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Cisco reports earnings and outlines lay-offs

...Networking giant Cisco is projecting poor sales growth and lay-offs as it deals with the latest in a succession of difficult... Read more

12 May, 2011 by Jack Clark

MySpace cuts jobs following sale to Specific Media

...under-resourced." For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see MySpace lays off more than half its staff on CNET News. Get the latest... Read more

1 July, 2011 by Tim Hornyak
A decade of tech scandals

A decade of tech scandals

...Most of the company's top managers went to prison, except Ken Lay (left, top), Enron's chairman, who died before serving his sentence. Jeff... Read more

27 November, 2010 by Staff

Cisco plans further firings to maintain earnings

Cisco has said it plans to let go around 1,200 people to maintain earnings and is already dealing with a collapse in public-sector network spending Read more

11 August, 2011 by Jack Clark

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

Ofcom set to lay out anti-piracy rules for ISPs

...sharers. Image credit: Jon Yeomans The Initial Obligations Code of Practice will lay out the technical measures and actions service providers have to take against... Read more

16 May, 2012 by Ben Woods

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

Europe to lay out Google antitrust report by March

The European Commission hopes to tell Google by the end of the first quarter precisely what allegations it faces from Microsoft and search rivals, in its preliminary findings Read more

19 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS

Fusion-io has demonstrated a billion input/output operations a second via eight HP servers, 64 ioDrive2 Duo cards and a... Read more

7 January, 2012

Opera 11.60 lays ground for hardware acceleration

The latest update to the browser has brought a revamped interface and other modifications, as Opera prepares to introduce hardware acceleration in the next version Read more

6 December, 2011 by Seth Rosenblatt

Europe lays down airport rules for full-body scans

Body scanners will still show people as if they were naked, but their faces will be blurred, under rules adopted by the European Commission that aim to protect travellers' privacy Read more

16 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Government lays out cloud and open-source IT strategy

The government has detailed plans to shrink its IT estate and cut costs through the use of shared infrastructure and services, cloud computing and open source Read more

30 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Ofcom lays out rules for 4G auction

The regulator wants to ensure there will be at least four major operators that can wholesale fast mobile broadband connectivity once the upcoming 4G spectrum auction has been completed Read more

22 March, 2011 by David Meyer

Welsh government lays out broadband plans

All businesses in Wales will have access to high-speed broadband by 2016, according to a report published by the Welsh Assembly Read more

10 December, 2010 by David Meyer

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Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

11 minutes ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

1 hour ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

3 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

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...

5 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

5 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

6 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

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

8 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

8 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

9 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

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....

11 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@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...

12 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

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

13 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

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

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

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