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Did Google Issue a Bear Call?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 16 hours ago (http://gigaom.com)
Category: other | Tags google, economy, recession, finances, schmidt, Search All Tags
Om Malik writes, "“We have to behave as though we don’t know what’s going to happen,” Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told the Wall Street Journal. It seems like a prudent move. But I see it as read more »
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Mandy writes cheque for UK tech bizOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 16 hours ago (http://go.theregister.com)
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"Lord Mandelson of Foy has announced a £30m fund to invest in small and medium UK technology firms." read more »
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Tight budgets favor low-end serversOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 21 hours ago (http://feeds.infoworld.com)
Category: servers | Tags budgets, low-end, servers, economy, recession, finances, sales, Search All Tags
"Server shipments grew in the third quarter this year, though server revenue declined as companies lowered spending to meet budgetary constraints, according to a study released by Gartner on Monday. read more »
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Palm to restructure yet again, may cut more jobsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 2 hours 36 minutes ago (http://www.betanews.com)
Category: communications | Tags palm, restructure, job cuts, economy, recession, finances, Search All Tags,
"In what could be its last hope at survival, after the markets closed Monday evening, Palm announced it would implement a program to reduce its costs by another 20%, on top of a program..." read more »
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Auf Wiedersehen to 700 FSC workersOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 3 hours ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: hardware | Tags fujitsu, siemens, computers, fsc, germany, layoffs, economy, Search All Tags
"Fujitsu Siemens Computers is firing 700 employees in Germany to increase its profitability in a move it says is not connected to Fujitsu's buying out of Siemens AG's..." read more »
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Server Revenues Down In Tough EconomyOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 3 hours ago (http://feeds.informationweek.com)
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The sales drop in expensive servers was particularly felt by vendors of RISC-Itanium Unix servers. read more »
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DeWolfe: 'Cautiously optimistic' about MySpace in recessionOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 4 hours ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: internet | Tags dewolfe, optimistic, myspace, recession, finances, economy, Search All Tags,
"MySpace Chief Executive Chris DeWolfe said that he's "cautiously optimistic" about ad revenue for the News Corp.-owned social network in the face of a recession, Reuters reported Monday." read more »
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Less bad news than anticipated for the semiconductor industry in 2008Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 4 hours ago (http://www.betanews.com)
Category: hardware | Tags semiconductor, industry, finances, revenue, economy, Search All Tags, ,
"What's being absorbed as bad news -- a 2.0% overall decline in revenue for the entire semiconductor industry for 2008 -- could actually be blamed on just a few players..." read more »
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