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Apple names new chairman

In the first significant boardroom shuffle since Steve Jobs’ death, Apple has named Art Levinson as chairman and added Bob Iger to its board of directors. Levinson – who replaces Jobs as chairman – had been co-lead on Apple’s board alongside Bill Campbell prior to his new role. In the weeks leading up to the announcement, there was some speculation that Campbell would be named chairman, however Levinson’s appointment as chairman puts that to rest. Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement : “Art has made enormous contributions to Apple since he joined the board in 2000. He has been our longest serving co-lead director, and his insight and leadership are incredible valuable to Apple, our employees and our shareholders.” Also joining the board of directors is Disney CEO Bob Iger – bringing the two companies even closer together. Prior to his death, Jobs served on the board of directors for Disney following their acquisition of Pixar in 2006. Their close relationship also helped bring ABC television shows to Apple’s music service iTunes – the first company to sign a video deal

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Yahoo snaps up interclick

The search industry’s perennial underdog, Yahoo , has acquired advertising and tech software company interclick for $270 million (

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Sony security breach suspends 93k on PlayStation Network

Sony found its network once more under attack and has warned that 93,000 accounts on the PlayStation Network and SOE games service may be at risk. The latest security incident, reported to have occurred between 7 and 10 October, involves information that may have been stolen from computers. The as-yet unknown hackers gained access to members’ IDs and passwords, and there have been several attempts at unauthorised sign-ins. Although not all 93,000 accounts have shown signs of suspicious activity, all potentially affected have been taken offline for the time being while Sony addresses the issue. “Less than one tenth of one per cent … may have been affected.

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Sony security breach suspends 93k on PlayStation Network

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Blackberry users endure blackout, slow recovery

A major service disruption is causing frustration for a third day among owners of the BlackBerry smartphone. The problem, which first surfaced on Monday and then reared its head again on Tuesday, left Blackberry users without access to email, internet, and BBM – the messenger service that allows Blackberry users to interact with one another for free. Though Canadian BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) acknowledged the outage quickly, it took 36 hours to further elaborate on what caused the problem. “The messaging and browsing delays being experienced by BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Brazil, Chile and Argentina were caused by a core switch failure within RIM’s infrastructure. “Although the system is designed to failover to a back-up switch, the failover did not function as previously tested.

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Blackberry users endure blackout, slow recovery

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Search Industry Growing, Per Marketing Study

Internet searching, advertising, and purchasing, have increased substantially over the past year, according to a new study by Research and Markets. In February 2007, 6.9 billion Internet searches were conducted worldwide, a 19% increase over the same period in 2006.

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Search Engine, GlobalSpec, Exceeds Three Million Registered Users

Specialized search engine, GlobalSpec, has surpassed the three million registered user mark. Over the past year, GlobalSpec’s registered user community has increased by 50 percent, growing from two million registered users in October 2005.

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Google Profits Nearly Double, to $733.4 Million

Google’s financial results for the quarter ending September 30, 2006, have exceeded analyst estimates by 20 cents a share, nearly doubling to $733.4 million.

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Google Profits Nearly Double, to $733.4 Million