9th August 2009 Archive
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Apple and Google kept (unwritten) no poaching pact
While Schmidt sat on Jobsian board
Prior to Google CEO Eric Schmidt stepping down from Apple's board of directors, the two companies had an unwritten agreement not to poach each other's employees, according to a new report. Citing multiple Googlers, TechCrunch reports that although workers from each company were allowed to apply for jobs at the other outfit, …
Financial News 9 Aug 05:48
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Mixed fortunes for Hitachi disk division
The bitter platter of HGST
A profitable 2008 for Hitachi has been followed by a miserable 2009, with two loss-making quarters and a possible fall behind in the areal density stakes. In April last year, and after much high-level debate within Hitachi, it was decided that Hitachi GST would remain as part of Hitachi, not be sold off in whole or part, and …
Storage 9 Aug 07:02
