Stories by Elizabeth Heichler

Article | 6/04/2012 Whitman: Political campaign gave her 'thick skin'
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman's bruising run for governor of California left her with a quality that she needs as she seeks to turn around the compu...
Article | 29/02/2012 Legal nightmare ends for Klarna executives
Two high-level executives of Swedish e-commerce startup Klarna are on their way home after the New York County district attorney agreed to dismiss cha...
Article | 9/02/2012 Swedish e-commerce startup's execs linked to NYC sex crime
Two Swedish nationals with the same names as top executives of e-commerce startup Klarna were arrested on Saturday in New York and charged with crimin...
Article | 4/12/2011 SAP pays $3.4 billion for cloud vendor SuccessFactors
SAP America said Saturday that it is paying US$3.4 billion in cash to acquire SuccessFactors, a provider of cloud-based human capital management tools...
Article | 19/11/2011 How Oracle made the Sun deal work: a lesson for CFOs
CFOs who gathered outside Boston on Thursday to discuss how they can be agents for change within their enterprises were treated to a close-up view of ...
Article | 8/06/2011 Turn IT pros into 'Compassionate Geeks'
In the new book, "The Compassionate Geek: Mastering Customer Service for I.T. Professionals," veteran IT trainer Don R. Crawley lifts a veil on a cor...
Article | 9/05/2011 Broadcom buying smart-card security specialist SC Square
Chip maker Broadcom said Sunday that it will pay US$41.9 million for SC Square, a move that will bring expertise in smart-card security to the Irvine,...
Article | 31/10/2010 Apple sues Motorola over patents in mobile phones
Apple filed two lawsuits against Motorola and Motorola Mobility late Friday in a US federal court, claiming violations of its patents in multiple Moto...
Article | 15/08/2010 Reports: Apple manager arrested over $1 million in kickbacks
An Apple manager with responsibilities for the company's contract manufacturing in Asia was arrested Friday and charged with accepting kickbacks.
Article | 8/06/2010 Researchers: Poor password practices hurt security for all
A large-scale study of password-protected Web sites revealed a lack of standards across the industry that harms end-user security, according to two re...
Article | 25/05/2010 WCIT: Kroes positions Digital Agenda as crucial to recovery
With Europe's debt crisis top-of-mind for many delegates to the World Congress on Information Technology opening in Amsterdam Tuesday, European Commis...
Article | 8/02/2010 Apotheker is out as SAP CEO
Leo Apotheker has resigned as CEO of German ERP giant SAP, the company disclosed on Sunday. The decision was by mutual agreement with SAP's supervisor...
Article | 15/11/2009 Google, plaintiffs submit revised book search settlement
Right up against a deadline to submit a revised settlement agreement to a judge overseeing a lawsuit filed against Google by the Authors Guild and the...
Article | 26/09/2008 EmTech 08: Mundie's bets are on 'first life'
The dramatic increase in compute power unleashed by multicore processors will enable applications that blend virtual representations of the real world...
Article | 14/07/2008 Yahoo rejects MS proposal, seeks bid for entire company
Yahoo Saturday night rejected a joint proposal from Microsoft and investor Carl Icahn that had called for a restructuring and the sale of Yahoo's sear...

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