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RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report

...on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see BlackBerry maker RIM set to lay off 2,000 — report on CNET News Read more

28 May, 2012 by Edward Moyer

Digg to lay off 37 percent of staff

...s chief Matt Williams has announced the troubled social news site will lay off 25 of its 67 staff members, after a major executive shake... Read more

26 October, 2010 by Caroline McCarthy

Facebook tells employers to lay off login demands

The social network says companies demanding Facebook passwords from job applicants may run into trouble over discrimination, and is a breach of its terms Read more

26 March, 2012 by David Meyer

HP to lay off 934 UK staff

The job losses, which union Unite said will produce stress in the remaining workforce, are separate from the global cull of 9,000 employees announced in June, according to HP Read more

8 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Thousands of jobs to go in Sony strategy shift

Sony has officially announced its rumoured intention to lay off around 10,000 workers, as part of a major reorganisation that... Read more

12 April, 2012

Nokia Siemens to cut 17,000 jobs ahead of IPO

Nokia Siemens Networks is to lay off around 17,000 people as it reorganises its business ahead of... Read more

24 November, 2011

BlackBerry maker RIM axes 2,000 jobs

...BlackBerry maker Research In Motion plans to lay off around 2,000 employees as it strives to reduce costs and... Read more

25 July, 2011 by Ben Woods

HP cuts 27,000 staff as Autonomy chief Lynch leaves

...HP has said it will lay off 27,000 people and cut its product and platform portfolio, as... Read more

24 May, 2012 by David Meyer
Yahoo embarks on reorganisation

Yahoo embarks on reorganisation

...just days after Thompson announced that his company would be forced to lay off 2,000 employees.For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story... Read more

11 April, 2012 by Don Reisinger

The Weekly Round-Up: Miserable techies, the CIO's secret love and geek holidays

...s compiling', or 'My other server runs on Linux'. Just remember to lay off the comedy ties, though. Have CIOs finally fallen in love with... Read more

3 February, 2012 by The Round-Up

Nokia Siemens Networks to cut 150 jobs in Swindon

...Nokia Siemens Networks is set to lay off 150 people from its Swindon facilities, part of a worldwide reduction... Read more

5 August, 2011 by David Meyer

RIM shares fall after profits and jobs warning

...company cut its financial forecasts for the year and said it would lay off workers. Research In Motion's shares have fallen by 20 percent... Read more

17 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Nokia announces layoffs and Symbian outsourcing

...located in China, Finland, India, the UK and the US. Nokia will lay off and transfer thousands of its employees, which chief Stephen Elop called... Read more

27 April, 2011 by David Meyer

MySpace confirms job losses of 47 percent

...that the social network will be making heavy layoffs. MySpace is to lay off 47 percent of its workforce worldwide, its chief executive Mike Jones... Read more

12 January, 2011 by Caroline McCarthy

Sourcefire buys anti-malware firm Immunet

...intrusion detection technology. Sourcefire, based in Columbia, Maryland, said it will not lay off any of Immunet's full-time staff. Immunet is based in... Read more

7 January, 2011 by Elinor Mills

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Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

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

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