 2011 at 5:50 am PT

One of the key bellwethers of the state of IT spending is IBM. It reports earnings today, after the close of trading. One big wild card this quarter, says Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore, concerns services revenue.

Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Via a Cool IPO: The Delicious Irony of Myspace, Zynga and Owen Van Natta

Kara Swisher in News on July 3, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

How’s this for irony: It was less than a year and a half ago that Owen Van Natta was ousted from his job as CEO of Myspace. But last week — just as the failed social networking site sold for a paltry $35 million — Van Natta could have bought it himself for a fraction of his stake in Zynga, the social gaming phenom that just filed for its IPO and where he’s a top exec and shareholder.

Exclusive: Former Facebook Ad Head Mike Murphy Takes Senior Advisor Role at Zynga

Kara Swisher in News on January 23, 2011 at 7:02 pm PT

Mike Murphy–Facebook’s first head of advertising sales, who left the social networking giant in October to take some personal time off–seems done with relaxing. He is now taking a part-time, but significant, role at online gaming phenom Zynga to help formulate its advertising strategy. In addition, though, Murphy is also close to formalizing an additional consulting relationship with Facebook.

Exclusive: Mickie Rosen to Join Yahoo as Audience Head

Kara Swisher in News on January 10, 2011 at 9:30 am PT

Yahoo is hiring former News Corp. and Disney online exec Mickie Rosen to run its Audience unit, which includes the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s powerful content sites, sources said. Rosen will report to Americas head Ross Levinsohn, who has worked with her before, both at News Corp. and Fuse Capital. The move is Levinsohn’s first management rejiggering since he took over last year, and there is likely to be more to come.

Dell Acquires SecureWorks, Embraces Security-as-Service

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 4, 2011 at 8:37 am PT

Dell starts the year off with another small acquisition, this one in the security field.

Dell Mobile Boss Bails

John Paczkowski in News on November 18, 2010 at 6:15 am PT

Ron Garriques, president of Dell’s communication solutions group and the guy who led the company’s recent forays into the smartphone and tablet spaces, is leaving the company.

Where in the World Is Owen Van Natta? Try Zynga…

Kara Swisher in News on July 15, 2010 at 10:15 am PT

After longtime Internet tech exec Owen Van Natta was ousted from his job as CEO of MySpace last February, he seemed to drop off the map a bit to chillax and regroup. Not for long, though, as the former Facebook COO and Amazon exec soon began doing mentoring and unofficial consulting work with various Silicon Valley start-ups. Most especially, according to numerous sources, that effort has been largely focused on Zynga, the red-hot social gaming company, where many think he might eventually land as a top exec.

IBM Turns to Software

Spencer E. Ante, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 13, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

International Business Machines Corp. is trying to transform itself again, as Chief Executive Samuel J. Palmisano races to stay ahead of the technology industry’s fast-changing profit curve. The top priority this time for Big Blue–which famously dumped its personal computer business in 2004 to focus on consulting and services–is software.