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  Nothing’s going right for HP at the moment. The latest report by Bloomberg claims that HP might replace Leo Apotheker as their CEO. The Board is weighing in the options and even might replace Apotheker with Meg Whitman, who is the ex-CEO of eBay Inc. The Board reckons Apotheker not fit for the CEO [...]

  Sony’s CEO, Howard Stringer confirmed at an event in New York that Sony is preparing a Honeycomb-based tablet to compete in the burgeoning tablet market. Details are pretty scarce at the moment but Howard did say that United States will be the first recipient and will be launched by end of summer. Sony could [...]

  Nokia’s new CEO, Stephen Elop had penned an astonishing letter to all its employees, which now has made out on the web for the whole world to see. Engadget claims the letter is the real deal and if it is, the letter boldly acknowledges Nokia failing due to “missed trends and lost time.” Elop [...]

  Steve Jobs who spearheads Apple operations as CEO has announced that he’ll be on medical leave. Steve Jobs took a similar leave in 2009 (on Jan 15) that confirmed his comeback month however today’s letter to Apple employees does not make any promise. Tim Cook will act as an interim CEO till Jobs’ leave [...]

  Microsoft’s Windows OS may be down in the tablet arena but that is going to change from next month, if NYTimes latest report is to be believed. The paper’s source claims that Steve Ballmer will unveil few Windows-based tablets when he’ll take the stage at CES in January. Amongst various devices, Ballmer will show [...]

  Google might have not unveiled Gingerbread OS at the Web 2.0 Summit but Google CEO, Eric Schmidt was seen showing off an “unannounced phone” that looked like Samsung’s Nexus S. While he didn’t reveal more details but we do know that Nexus S will be the apparent successor of Google’s Nexus One device. Schmidt [...]

  Nvidia has been touting its Tegra-based tablets since the beginning of the year but we’re yet to see a real competitor that will take on the likes of iPad or Galaxy Tab. However, at the earnings call today, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang confirmed that things are going to change soon and are working hard [...]

  Just a week after Nokia’s CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo was replaced by Stephen Elop, LG Electronics too have announced a change in the position of the chief executive officer. LG has confirmed that Koo Bon-joon (pictured above) will replace Nam Yong after he resigned from the job due to LG’s weakening phone business. LG is [...]

  Nokia has dropped a bomb just before Nokia World by announcing a new CEO and President. Stephen Elop who currently heads Microsoft’s Business Division will take the helm from Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Inc. from September 21. Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo who served Nokia for the past 30 [...]

  The world’s largest PC maker got one of the biggest shocks in its corporate history when Mark Hurd resigned as the CEO of HP. The resignation, though seemed was due to the sexual harassment accusation from the contractor but HP says Hurd’s resignation is due to falsifying of expense reports. The HP board that [...]

  Here’s an interesting fact revealed by Sony Ericsson’s CEO, Bert Nordberg recently. An interview with Swedish site Sydsvenskan, he claimed that Google initially approached them to make a Nexus One before settling with HTC. But despite seeing it as an opportunity, SE replied negatively because making phones for someone else wasn’t SE very keen [...]

  Well, this was on the cards. Apple has announced that Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt has resigned from the Apple’s Board of Directors. The resignation comes after holding this position since August 2006 and the reason behind is unsurprisingly, conflicts of interest. This is what Steve Jobs had to say. “Eric has been an excellent [...]

  I know it’s not that shocking but you don’t expect a CEO using its competitor’s product, not at least in public. Eric Schmidt was snapping some pictures from his Blackberry when AP snapped him using the device and put a snarky caption alongside it. Google’s CEO is — gasp! — using a Research In [...]