Word: techs
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...counterparts, made the same mistakes--and met the same fate. "This is not about gender. It's really about business," says Deborah Soon of Catalyst, a nonprofit group promoting women in business. She points to remarkable progress: Fiorina was far from the only woman at the top of the tech world. Indeed, a major player in her ouster was another prominent woman, Patricia Dunn, who took over as chairwoman. Ann Livermore runs a key division of HP; Patricia Russo runs Lucent, Fiorina's old company. And Xerox CEO Anne Mulcahy is rumored to be a possible successor to Fiorina...
...disillusioned with her inability to deliver the profits she promised, the board was stung by her refusal to make changes or relinquish operating responsibility in HP's floundering computer business. "She played a brinkmanship game and didn't realize the other side wouldn't budge," says Rob Enderle, a tech analyst in San Jose, Calif. "It's a game she's used to playing. She bet wrong...
...Demand for commercial free music is sending folks flocking to satellite radio at a rate of 347,000 subscribers a month, according to a new report by JPMorgan. The two service providers, Sirius and XM, have mainly courted car-radio listeners. Now the satellite guys are hooking up with tech firms to target home users with boom boxes, stereo tuners and handheld gadgets (aimed at iPod users). Is the gear ready for prime time? --By Daren Fonda...
...transition she made in 1980 after 17 years of staying home with the kids. Back then, aptitude tests revealed that she would make a perfect engineer, and she plunged back into school for a degree in computer science at age 40. With degree in hand, she began a high-tech career that included stops at Digital, Apple and IBM. This time, however, she didn't need someone to tell her what she was interested in. While at IBM, Dibner started taking sculpture classes, riding the T to Boston's Museum School after work. Once she decided to accept an early...
Another informational video advertised further innovation driven by this same use of technology for mobilizing political fervor. One tech company, under the Institute for Applied Autonomy, developed text messaging software designed to send mass text messages to many people at once. The concept is that demonstrators can more quickly organize in an urban setting if they are in contact via text message...