TechFlash: Steve Ballmer's departure was moved up 'drastically,' says report

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Steve Ballmer's departure was moved up 'drastically,' says report Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer's announcement that he will retire within a year came sooner than Ballmer originally had planned. Amazon's cloud suffers Sunday outage Amazon.com Inc.'s cloud services division, Amazon Web Services, suffered an outage Sunday that affected websites such as Airbnb and Facebook Inc.'s Instagram. VMware snags former Microsoft exec Tony Scott as CIO VMware has tapped Tony Scott, Microsoft's former corporate vice president and chief information officer, to be the Palo Alto, Calif., company's chief information officer and senior vice president. 3 Silicon Valley execs who could replace Ballmer at Microsoft Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft Corp., announced Friday that he would retired within 12 months. Now the question on everybody's mind in the tech community is, who will replace him? Cloud software maker Opscode names Crist new CEO Seattle cloud software company Opscode said it's named Barry Crist its new CEO, replacing Mitch Hill, who is stepping down to address a personal health issue. Disconnected America: 1 in 3 adults don't have broadband access It's easy to forget in uber-connected areas such as Silicon Valley or the Puget Sound region, but not every American sports two smartphones, a tablet, a laptop and two wireless routers. Amazon's downtown Seattle plans draw national attention Amazon.com Inc.'s massive office plans for Seattle have drawn national attention -- now from the New York Times. National Tech News St. Pete gets in on golf app trend 3 Silicon Valley execs who could replace Microsoft's Ballmer Magellan gets U.S. approval for lead poisoning test Colorado small businesses start and fail more, study finds LifeLock: Teens sharing too much info online Solar-panel maker tenKsolar raises $2M KC startups fuel IT firm's growth, hiring plans Tablet users more engaged with ads, study finds Duly Noted: Sears seeks software developers A peek at home tech of the ultra-rich: What they have that you don't

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