The Intel layoffs will affect between 2,000 and 3,000 people, but “those aren’t the kind of people who will be at risk of losing their jobs,” a spokesman said.
With the new political constellation in Washington, it’s unclear what, if anything, will happen to the program. But Les French, the director of the tech [...]
BARCELONA–Sony Ericsson has been hit hard by the global recession, but the company says it has a new strategy focused on services and entertainment that it hopes will get it back on track.
The recession hit Sony Ericsson particularly hard. For the fourth quarter of 2008, the company lost 187 million euros or about $248 million. [...]
The Super Bowl is Sunday, and undoubtedly many of you are gearing up for a big weekend filled with fun, excitement, and a Cardinals victory (yeah, I said it). Some of you might have a checklist filled with snacks and drinks you want to pick up before Sunday, but I’m here to tell you that [...]
“This video contains an audio track that has not been authorized by all copyright holders,” says a note from YouTube posted to a video with no sound. “The audio has been disabled.”
Turns out that the top recording companies aren’t responsible for silencing YouTube’s music videos.
YouTube had licensing deals in place with all four of [...]
This nod to Microsoft's Zune makes Firefox look good.
Setup requires you to browse for Google Chrome’s executable; a quick enough, but somewhat clunky step. (After opening the download file with Firefox, open the Add-Ons window from Firefox’s Tools menu and click the Options button for Agarwal’s extension. Then browse through your program folders and double-click [...]
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The company also announced that it is laying off 800 people, about 10 percent of its workforce.
Disk-drive maker Seagate Technology announced Monday that Chairman Stephen Luczo is now also serving as CEO and president of the company.
At the Consumer Electronics Show last week, it was still business as usual for Watkins. In an interview with CNET News, he spoke about, among other things, the role of hard-disk drives–like those made by Seagate–in small
In the meantime, however, IBM’s rail work has focused primarily on keeping the trains running on time. Its customers used a mix of IBM software and services to improve service and maintenance.
As a result, IBM considers government funding for high-speed rail is the equivalent of “seed money” for large projects, said Ken Donnelly, transportation strategy manager for IBM’s Maximo asset-management product. As problems over traffic congestion and pollution become more acute, IBM’s Di
