Motorola said Friday it would cut 3,500 jobs worldwide in coming months after turning in a disappointing profit for the fourth quarter, despite a strong surge in sales of its mobile devices. Sales for the quarter that ended in December were $11.8 billion, an increase of 17 percent over the $10 billi...
A Michigan teenager who tricked her parents into getting her a passport and flew to the Middle East to meet someone she met through her MySpace.com page is back at home, with her misadventure stirring renewed debate about the safety of social networking sites that target a young audience. Katherine ...
IT certifications evoke expectations of both software and systems administration skillsets, but jokes abound about how little knowledge so-and-so with such-and-such a certificate has. One thing is clear: Although Microsoft Windows and Cisco certifications continue to be the biggest, the importance o...
The upcoming turning of the calendar to January of 2006 brings more than a new year. It also marks the start of what some say is the most sweeping demographics change to hit the American workforce since World War II. That's because during 2006, the first of the Baby Boomer generation will turn 60 ye...
Microsoft is launching an effort to add hundreds of new employees at existing facilities in India, a move that could more than double its head-count there. Reports from Indian media say Microsoft is ramping up hiring at the India Development Center (IDC) in Hyderabad and the Global Delivery Center ...
Less than six months after longtime CEO Carly Fiorina was forced to resign, employees at computer maker Hewlett-Packard are bracing for an even more abrupt change, with analysts saying as many as 25,000 layoffs could be announced when the computer maker unveils a restructuring plan early next week.
The federal government's IT force is aging, and this year will see half of those employees retire, reports say. Additionally, the public sector has retained many of its legacy systems at the same time as private-sector industries have walked through fire and burned through considerable funds to upgr...
The outsourcing and offshoring of business tasks rarely fails to generate controversy, with horror stories of company veterans training their overseas replacements and major projects that were farmed out only to flame out. However, if done properly, outsourcing -- whether in another state or in anot...
Battered Nortel Networks said it would lay off 3,500 workers and fire seven executives as part of its latest attempt to move beyond an epic accounting scandal and regain its market prominence. The layoffs, part of a US$400 million restructuring aimed at cutting costs to be more competitive, represen...
Consumer spending fell sharply in June as fuel prices continued to put a crimp in discretionary purchases and amid overall concern about the economy, the government reported today. The Commerce Department said consumer spending fell .7 percent in June, the largest single-month drop in three years an...
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