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Lotus faces threats on all fronts
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Motorola Asia: Layoffs but no plant closures
News Motorola Inc has confirmed that "some" of its 11,500 employees at its Asia Pacific semiconductor operations will be affected by the company's latest retrechment exercise.
Mission Critical Linux names new chief operating officer
News Mission Critical Linux has tapped into old-guard talent, hiring Robert Tumanic away from corporate-computing veteran Unisys to become the start-up's chief operating officer.
Sources confirm Apple laid off salespeople last week
News An Apple spokesman twice denied reports that the company laid off enterprise sales staff, but sources say that they lost their jobs last week.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Layoffs, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Sales, Cupertino, sales strategy, layoff, CEO, CNET Networks Inc.
Taking the dull out of Dell
News Dell Design Chief Ed Boyd is transforming those once-stodgy PCs with art and color. Can made-to-order laptops revitalize the computer maker?
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Product development and design, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Gartner Inc., Computer, Nike Inc., Laptop Computer, mini-notebook, Dell Computer Corp.
Dell: PC demand 'seems to have stabilized'
News Computer maker says its upcoming second-quarter earnings results will reflect better demand for its goods and slightly better revenue.
Tags: Personal Computers, CFO, Environment, CEO, Dell Computer Corp., Austin, Dell PC, PC, Personal Computers, competitive pricing
High-tech bank robbers phone it in
News Through a method called skimming, a digital copy of your debit card is made at a compromised ATM, and then the data is sent over SMS to awaiting criminals.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Hacking, Security, ATM, Card, phone, Washington, bank, U.S., Los Angeles
Dell CTO Kevin Kettler to step down
News The chief technology officer is retiring to spend more time with his many local activities, including a wine bar and TV venture.
Tags: Personal Computers, IT Management, HD-DVD, CTO, CEO, workstation, CNET Networks Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Austin, Blu-ray disc
Apple's Papermaster countersues IBM
News According to court documents, lawyers for Papermaster plan to claim that Big Blue's noncompete agreement is too broad and should not apply to a consumer electronics company.
Tags: Executive recruiting, Legal, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Apple iPod, technology company, InformationWeek, Apple iPhone, Texas, Austin
Dell upgrading Taiwan design site?
News A Taiwan news site has reported that Dell Computer seems to be beefing up its design center in Taiwan, and at the same time, scaling down the one in Texas.
Motorola may slice 13,000 jobs
News Motorola may cut 13,000 or more jobs, according to reports.
Security, privacy issues make Net users uneasy
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Motorola to cut up to 4,000 jobs
News Motorola disclosed plans Friday to cut as many as 4,000 jobs, or about 3 percent of its work force, from its semiconductor operations by the end of the year--its third round of employee cuts in 10 weeks.
Dell closing US plant as part of 8,800 layoffs
News Computer maker is closing its flagship factory in Austin, Texas, amid hard times.
Tags: Personal Computers, Layoffs
Dell faces class action lawsuit from workers
News The lawsuit claiming the computer company underpaid call center workers could draw as many as 5,000 plaintiffs now that it's been given class-action status in Oregon.
Tags: Legal, Lawsuits, Personal Computers, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Class Action, Worker, Tennessee, CNET Networks Inc., U.S.
