After leaving Yahoo after just 5 months and a public scandal

Thompson is hired at ShopRunner,Computerworld - Scott Thompson, who was pushed out as CEO of Yahoo amid scandal this spring, has landed a new job. ShopRunner, an online shopping network, announced Monday that it has hired Thompson as its CEO. Mike Golden, who co-founded the nearly 2-year-old company, will step down as its CEO and act as company president. Thompson, who had been Yahoo s CEO for only five months, had been a member of ShopRunner s board of directors. Michael and I both felt he would be the perfect...

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Amazon offers to pay vocational training for warehouse staff

The move seems designed to quell criticism over working conditions at its warehouses IDG News Service - Amazon is offering to cover 95 percent of the cost of vocational training courses to help its warehouse staff pursue jobs in other careers, including many that Amazon does not offer, the company said Monday in a letter posted on its home page. The move follows criticism that Amazon has faced about reportedly harsh conditions for workers at its fulfillment centers, where orders received online are packaged and shipped out...

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Apple says Samsung doesn't know its chips

Apple asserts there is more than one way to implement an industry standard that does not violate Samsung's patent IDG News Service - Samsung Electronics is assuming that technology in the iPad and iPhone violates its patents without knowing the actual processes in the devices' chipsets, Apple argued on Tuesday in Australian Federal Court. The second day of Apple and Samsung's patent trial in Sydney focused on opening arguments centered around patent No. 2005202512, which deals with power regulation during 3G data transmissions. Apple...

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Intel, Google updating Android 4.1 for Atom tablets, smartphones

Intel is working with Google to complete a port of Android Jelly Bean to x86 smartphones and tablets. IDG News Service - Intel is porting the Android 4.1 operating system, also called Jelly Bean, to work on smartphones and tablets using low-power Atom processors, the company said this week. The company did not provide a time frame for when the Android 4.1 port would be complete, or when the OS would be deployed in products. "Intel continues to work closely with Google to enable future versions of Android, including Jelly Bean, on...

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Dell unveil laptops running Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Dell boosts its commitment to Linux IDG News Service - Dell is expanding the range of laptops with Linux, with its new Precision mobile workstations being offered with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 OS as an option. The company announced two models, the Precision M4700, which has a 15.6-inch screen, and the Precision M6700, which has a 17.3-inch screen. Dell will offer Windows 7, but is also offering Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for specific regions. Dell did not provide information on the countries in which RHEL would be available. The...

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Apple opens up lead on Android in enterprise mobile app dev

 Developers are rapidly losing interest in Windows Phone 7, but see potential in Windows 8Infoworld - Apple's iOS mobile platform has amassed a substantial lead over Google's Android when it comes to which platform developers prefer for building enterprise mobile applications, according to survey results released Tuesday.The Appcelerator/IDC second quarter mobile report, which polled 3,600 developers using Appcelerator's Titanium mobile development tools, found that 70 percent of respondents stated they are building applications for an enterprise...

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AT&T posts revenue and income gains on mobile growth

Carrier's mobile data revenue grows 18.8% over a year earlier, profit up nearly 9% IDG News Service - More mobile customers and increasing mobile data use pushed AT&T's revenue up slightly in the second quarter of 2012 and helped drive an 8.7% increase in net income. AT&T on Tuesday reported revenue of $31.6 billion, up 0.3% from the second quarter of 2011. Net income was $3.9 billion, compared to $3.6 billion a year ago. Mobile revenue was $16.4 billion, up 4.8% from the second quarter of 2011, and mobile data revenue was...

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Yahoo's embattled former CEO gets new job

After leaving Yahoo after just 5 months and a public scandal, Thompson is hired at ShopRunner Computerworld - Scott Thompson, who was pushed out as CEO of Yahoo amid scandal this spring, has landed a new job. ShopRunner, an online shopping network, announced Monday that it has hired Thompson as its CEO. Mike Golden, who co-founded the nearly 2-year-old company, will step down as its CEO and act as company president. Thompson, who had been Yahoos CEO for only five months, had been a member of ShopRunners board...

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Enterprise IT: News, Features, Opinions, and More.

Google's enterprise push a 'future growth engine' Google is looking at its cloud-based apps for the enterprise not as a small side business, but as a major driver of future growth. Free and cheap ways to study for IT certifications Studying for and taking IT certification exams can be costly. These tips can help you find inexpensive study resources and ways to get hands-on experience with the technologies you're studying. Epicor CEO Pervez Qureshi talks company's renewal, SaaS and growth plans Following last year's merger with Activant...

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