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LightSquared declares bankruptcy after GPS worries sank its mobile dream

LightSquared, the startup that planned a nationwide wholesale mobile network only to be shot down by regulators because of GPS interference concerns, is declaring bankruptcy.
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WSJ: Thompson told Yahoo board he has cancer

Scott Thompson told the Yahoo board before he was ousted as CEO over the weekend that he has thyroid cancer, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Scott Thompson out as Yahoo CEO

Embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson, who led the company for just four months, has left the company, the company announced Sunday, after more than a week of controversy over questions about embellishments to his resume.

Hoodie Gate: Facebook CEO's attire a sign of 'immaturity'?

Of all the things discussed and analyzed surrounding Facebook's upcoming initial public offering, perhaps the most surprising -- or just plain funniest -- is co-founder Mark Zuckerberg's hoodie.

Update: Yahoo forms committee to investigate its CEO

Yahoo's board of directors said Tuesday it has formed a special committee to investigate CEO Scott Thompson's academic credentials, as well as documents and circumstances surrounding his hiring earlier this year.

QuickPoll: Do questions about Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's resume hurt the company?

Yahoo has acknowledged that its new CEO, Scott Thompson, does not hold a degree in "accounting and computer science" as his resume and the company's financial filings claimed, and instead majored only in accounting. Do questions about Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's resume hurt the company?

Yahoo board to 'review' discrepancy in CEO's resume

Yahoo said late Thursday that its board will review a discrepancy in the resume of its CEO, Scott Thompson, and "make an appropriate disclosure" to its shareholders.

Yahoo CEO's resume overstated his technology background

Yahoo acknowledged on Thursday that its new CEO, Scott Thompson, does not hold a degree in "accounting and computer science" as his resume and the company's financial filings claimed, and instead majored only in accounting.

Microsoft opens New York research lab, hires mainly Yahoo researchers

Microsoft is opening a research lab in New York City that aims to benefit from interaction with the academic and tech communities in the metropolitan area, as well as attract new talent to Microsoft, the company said.

New IBM retirement program guarantees job through 2013

IBM is offering employees who are nearing retirement -- and may be worried about a layoff -- a one-time voluntary program that would ensure their employment through Dec. 31, 2013.

Résumé writing in IT terms

Don't look at your résumé as a way to get a job interview. It's your introduction to someone you dont know.

Scott Thompson out as Yahoo CEO

Embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has left the company, Yahoo announced Sunday, after more than a week of controversy over questions about embellishments to his resume.

Can a New Analyst Firm Take Down Gartner?

For more than 30 years, Gartner has dominated the IT analyst market. CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle sees Ombud, a new analyst firm focusing on social CRM and pulling member profiles from LinkedIn, as a viable challenge to a firm founded before there were even PCs.

IT Layoff Tracker

Search and sort Computerworld's database of announced staff cuts at IT companies, with entries starting in autumn 2008

Career advice: Careers in the cloud

P100 IT Leader Allan Hackney also has advice on abandoning IT, résumé writing and more.

Career Watch: Companies expect to do more IT staff hiring in short term

Also in this issue, advice on jump-starting a young career.

The Grill: Arthur Langer turns the IT education model on its head

Arthur M. Langer, chairman and founder of Workforce Opportunity Services, describes the outsourcing model his nonprofit organization uses to train and match up economically disadvantaged youth with hard-to-fill positions in IT.

Is it So Bad for the CIO to Report to the CFO?

Conventional wisdom says the CIO should report to the CEO. But not everyone agrees that's so important.

HCL CEO Vineet Nayar: Outsourcing is dead, and there's nothing innovative in cloud technology

The customer always comes first. Except when it comes to HCL, the $6 billion Indian outsourcing -- make that co-sourcing -- giant led by CEO Vineet Nayar, who literally wrote the book on a philosophy known as 'employees first, customer second.' In this latest installment of our CEO Interview Series, Nayar spoke with IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant about how that philosophy is fueling HCL's rapid growth and why more CIOs ought to consider adopting it.

Shark Tank: Power sharing

The boss needs a power supply for his PC's speakers. Unfortunately, there aren't any to spare...