Vyomesh Joshi

One More Reason to Occupy Wall Street: “Concern” Over Accurate Tech News

Kara Swisher in Media on February 8 at 6:44 am PT

Worrywart Wall Street is agonizing over facts.

Four Yahoo Board Members to Depart, Two New Ones Arrive and Three More on the Way (Like I Said)

Kara Swisher in News on February 7 at 12:38 pm PT

Yahoo moves chairs around the deck some more.

HP CEO Whitman Earned One Dollar Plus $16 Million in 2011

Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 3 at 7:27 am PT

CEO Meg Whitman may have taken only a one-dollar salary upon taking the job. But her stock-based compensation totaled more than $16 million last year.

Sources: Four More Board Members Will Be Following Yang Out the Door

Kara Swisher in News on January 17 at 2:53 pm PT

Watch out for falling bowling pins, um, directors!

Yahapocalypse Now? Q4 Results, Proxy Fight, Board Hijinks and Asia Solution Combine for Busy Month for Yahoo.

Kara Swisher in News on January 9 at 1:12 pm PT

A perfect storm for the Silicon Valley Internet giant or just another day at “The Office”?

Three Months After Bartz’s Firing, It’s Hurry Up and Wait at Yahoo (A Big Honking Update)

Kara Swisher in Media on December 7, 2011 at 9:43 am PT

Still no sale or investment deal. No new CEO. No Asia resolution. And, perhaps most importantly, no clearly articulated strategy going forward. Other than that …

Whoops, HP Just Bought Another Company

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 6, 2011 at 6:22 am PT

Meet Hiflex, a Germany-based printing software outfit that for one reason or another caught Hewlett-Packard’s eye.

HP Memo Spanks Columbia Researchers Over Flaming Printers Flap

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 30, 2011 at 11:45 am PT

No, a hacked HP printer can’t burn down your house or office, but HP has a fix in the works anyway.

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!

Hewlett-Packard's Imminent CEO Choice Needs to (And Will) Be Internal

Kara Swisher in News on September 17, 2010 at 11:51 am PT

Because this is a big CEO search in Silicon Valley, naturally the Hewlett-Packard board turned to star headhunter Jim Citrin of Spencer Stuart for help in finding the next leader for the tech giant. He should not have to look far, since sources close to the situation said it is likely an internal candidate will be chosen over a more high-profile outsider. The reason? As Maverick’s motto in the movie “Top Gun” goes: The need for speed. Top of list? Personal Systems Group hotshot Todd Bradley, pictured here headed to work on the 101.