top news / Technology
Microsoft bosses hit with pay cut• Lower stock awards hit top staff at
software giant • Bosses still get $4m in bonuses, despite unprecedented strugglesMicrosoft's top executives have seen their pay drop
following the worst
financial year in
the company's history.According to financial documents filed with US regulators, the
american software giant reduced the sums paid to its leading
executive officers following its first ever drop in revenues and the
decision to lay off 5,000 staff.Although most of the
company's top executives saw salary increases of
around $20,000, a mix of cash bonuses and smaller stock increases meant their overall pay packets decreased by around 22% overall. Chief executive Steve Ballmer earned $1.26m for the 2009 financial year, down from $1.35m in
2008, while chief operating officer Kevin Turner saw his remuneration drop from $8.6m last year to $5.4m this year. Financial chief Christopher Liddell had his pay packet reduced by 28% to $3.5m. The company's highest-paid
executive, Robbie
Guardian Wednesday, September 30, 2009Internet advertising overtakes TV in BritainRecord £1.75bn online spend makes UK first major
economy to spend more on web ads than TV, says IABThe UK has become the first major economy where advertisers spend more on
internet advertising than on television advertising, with a record £1.75bn online spend in the first six months of the year.The milestone marks a watershed for the embattled TV
industry, the leading ad medium in the UK for almost half a century. It has taken the internet little more than a decade to become the
biggest advertising sector in the UK.UK advertisers spent £1.75bn on internet advertising in the six months to the end of June, a 4.6% year-on-year increase, according to a report by the Internet Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. To put this in perspective, in 1998, when the IAB first measured internet advertising, just £19.4m was spent online.The internet now accounts for 23.5% of all advertising money spent in the UK, while TV ad spend accounts for 21.9% of marketing budgets.The IAB originally
Guardian Wednesday, September 30, 2009Bits: AOL Hires Another Ex-Google ExecutiveAOL hires Shashi Seth, a
former YouTube
executive, to revamp its advertising technologies.
New York Times Wednesday, September 30, 2009Iridium Continues Turnaround With IPOBethesda-based satellite firm Iridium, a
company that once crashed and burned in spectacular fashion, continued its turnaround with a
public offering of stock on Tuesday.
Washington Post Wednesday, September 30, 2009Apple tablet rumours create blog frenzyThe speculation that Apple is developing a touchscreen computer has once again stepped up another gear,
following detailed
internet rumours that have sent
the company's fans into a frenzy.A report from the iLounge blog - which has a fairly good record at
getting details of forthcoming Apple launches - says that the machine will boast a 10.7" screen, use the iPhone operating system and come in 3G and non 3G versions. That detail has been enough to get the gadget blogs talking, with speculation focused on where exactly Steve Jobs and friends are going to find a capacitive touchscreen of that size.Rumours of such a device are hardly new in themselves: it is believed that Apple has worked on a
number of prototypes over the years, but never come up with something that it thought could turn into a viable product. But with a constant stream of
reports appearing to back up the idea that a project is in the works, it seems that Apple has had a
change of heart - largely thought to be due to the
Guardian Wednesday, September 30, 2009An iPhone gets Zipcar drivers on their wayThe iPhone can do many things.
now it can even lock and unlock a car and start the engine.
USATODAY Wednesday, September 30, 2009Sony to unveil new PS3 game title in theatersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Video
gaming
will hit the big screen next month when Sony Corp unveils a new game title for its Playstation3 game console at movie theaters.
Reuters Wednesday, September 30, 2009Aussie Pirate Party plans election onslaughtThe Pirate Party has opened up a branch in
Australia and plans to contest the next federal election.
The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday, September 30, 2009Faster : The Acceleration of Just about Everything (Hardcover) newly tagged ''technology''Faster : The Acceleration of Just about Everything (Hardcover)By James Gleick 9 used and new from $0.99 First tagged "technology" by Walter F. Croft
customer tags: book(2),
science,
technology, james gleick
Amazon Wednesday, September 30, 2009Google working on ''smart'' plug-in hybrid chargingSan francisco (Reuters) - Google Inc is in the early stages of
looking at ways to write
software that would fully integrate plug-in hybrid vehicles to the power grid, minimize strain on the grid and help utilities manage vehicle charging load.
Reuters Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1 2 3 4 5
Archived technology news stories.
Available news archives.