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Is Google building its own router?

Jon Oltsik — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:30:00 GMT

This may be nothing but blogosphere blah-blah-blah, but a colleague sent me a note Thursday stating that Juniper Networks' share price fell earlier this week because of a rumor that its customer Google is actually building its own router.

This Google news was attributed to multiple sources including at least ...

Notebooks of note at CES: HP, Asus

Brooke Crothers — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:10:00 GMT

LAS VEGAS--Some notebooks and an un-Netbook are worth noting on the CES show floor Thursday.

From top to bottom: An Asus concept computer; the just-announced Asus S121 (officially not a Netbook) with an optional 512GB solid-state drive--yes, that's 512 gigabytes; HP's new Pavilion dv2 and dv3 powered by ...

Stringer stresses convergence to save CE industry

Erica Ogg — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:27:00 GMT

LAS VEGAS--It was fitting that in a city created as an elaborate fantasy world that a knight would get up on stage and tell us how to save the princess.

Sony's Howard Stringer takes the stage at CES Thursday for a keynote address.

(Credit: Corinne Schulze/CNET Networks)

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Salesforce.com outage hits thousands of businesses

Tim Ferguson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:45:00 GMT

Thousands of businesses were left without access to their applications Tuesday after Salesforce.com's servers suffered a service disruption.

The problem affected all of the software-as-a-service vendor's data centers for at least 40 minutes.

According to a Salesforce.com status page, the problem occurred at 12:40 p....

Dell's Ireland plant to shed 1,900 jobs

Colin Barker — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:50:46 GMT

Dell announced Thursday that it is closing its manufacturing operation in Limerick, Ireland, and shifting production to its Polish plant and to third-party contractors.

Assembling a desktop PC at Dell's Limerick plant.

(Credit: Dell)

The move will result in the loss of 1,900 jobs in a facility ...

Tech layoffs: The scorecard

Rafe Needleman — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:50:00 GMT

With the overall economy slumping, the tech industry is taking its fair share of hits. We'll keep updating the chart below as news of company changes comes in. See our complete coverage of how the tech sector is faring here: Tracking the tech downturn.

Know of a layoff not listed here? Let us know on this form or e-mail us.

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Lenovo to cut 2,500 jobs amid restructuring

Vivian Yeo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:43:00 GMT

Chinese PC maker Lenovo confirmed Thursday that it is carrying out a restructuring, which involves the company letting go of 2,500 employees--about 11 percent of its workforce.

With the changes, the company is targeting to save $300 million annually, according to a Singapore-based company spokesperson.

The announcement comes after ...

Sony's Webbie cam follows Pure Digital bid

Erica Ogg — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:04:00 GMT

LAS VEGAS--Before making the new inexpensive mini camcorder it unveiled at CES Wednesday, Sony tried to purchase the category leader, Pure Digital.

Sony Electronics President Stan Glasgow on Wednesday told CNET News that the vastly popular Flip Video camera made by Pure Digital came onto Sony's radar almost two ...

OLPC slashes workforce in half, cuts salaries

Steven Musil — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:00:00 GMT

The XO laptop.

(Credit: OLPC)

The One Laptop Per Child project announced Wednesday that it is slashing its workforce by 50 percent, reducing salaries for the remaining staff, and restructuring its operations.

Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the group that aims to provide low-cost laptops to children in developing countries, announced

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EMC to cut 2,400 from workforce

Dawn Kawamoto — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:02:00 GMT

Storage giant EMC on Wednesday announced plans to cut 2,400 positions from its workforce, despite expectations of posting record fourth-quarter revenues.

The job cuts will represent 7 percent of the company's workforce, as part of a restructuring program that will also include consolidation of facilities and back office ...