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HP cuts 27,000 staff as Autonomy chief Lynch leaves

Mike Lynch, who saw his UK software analytics provider sold to HP last year for £7.1bn, is to be replaced by HP's strategy chief after the company reports a 'disappointing' second quarter Read more

24 May, 2012 by David Meyer

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

...planning a major global restructuring that will include at least 2,000 layoffs worldwide, according to a report. Canada's Globe and Mail cites "several... Read more

28 May, 2012 by Edward Moyer

Yahoo confirms worldwide redundancies

...began to spread that the company was on the verge of announcing layoffs. "Today's personnel changes are part of our ongoing strategy to best... Read more

15 December, 2010 by Caroline McCarthy

AMD makes job cuts of 10 percent

...workforce by 10 percent, or about 1,400 jobs, by 2012 The layoffs, which are expected to save the company $200m (£125m), represent the first... Read more

4 November, 2011 by Steven Musil
Yahoo fires Bartz from CEO post

Yahoo fires Bartz from CEO post

...not turn Yahoo's fortunes around, and the company announced hundreds of layoffs at the end of 2010. In July, Bartz admitted that a reorganisation... Read more

7 September, 2011 by David Meyer

Nokia announces layoffs and Symbian outsourcing

The company will make thousands of workers redundant around the world, and Symbian software activities will be transferred to the consultancy Accenture Read more

27 April, 2011 by David Meyer

MySpace confirms job losses of 47 percent

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

12 January, 2011 by Caroline McCarthy

Digg to lay off 37 percent of staff

...more on this ZDNet-UK selected story, see Beleaguered Digg announces more layoffs on CNET News Read more

26 October, 2010 by Caroline McCarthy

Infrastructure company Arqiva plans 250 layoffs

The broadcast infrastructure company is to make 250 staff redundant as a result of a reorganisation and a 2008 merger with National Grid Wireless Read more

15 October, 2010 by David Meyer

Microsoft to cut jobs in fiscal reshuffle

...to ZDNet UK's sister site CNET News. As previously reported, the layoffs are not expected to be the start of mass cuts, but are... Read more

8 July, 2010 by Ina Fried

Nokia axes 4,000 jobs as work shifts to Asia

The handset maker is cutting down posts at factories in Hungary, Mexico and Finland as it shifts its device assembly work to Asia in an effort to speed up its product releases Read more

8 February, 2012 by Stephen Shankland

MySpace sold off in rumoured $35m deal

Six years after buying MySpace for $580m, News Corp sells the social network for a rumoured $35m to Specific Media and investors including pop star Justin Timberlake Read more

30 June, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

AOL cuts 900 jobs in US and India

Losses will be felt hardest in India with up to 700 jobs being lost or outsourced to third parties, while around 200 positions will be axed in the US Read more

11 March, 2011 by Ben Woods
Getting Back to Work: Everything You Need to Bounce Back and Get a Job After a <endeca_term>Layoff</endeca_term> by Linda Rolie 3.0.3

Getting Back to Work: Everything You Need to Bounce Back and Get a Job After a Layoff by Linda Rolie 3.0.3

...Everything You Need to Bounce Back and Get a Job After a Layoff Linda Rolie August 21, 2009 The layoff survival guide for today's... Read more

25 August, 2010
Ten most valuable certifications for IT pros

Ten most valuable certifications for IT pros

...tough. Management roles and responsibilities often get passed to technical staff when layoffs occur. But even in challenging economic times, IT departments require staff familiar... Read more

23 September, 2010 by Erik Eckel

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Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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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...

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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...

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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

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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

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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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