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Mere days after AOL laid off 900 workers in a restructuring of the company's staff, two top editors of highly popular AOL-owned technology website Engadget have resigned from the publication. The editors include managing editor Nilay Patel and editor-in-chief Josh Topolsky (pictured above). News of their departures was first revealed in a report by All Things Digital. Both Patel and Topolsky have now confirmed their resignations in blog… Read More

The man Bill Gates hand-picked to replace him as chief software architect has decided to leave Microsoft. Ray Ozzie plans to “retire” from the software giant four years after his appointment, according to an email CEO Steve Ballmer sent to all Microsoft employees Monday. Datamation reports that Ozzie will stay on for a bit longer to smoothly transition his responsibilities, and will also work with the company's entertainment… Read More

Despite an earlier assurance that his long-rumored health problems boiled down to a simple hormonal imbalance, Steve Jobs announced on Wednesday that he would take a leave of absence from Apple until June in order to focus on his health. In a letter addressed to Apple employees, Jobs explained that the health problems he had made public earlier in January not as cut and dry as he had thought.  “During the past week I have… Read More