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Exclusive: Yahoo Director in Charge of Botched CEO Vetting to Step Down From Board

Kara Swisher in News on May 8 at 8:50 am PT

CSLie has claimed its first victim, although the mystery is still unsolved.

The State of Social Sharing With Fred Wilson, Roger McNamee and More (Video)

Kara Swisher in Social on November 20, 2011 at 9:51 am PT

Here’s a panel I did last week at the Privacy Identity Innovation conference that took place on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley, called “Social Sharing and the Data-Driven Economy.”

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.

Bob Muglia, Former Microsoft Server Head, Lands at Juniper Networks

Arik Hesseldahl in News on July 25, 2011 at 1:15 pm PT

Robert Muglia, the former head of Microsoft’s Servers and Tools business, whose departure was announced in January, will run Juniper’s new software unit.

Google Apps' New Promise: No More Downtime

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 14, 2011 at 9:20 am PT

Service will be as reliable as a telephone dial tone, Google promises. No interruptions, even for upgrades or maintenance.

Meet Lew Tucker, Cisco's Mr. Cloud

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 6, 2010 at 3:30 pm PT

Cisco Systems is serious about cloud computing. If today’s news about its strategic alliance with BMC Software doesn’t make that clear, talking with Lew Tucker, Cisco’s CTO for Cloud Computing certainly will.

Meet the Yahoo Board: Something Old, Something New–But Will They Do Something?

Kara Swisher in News on October 14, 2010 at 9:00 am PT

With all the noisy swirl around Yahoo of late–from its executive turmoil to its flat growth to its dashed partnerships in Asia to its brash CEO–its board has been unusually quiet of late. Comatose, some might say. But with private equity firms, media companies, Web rivals, big shareholders, Wall Street and others all machinating about trying to grab all or some of the Internet giant, it will be interesting to see if its directors will shake themselves out of their typical comfort zone of inactivity to actually do their job. Thus, time for their moment in the BoomTown spotlight!

Adobe: Flash for Mac Is Getting Better–Really!

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 8, 2010 at 3:51 pm PT

Apple’s refusal to support Flash on the iPhone, and soon the iPad as well, might not be a death knell for Flash, but it will surely hasten its decline if Adobe isn’t careful.

AT&T Still Working on iPhone Tethering

John Paczkowski in News on October 8, 2009 at 9:21 am PT

Looks like tethering on Apple’s iPhone is still a matter of “when and not if,” as AT&T likes to say. Though the carrier’s decision to allow Internet telephony apps on its 3G network has lead some to speculate that the company will soon allow data tethering as well, that’s not the case. Evidently, there’s still a while to wait until AT&T supports that long-promised feature.

AT&T Still Working on iPhone Tethering

John Paczkowski in News on October 8, 2009 at 9:21 am PT

Looks like tethering on Apple’s iPhone is still a matter of “when and not if,” as AT&T likes to say. Though the carrier’s decision to allow Internet telephony apps on its 3G network has lead some to speculate that the company will soon allow data tethering as well, that’s not the case. Evidently, there’s still a while to wait until AT&T supports that long-promised feature.