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The month ahead: How the iPhone 3GS is faring

With earnings season looming, ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das and senior editor Sam Diaz look ahead at July and discuss what's on deck for the big four: Apple, Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft. We all know ad spending has tapered, but what does that mean for Google? And will Windows...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Financial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Earnings, Apple, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Steve Jobs, iPhone, Carol Bartz, Search, Android, Windows 7

Videos 2009-07-02

Is Carol Bartz a graduate of the Jobs-Ellison School of Management?

Is Carol Bartz a graduate of the Jobs-Ellison School of Management?Second bestYes to the no-nonsense, confront the vital issues, 'let's get real' style approach ...... but not the dismissive, egotistical, 'wtf do you think you are' charade.Too much agression fuels fear - not appropriate until a genuine crisis - better...

Tags: Jobs-Ellison School of Management, Carol Bartz, graduate

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Is Carol Bartz a graduate of the Jobs-Ellison School of Management?

Everyone loves a bad-ass, right? The no-nonsense savior of the day who doesn't mince words or tip-toe around feelings but instead just comes in, says what needs to be said and does what needs to be done to get the job done. (I envision Mr. Wolf from Pulp Fiction herebut...

Tags: Succession Planning, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carol Bartz, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-22

Yahoo confirms Bartz in charge; Can she save Yahoo?

Yahoo confirms Bartz in charge; Can she save Yahoo?No TollsAll the portals are failing...ebay, yahoo, microsoft.Putting a toll booth on the Internet is like putting one on the ocean...everyone can just go around you.Yahoo has new yodellerMy advise is to expand the roll over ads such the Yahoo site becomes...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Bartz

Discussion threads 2009-01-13

Yahoo confirms Bartz in charge; Can she save Yahoo?

Yahoo has confirmed that Carol Bartz is its new CEO. Now the real fun begins: Turning around Yahoo amid a horrid economy and deciding whether to do a search deal with Microsoft. But first Bartz will need a No. 2 as Yahoo president Sue Decker will resign. ...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carol Bartz, BoomTown, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Yahoo to name Bartz CEO; Now the fun begins

Updated: Yahoo will reportedly name Carol Bartz, former CEO of Autodesk, as CEO. According to the Wall Street Journal, Bartz has accepted the offer, capping a two-month search for a new leader. Bartz, 60, is the executive chairman of Autodesk. She stepped down from CEO of Autodesk...

Tags: Autodesk Inc., Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Carol Bartz, Corporate Governance, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Autodesk CEO Carol Bartz unplugged

News.com's Charlie Cooper chats with Autodesk CEO Carol Bartz about the status of women executives in corporate America. "It's a system of white male boards picking the people they are most comfortable with," Bartz said. As a result woman have had a harder time moving up the corporate ladder, she...

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Blog posts 2006-03-06

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Icahn to resign from Yahoo board

Billionaire Carl Icahn, who launched a proxy war for control of Yahoo after co-founder Jerry Yang rejected a Microsoft takeover last year, said he will resign from Yahoo's Board of Directors, according to reports. Noting that the board no longer needs an activist, Icahn said he is...

Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Yahoo: Giving users a mobile experience, not a mobile OS

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, who was scheduled to speak at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco this morning, has been bitten by a flu bug and didn't make it to center stage today. But that's OK - her team was on-hand for a media breakfast and shared her vision...

Tags: Mobile, Operating System, Yahoo! Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Yahoo: Major businesses have stabilized; update on Microsoft deal

Yahoo delivered a bit of a surprise for its third-quarter earnings, beating Wall Street’s expectations handily and offering signs that CEO Carol Bartz is turning the company around. For the quarter, the company reported net income of $186 million, or 13 cents per share, on revenue of...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Operational Accounting, Branding, Finance, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-20

News to know: Dell; Xerox, Android, NewEgg, Win7, Windows Mobile,

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Dell Latitude Z 16" thin-and-light revealed; Lamborghini angles hide boardroom muscle Gallery: Hands on with the Dell...

Tags: Xerox Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Storage, Andrew Nusca, Newegg.com, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Dell Latitude, EC, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Fake Carol Bartz is now using Twitter

If you have a good sense of humor, follow Yahoo's new CEO on Twitter, or, her alto-ego that is. Although her updates aren't always safe for work, they are usually hilarious. When she's not poking fun...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-09-28

Yahoo's sale of Alibaba.com stake opportunistic

There's a fair amount of hubbub about Yahoo's decision to sell its stake in Alibaba.com, but it's really just an opportunistic trade. Reuters notes that Yahoo is selling its entire 1.14 stake in Alibaba.com, China's B2B e-commerce giant, to net about $150 million. The move makes sense...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Alibaba.com, IPO, B2B, Investment, Taxes, Financial Planning, Financial Services, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Yahoo's search strategy: We're not fighting "the megawatt war"

At Yahoo's press event yesterday, there was some grilling about the new features in search and how much of that had to do with the long-anticipated search deal the company cut with Microsoft last month. If you'll recall, the 10-year pact between the two companies involved Microsoft...

Tags: Strategy, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet, Corporate Communications, Search, Channel Management, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-25

Apple should name Cook to board

But for one small issuethe others on the board are outsiders, with no chance to move into Job's position of running Apple.Except for Cook. He is a person on the inside. RE: Apple should name Cook to boardLarry, Cook is a fine executive, but they are replacing an outside director....

Tags: Corporate governance, Apple Inc., board

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

Microsoft's Bing invaded by pharmaceutical scammers

quote"This implies serious security holes in Microsoft?s advertising program"All I can vision here is Homer Simpson slapping forehead and saying "Doh!!"Who'd ever thought, Microsoft and Security holes, who knew. Glad I don't use Bing."Fraud" - Just "Bring it"RE: Microsoft's Bing invaded by pharmaceutical scammersSo the exploit has been found, Microsoft...

Tags: SEARCH, ABMers, Microsoft Corp., Bing, Google Inc., advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

AOL, Yahoo find value in original online news; eyeing laid-off journalists

As News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch tries to figure out how to charge for newspaper content and the Associated Press continues to whine about online news aggregators offering up its content, AOL and Yahoo seem to be beefing up their own news operations to provide original content. And,...

Tags: Journalist, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Document Management, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-07

News to know: Windows 7 RTM review; Microsoft-Yahoo; SAP; Sprint

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 first look: More than just "Vista, fixed" Gallery: Windows 7 RTM...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-30

Gallery: Ballmer-Bartz ink Microhoo deal

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer poses with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz as they sign a 10-year pact where Microsoft will power Yahoo search and Yahoo becomes the sales force for Microsoft's premium properties. by Andy Smith

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., CEO, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Microsoft, Yahoo, merger, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-07-29

Microsoft-Yahoo: Gauging the IT integration risks

Once you strip away the financial, strategy and ad prospects for Microsoft's 10-year search partnership with Yahoo you're left with a lot of information technology integration heavy lifting. Make no mistake about it: The Microsoft-Yahoo search pact will flop if it doesn't have some good old fashioned...

Tags: Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Integration, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-29