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- News to know: Microsoft; Psystar; Mozilla; Storm; Office 2.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie ‘Morro' Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft kills off Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Office 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- SAP Trimming Head Count, "Can't Rule Out" Layoffs
- Since the world's economic crisis began in September, SAP AG has adopted a "we do not hire, we do not replace" employment policy. The early results are in. And when you exclude acquisitions (see Business Objects, January 2008), there is one area of the world where...
- Tags: Layoff, SAP AG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Workforce Management, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Human Resources, Business Operations, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan: With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, MLB, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, USB, CEO, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Zappos CEO: transparency helped employees during layoffs
- Just under two weeks ago Zappos.com, the online shoe retailer, very publicly laid off nearly 8 percent of its workforce. The truth is, the company didn't intend for everything to be so public. It just was, due to the social media darling's corporate culture of transparency. Is...
- Tags: Layoff, Employee, Twitter, Zappos.com, Public Relations, Workforce Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Human Resources, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Engineering, tech 'suddenly sexy' for college grads
- As the financial crisis deepens, science and math graduates of top colleges and universities who once flocked to investment banking are now looking to jobs in engineering and technology. Sexy science? Indeed. The article, which appears in BusinessWeek, details how the fall of the...
- Tags: Investment Banking, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Worsening economy could actually help Google
- Before the recent downturn of the economy, people wondered if Google would be affected negatively by such an incident. It was a valid question, since Google's revenue is almost entirely in the hands of companies advertising spend, and it's easy to speculate about what would happen to those budgets....
- Tags: Google Inc., Litigation, Business Operations, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Vudu takes HD lead; enough to stay alive?
- Vudu, the product and service that brings downloadable movies to TV sets, is chugging full-speed-ahead when it comes to adding HD titles to its on-demand video service. This week, there were reports that Vudu's catalog now has more than 1,100 HD titles, leading a pack that includes AppleTV and Xbox....
- Tags: Set-top Box, Set-top, TiVo Inc., Vudu, Tv & Home Theater, DVR, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- SIM's 2008 Survey: Organizations are looking to IT for help, not cuts
- On Monday, the Society for Information Management SIM released the results of its 2008 IT Trends Survey and it contained a generally upbeat forecast for IT in 2009, although the survey was conducted in June, before the global economic meltdown. In Orlando at its annual SIMposium conference,...
- Tags: SIM Card, IT Budget, Information Technology, Survey, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Is there a better way to be handed a pink slip?
- Is there a better way to be handed a pink slip?How about this:"I'm sorry that the collateral debt obligations that were securitised as part of our ongoing risk amelioration program have resulted in a capitalisation issue that affects our human resources capacity"I sort of like the way the Brits put...
- Tags: Human Resources, pink slip, layoff
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Is there a better way to be handed a pink slip?
- Sadly, we're talking about the other kind of pink slip.I know what you're probably thinking: What a ridiculous question. There is no gentle way to hand out pink slip. There is no way to be told that "your services are no longer needed" but "here is the number to our...
- Tags: Pink Slip, Layoff, Salary, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- NPD: iPhone top dog in declining consumer handset market
- Apple's iPhone 3G was the top selling handset in the third quarter, but consumers are generally curbing their gadget lust in a weak economy. According to research firm NPD, the iPhone 3G has topped Motrola's RAZR as the most purchased handset among consumers. NPD doesn't track corporate...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Handset, Apple iPhone 3G, NPD, Cellular Phones, Sales Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Samsung overtakes Motorola in U.S. mobile phone market
- Samsung has unseated Motorola from its throne as the leading mobile phone vendor in the U.S. In the third quarter, Samsung led with 22.4 percent of mobile phones in the U.S. while Motorola carried 21.1 percent, down from 32.7 percent a year ago. LG Electronics was in the third slot...
- Tags: Phone, Mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Handset, Cell Phone, Motorola Inc., Handset Division, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Software as a service: It should be the best of times, but it isn't
- Software as a service: It should be the best of times, but it isn'tVista apathyI reckon that people are so p****ed off with computing because of the hold of a certain monopoly delivering absolutely nothing of value for so long that it will take a couple of years before SaaS...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, software-as-a-service, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- Dell plots more cost cuts
- Dell is planning on additional cost cutting measures including forced time off. According to the Austin American-Statesman, CEO Michael Dell sent a memo outlining more cost cuts. The paper reports: Dell said the company will consider a range of options to reduce its costs, including a...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- News to know: Internet worm's 20th birthday; Windows 7; Apple patents; Ubuntu
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 to scale to 256 processors Add Windows Mobile 6.5 to the Microsoft roadmap John Carroll: Windows 7 - user interface...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Patent, Internet, Microsoft Windows 7, Internet Worm, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-31
- Motorola: Handset unit spin-off delayed; No Android 'til next Christmas; Layoffs on tap
- Motorola: Handset unit spin-off delayed; No Android 'til next Christmas; Layoffs on tapAndroid Next Christmas? Too late!Does it take that much time to have a new hand set design? Are there Android reference designs so Motorola can have a running start?
- Tags: Workforce management, unit spin-off, Motorola Inc., handset, layoff
- Discussion threads 2008-10-30
- Motorola: Handset unit spin-off delayed; No Android 'til next Christmas; Layoffs on tap
- Motorola's sick patient--its handset business--is too sick to spin off right now and it's unlikely that a big bet on Google's Android operating system is going to save it. Meanwhile, Motorola won't deliver Android smartphones until this time next year give or take a few days. The...
- Tags: Layoff, Handset, Motorola Inc., Handset Business, Sanjay Jha, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- Three important post-recession IT trends
- Three important post-recession IT trendsCompletely wrongGreen is expensive.Here's what will happen. during the recession: layoffs. After the recession: hiring.The main question is: how long the recession. That depends on which political party is in office come next year. Vote Obama, and you get to watch the Carter years happen all...
- Tags: Strategy, post-recession, important post-recession, IT trend, recession, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-10-29
- News to know: Microsoft's cloud Azure; Android exploit; Windows 7
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's Azure cloud platform: A guide for the perplexed Techmeme Why 'Azure'? Gallery: Microsoft takes wraps off Windows Azure Phil Wainewright:...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- Tech economy: Is the forecast glass half-empty or half-full?
- Talk about a doom-and-gloom outlook for the tech economy. Tech entrepreneur Jason Calacanis - founder of Silicon Alley Reporter, Weblogs, and Mahalo.com - has fired off a pretty glass-half-empty message to startups, via his e-mail subscription list. It's been about a week since Calacanis announced layoffs...
- Tags: Tech, Blog, Cell Phone Penetration, Tech Topic, Blogging, E-mail, Social Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
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