Channelweb.com News Quiz -- January 2009
Which industry veteran announced his upcoming retirement after 35 years in high technology?
Intel's Craig Barrett
Apple's Steve Jobs
Symantec's John Thompson
Google's Eric Schmidt
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Which organization's servers were swamped when they posted a beta download of a major OS upgrade in January?
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Apple
Microsoft
Ubuntu
Sun Microsystems
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Which two companies settled a legal battle over the employment of senior executive Mark Papermaster?
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Apple and IBM
EDS and Accenture
HP and Dell
Sprint and Verizon
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Which financial firm revealed a massive data breach that may have exposed data on millions of credit card customers?
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Countrywide Financial
State Street
First Data
Heartland Payment Systems
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Which tech retailer announced plans to close its 567 retail outlets and liquidate its assets?
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Best Buy
RadioShack
Circuit City
Fry's Electronics
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Which outsourcing firm found its CEO arrested for allegedly falsifying financial records, and its board dissolved by Indian authorities?
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Infosys
Tata
Satyam
Wipro
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Which manufacturer, better known for its lightbulbs, is entering the netbook market?
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Sylvania
General Electric
Royal Philips
Morning Star Industries
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She'll be baaaack! Which technology executive resigned from several corporate boards in a possible step toward running for governor of California?
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Carly Fiorina
Meg Whitman
Patricia Russo
Anne Mulcahy
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Which networking vendor filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after ongoing losses of more than $4.5 billion?
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SMC Networks
Nortel
Juniper Networks
Enterasys
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As Apple Computer celebrates the Mac's 25th anniversary, which executive is running the company while CEO Steven Jobs addresses medical issues?
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Philip Schiller
Jonathan Ive
Bob Mansfield
Timothy Cook
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For more on the stories in this quiz, see the following articles:
Craig Barrett Retiring After 35 Years With Intel
Microsoft Sets Deadline For Windows 7 Beta
Ex-IBM Exec Papermaster To Join Apple As Lawsuit Settled
Payment Processor Heartland Reveals Massive Data Breach
VAR Satyam's CEO Arrested, Board Dissolved
Ex-eBay CEO Whitman Eyes Run For California Gov.