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Do I have a future in software development?

...when you consider specialising in a vertical. Commit or quit The current tech downturn has troublesome long-term implications for the IT industry. Now is... Read more

9 August, 2002 by Jonathan Lurie

Dell plans more cost cuts as Q4 profits tumble

Following a poor fourth quarter in which profits fell by nearly 50 percent and revenues dropped by 16 percent, Dell looks to cut its operating expenses Read more

27 February, 2009 by Erica Ogg

Finding the floor in the tech downturn

In a week in which IBM, Intel and Mircrosoft reported quarterly results and analysts struggled to interpret them, Eugene Lacey rounds up and comments on recent tech market metrics. Read more

17 October, 2002 by Eugene Lacey

B2B trading pushes through the tech downturn

Global B2B internet commerce is on course to hit $8.5tr in 2005, despite growing fears of an economic downturn. Read more

15 March, 2001 by Mark Graham

Microsoft co-founder hits investment slump

...Allen has seen many of his investment ventures go under as the tech downturn continues Read more

13 May, 2002 by Dawn Kawamoto

Chips are down for Intel

Chip giant watching the pennies as tech downturn continues Read more

21 February, 2001 by Michael Kanellos

US ready to gamble on e-betting ventures

Betting apps at odds with tech downturn... US companies specialising in electronic betting are bucking the technology downturn... Read more

15 January, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

3i lays off one in five

Offices close as tech downturn hits VC giant... 3i will lay off one in five employees... Read more

31 October, 2001 by Ian Jones

There's a new set of IT priorities on the block

In the wake of the recent tech downturn, we hear a familiar refrain echoed throughout the industry: that the... Read more

29 September, 2004 by Leader

SGI hawks its Alias

...company has struggled in recent years as a result of the overall tech downturn and of the introduction of commodity practices, of the type that... Read more

16 April, 2004 by David Becker

Intel winding down Xircom subsidiary

...and had achieved revenue of $492m over the previous four quarters. The tech downturn, however, was just kicking in. Intel -- which acquired 35 companies, for... Read more

3 February, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

Macworld's future in doubt

...Macworld has fared better than some other trade shows during the current tech downturn. IDG expects this year's final attendance to be roughly similar... Read more

13 January, 2003 by Ian Fried

Revealed: The top websites of 2002

Bored of 2002 list stories? Let's hope not... The general tech downturn may have held back the number of new website launches in... Read more

6 January, 2003 by Graham Hayday

Oracle says bleeding will stop

...Henley -- who was working in the semiconductor industry during the last severe tech downturn -- noted similarities between that bust of three decades ago and high... Read more

14 November, 2002 by Alorie Gilbert

Licensing buoys Microsoft again

...quarter. (See also Eugene Lacey's commentary: Finding the floor in the tech downturn) Microsoft took a $291m charge to cover investment impairment, which affected... Read more

18 October, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

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knapper

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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UnderINK

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Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

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