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HP to launch 'independent' probe into Hurd resignation

...that claimed HP wasted corporate assets on an "unreasonable and grossly excessive severance award upon his resignation". HP awarded Hurd a compensation package valued at... Read more

20 January, 2011 by Steven Musil

Yahoo names PayPal's Scott Thompson as CEO

...board "doofuses" afterward but also took home about $10m (£6.4m) in severance pay.For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Yahoo names... Read more

4 January, 2012 by Stephen Shankland

Adobe moves away from Flash for mobiles

Adobe will focus its mobile developments on HTML5 rather than Flash in the future, as the open standard-based media technology is more widely supported across a range of mobile devices Read more

9 November, 2011 by Ben Woods

Meg Whitman confirmed as boss of HP

...as being given generous bonuses, he will leave with a $7 million severance payment plus $18 million worth of HP stock. In a news release... Read more

23 September, 2011

BlackBerry maker RIM axes 2,000 jobs

...to local laws and regulations," RIM said. "All impacted employees will receive severance packages and outplacement support." The workforce reduction is believed to be a... Read more

25 July, 2011 by Ben Woods

CIO tips on how to survive losing your budget

...its headcount and wage bill through a mixture of natural turnover, voluntary severance deals and retirement. "We are having to let people go. It puts... Read more

1 June, 2011 by Nick Heath

Egyptian government orders mobile shutdown

...cut off. "The Egyptian authorities have cut off mobile networks, following the severance of internet connections, in a clear attempt to deter further mobilisation and... Read more

28 January, 2011

Yahoo confirms worldwide redundancies

...contributions made by the employees affected by this reduction. We are offering severance packages and outplacement services to these employees." AllThingsD reported on Monday that... Read more

15 December, 2010 by Caroline McCarthy

HP board faces lawsuit over Hurd resignation

...the board asked for Hurd's resignation, and Hurd agreed to a severance package worth approximately $28m (£18m). For more on this ZDNet UK-selected... Read more

13 August, 2010 by Erica Ogg

Oracle planning more Sun-related job cuts

...notified on 28 May. The costs, which will entail $550m-$650m in severance pay, will be incurred by the end of 2011. The workforce reductions... Read more

7 June, 2010 by David Meyer
StopARGasTax 1.0

StopARGasTax 1.0

Have you seen someone collecting petition signatures to increase the Arkansas gas severance tax? It would cost Arkansas $250 million in new taxes and devastate... Read more

10 April, 2012
Employment Law Cloud 1.0.4

Employment Law Cloud 1.0.4

...Interactive calculators provide the unique facility to calculate and email redundancy/maternity/severance pay details from remote locations. Detailed and interactive checklists allow any manager... Read more

22 February, 2012
2012 New York Civil Practice Law & Rules (NY Laws) 1.4

2012 New York Civil Practice Law & Rules (NY Laws) 1.4

...SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS Article 5 - VENUE Article 6 - JOINDER OF CLAIMS, CONSOLIDATION AND SEVERANCE Article 9 - CLASS ACTIONS Article 10 - PARTIES GENERALLY Article 11 - POOR PERSONS... Read more

28 January, 2012
BulleTrain .45 1.07

BulleTrain .45 1.07

...tough hombre who refuses to give into the man and accept his severance package. Miles Stone was the owner of a small shipping company on... Read more

21 July, 2011
BulleTrain .22 1.06

BulleTrain .22 1.06

...tough hombre who refuses to give into the man and accept his severance package. Miles Stone was the owner of a small shipping company on... Read more

20 March, 2011

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Lonnie

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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...... 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...

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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...

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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...

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Jack Schofield

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

18 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...

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

22 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...

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

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

23 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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