Michael Carroll, a twenty-year veteran of technology publisher IDG who served as SVP and group publisher of both PC World and Macworld, has resigned, according to a source. The departure comes after a round of layoffs, the departure from PC World of Editor-in-Chief Harry McCracken and, our source says, considerable…
Further proof that the print world isn't like the Internet: Eighteen years after he first took a job at monthly service mag PC World, Steve Fox has been brought back by magazine publisher IDG to replace outgoing editor and Internet hero Harry McCracken, whose Technologizer site is nearing an official launch. The…
A tipster writes: "PC World continued its slide into the trashcan of history yesterday; 6 more employees were laid off yesterday; a couple in art, a couple in editorial and a couple of support staff." The IDG-owned print monthly has held up better than its main rival, PC Magazine, but beloved editor Harry McCracken …
PC World editor-in-chief Harry McCracken is leaving the magazine next month to work on his own technology website which, to our relief, he does not describe as a "blog." [Folio]
We hope hard-working PC World editor-in-chief Harry McCracken is taking a break for his birthday. McCracken looked stressed in this pic that Valleywag very special correspondent Paul Boutin snapped at Macworld in January. He may be too busy saving DOS to celebrate, however.
PC World's Harry McCracken ordered an XO laptop from the One Laptop For Child charity on November 12. He gave a $400 "donation" — half to buy himself a laptop and half to buy a laptop for a "deserving child" in a developing country. After many emails back and forth and 35 minutes on hold, McCracken still hasn't…
I took this picture of Valleywag cub reporter Jordan Golson because I think the kid has potential. But Jordan, watch and learn: See the guy typing away behind you? Forbes senior editor Dan Lyons, aka Fake Steve Jobs. And the man with the early migraine? PC World editor in chief Harry McCracken. Look at them: Work,…
Three men have been charged for the January murder of PC World editor Rex Farrance. According to the prosecutors, the men were after his son's medicinal marijuana plants, and Farrance was an innocent victim. [AP]
Microsoft's Web portal runs PC World's rundown of the 25 worst websites — including two owned by Microsoft. [MSN]
PC World editor Harry McCracken has resigned from that publication after its new CEO spiked a story about Apple mogul Steve Jobs. According to Wired, CEO Colin Crawford "also told editors that product reviews in the magazine were too critical of vendors, especially ones who advertise in the magazine, and that they…
Rex Farrance, senior tech editor at PC World, was shot to death during a break-in by four masked intruders at his home in the Bay Area suburb of Pittsburg, California. Farrance's wife was also pistol-whipped during the attack. Police are calling it narcoviolence, saying "We have substantial reason to believe that…
PC World runs with a story on fixavote.com, a (hopefully) satire site which claims to offer services such as "real-time voter correction," and "enhanced retrospective tallying."
Over the weekend, while you shivered in the wind at the beach, life went on for the tech world:
Is it any wonder that PC World readers were split 51/49 over which of two boring covers they'd buy?
