Here’s how to make your resignation as a city councilman as memorable as possible (non-shameful division): write your whole resignation letter in Klingon. Trekkie and former city councilman David Waddell did exactly that, telling his mayor "chaq DaHjaj QaQ jaj paj", which apparently means ‘perhaps today is a good day to resign.’
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For veteran gamers who enjoyed Doom and Quake, it’s the end of an era — id Software co-founder John Carmack has left the game studio to concentrate all his efforts on his Chief Technical Officer role at Oculus VR. It was just too “challenging” to divide attention between the two companies, he explains. id’s Tim Willits says in a statement that the departure won’t affect any existing projects, but it does leave the firm without the insights of one of the game industry’s brightest programmers. However, his exit is good news for VR fans; Carmack can now pour all his energy into developing cutting edge wearable displays. Check out our recent video interview with him after the break.
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Source: John Carmack (Twitter)
It’s all change at Acer at the moment. Just 15 days after CEO and Chairman JT Wang stepped down, the man set to replace him, Jim Wong, has also left the business. The changes come after Acer posted a huge loss and wrote-off value from sub-brands Gateway and Packard Bell, apparently sealing the fate of the executives. In the wake of the news, founder Stan Shih will come out of retirement and assume the role of chairman and interim president “without salary,” with co-founder George Huang joining the new-look old-school management team. Following today’s reshuffle, Shih will have to make day-to-day decisions for the company. While Wang and Wong may have taken the blame for Acer’s recent poor performance, both will hang around “to ensure a smooth transition.”
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Via: Tim Culpan (Twitter)
Source: Acer Press
BlackBerry has had trouble retaining executives as of late, and its situation may not be getting much better when the Wall Street Journal claims that two software overseers recently left the company. T.A. McCann (pictured at left), a VP who oversaw BBM and social networking apps, reportedly said goodbye two weeks ago. Marc Gingras (right), who masterminded the BlackBerry 10 Hub and came with the Tungle.me acquisition, supposedly quit in “recent weeks.” BlackBerry hasn’t commented on the rumored exits, although the Journal believes that both McCann and Gingras left voluntarily. If real, the departures aren’t coming at a good time — BlackBerry is in rough financial straits, and it needs executives willing to turn the ship around.
[Gingras image credit: Kris Krüg, Flickr]
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Source: Wall Street Journal
ST-Ericsson was already in some tumult after the ST half of the partnership said it was exiting the venture late last year. As we’re discovering, there was a little more drama in store for 2013. CEO Didier Lamouche has resigned from the company for a tempting job prospect elsewhere, and there’s no named replacement for him so far — a slight problem when Lamouche will be out by March 31st. He’s leaving ST-Ericsson in a better state than he found it, as the company is scoring key deals for phones like the Galaxy S III Mini while getting its LTE chip plans on track. Nonetheless, we suspect that remaining owner Ericsson will want that power vacuum filled quickly when there’s already enough uncertainty ahead.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile
Via: Computerworld
Source: ST-Ericsson
Some big news out of Hulu late this afternoon: CEO Jason Kilar has just announced that he will be leaving the company sometime in the first quarter of this year. The news was first reported by Bloomberg News and followed quickly by a blog post from Kilar himself containing the email he sent to his staff. In it, Kilar says that he is now working with the company’s board to manage the transition, and also confirms that Senior Vice President and CTO Richard Tom will be leaving along with him. He didn’t exactly delve into the reasons for his resignation, though, saying only that the decision has been “one of the toughest I’ve ever made,” and adding that he’ll keep the team updated as “dates and other items get solidified.”
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Internet, HD
Via: @BloombergNews
Source: Hulu
Nokia’s cameras and imaging systems have garnered the company plenty of attention in recent years, but it looks like it’s now facing something of a turning point in that area. As Amateur Photographer reports, the man responsible for leading that charge, Damian Dinning, has announced that he’s leaving the company effective November 30th. According to a statement released by Nokia UK, that move is a “personal decision” Dinning made following the company’s decision to relocate a number of key strategic roles to Finland. As for what’s next for Dinning, he rather cryptically tweeted just two days ago that he’s “incredibly excited about the 10th Dec,” adding that he “can’t say more than that right now other than to say it’s nothing to do with Nokia directly.” There’s also no word yet from Nokia on who will take over his role.
Filed under: Cellphones, Cameras, Mobile, Nokia
Via: PureViewClub, The Verge
Source: Amateur Photographer, @PhoneDaz (Twitter)
Advanced Micro Devices’ Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer, Thomas Seifert, has decided to leave AMD three short years after joining the company. As you may recall, Seifert briefly took the reigns of AMD as interim CEO in early 2011, until the firm found a permanent replacement in Rory Read later that year. No word on why Seifert has decided to depart the chip maker — other than “to pursue other opportunities” — but we do know that Devinder Kumar, AMD’s current Senior VP and corporate controller will replace him on an interim basis. The full announcement awaits in the PR after the break.
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
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This week will be remembered as a volatile one if you’re a MeeGo fan. Just hours after Nokia posted the PR 1.3 update for N9 owners, the company’s MeeGo development lead Sotiris Makyrgiannis and other team members have confirmed that they’re leaving for greener pastures. The split appears to be an amicable one, with the crew largely going to CloudBerryTec to write mobile apps (including for MeeGo) and consult on software even as they share fond memories. What’s left is a lot of doubt over the fate of the swipe-driven OS itself. Nokia promised years of support for the OS as a side project following the big leap to Windows Phone, but it also hadn’t mentioned the possibility of important staff departures, either. We’ve reached out to the company for a fuller answer — if it turns out that MeeGo development is winding down, the staff shift could be the end to completely in-house OS creation at a company that was once defined by its custom platforms.
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Philipp Humm, the CEO of T-Mobile US, has resigned, according to a report from All Things D. While no official reason has been given, an official statement given to the publication tells us that Humm is heading back to Europe to be with his family and will look for a career outside of Deutsche Telekom. We’re still waiting to receive the full statement from T-Mobile, and will update this post as we get more information.
Update: We just received the official press release, which you can peruse below. Jim Alling, COO of T-Mobile US, will be the new interim CEO while a search for Humm’s replacement is underway.
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T-Mobile US CEO Philipp Humm resigns, Jim Alling takes over as interim CEO originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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