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• Ballmer hints he may step down from Microsoft board

  Microsoft's former CEO, Steve Ballmer, hinted recently that he may soon step down from the company's board.

• Tim Cook's approval ranking climbs one spot in top-50 CEO list

  Even as Apple CEO Tim Cook is blasted by some investors for not being the next Steve Jobs, the company's employees boosted his approval rating to the 17th spot on an annual ranking of the top U.S. chief executives.

• In surprise move, Symantec fires CEO Bennett

  For the second time in less than two years, Symantec Corp. has a new chief executive officer.

• McGovern recalled as 'a catalyst of the computer industry'

  In June 1967, when Patrick J. McGovern published the first issue of Computerworld it did something different. It reported on the computing industry from a user perspective.

• Apple hands stock worth $12.1M to top execs in retention deal

  Apple last week gave six top executives $12.1 million each in stock grants that will vest over the next four years, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

• IT hiring rebounds; reactions are mixed

  February was a good month for IT hiring after months of sluggish demand. Reports from three research firms each reported an increase in hiring in the sector.

• Tip of the Hat: Data doomsday is coming

  As corporate stockpiles of data continue to grow, mostly unmanaged, to massive levels, it's increasingly likely that many major organizations will face a crisis very soon.

• Ballmer regrets not aping Apple sooner

  In his first public appearance since he stepped down as Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer again acknowledged that the company missed the boat on mobile.

• A CIO who masters disasters

  John Halamka, the CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, doesn't let any crisis go unused as either a teachable moment, or as a chance to lead IT into new directions.

• More top-tier Microsoft execs head to the exit

  Two of Microsoft's top executives will leave the company, including its head of marketing and the former CEO of Skype.

• Microsoft's hardware chief to move aside, make room for Nokia's Elop

  Julie Larson-Green, the Microsoft executive who co-led Windows development as recently as last summer and now heads the company's hardware efforts, will move to the group responsible for Office, where she once worked, according to an internal email obtained by the website GeekWire

• Google's Schmidt offers $US1m in grants, talks WhatsApp and Motorola

  Got great ideas to solve world problems? Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt just might give you a lot of money for them.

• Are CIOs losing power?

  A new study by Forrester illuminates the changing IT landscape, finding that the share of IT projects primarily or exclusively run by IT department will decline from 55 per cent in 2009 to 47 per cent in 2015.

• Icahn says 'I can't' and stops $50B fight over Apple stock buyback

  Investment agitator and former corporate raider Carl Icahn today ended his fight to get Apple to boost its share buyback program by another $50 billion after an influential proxy advisory service nixed the idea.

• Nadella's $40M portfolio puny compared to Ballmer's

  Microsoft disclosed new CEO Satya Nadella's stock holdings -- both those he now controls and a larger number he has coming to him -- at 1.1 million shares, with a paper value of nearly $40 million.