Articles on Layoff
"Sims 3" ready for prime time - Jun 4, 2009
Crave 'The Sims 3' launches officially on June 2. Start saving simoleans, everyone: "The Sims 3" has finally launched. The latest full iteration of the famous "Sims" franchise--"The Sims" launched in ... Read story »Big layoffs at Yahoo Taiwan - Dec 10, 2008
Blogs Well, it's no HUGE shock (unless you work there) but Yahoo Taiwan is following its global big brother's demand for blood and is chucking out a bunch of staff today. Sources ... Read story »MSN gets new butterfly logo - Nov 5, 2009
Crave Along with redesigning the MSN home page, Microsoft also gave the site's butterfly logo a new look. Aiming to stay relevant, Microsoft is introducing a new look for its MSN.com ... Read story »Japan tops Robot Density List (why do I still have to vacuum?) - Jan 7, 2009
Blogs It's official. Japan has the most robots of them all, and rumor has it, all your base are belong to them. From IEEE Spectrum, here's the definitive bar graph that proves ... Read story »Filipina co-founder of b5media cited among most influential female bloggers, Part 2 - Jan 28, 2009
Blogs As I recounted last week, ironically, b5media co-founder Shai Coggins, found out that Fast Company had cited her as one of the most influential women in technology for the bloggers category a ... Read story »Report: Pioneer to exit TV business - Feb 9, 2009
Crave Pioneer will no longer manufacture televisions and plans to spin off its DVD player business into a joint venture with Sharp, according to a report in Japan's Nikkei newspaper. The company ... Read story »Rumor: HP shutting down Voodoo? - Sep 23, 2008
Crave A rumor is circulating that Hewlett-Packard is closing the gaming PC outfit it bought just two years ago. The report comes from a blog called Techgage, which cites an "insider close ... Read story »Philippines now experiencing layoffs--BPO industry still unfazed - Jan 29, 2009
Blogs It's been in the news for the past week... figures numbering in the thousands... that's how many people will be laid off from globally aligned companies and factories here in the ... Read story »Where will Microsoft cut? - Jan 21, 2009
Crave It's not just Steve Ballmer who is searching Microsoft to look for potential areas to cut. Now, reporters are getting in on the act. All of those free sodas add up. ... Read story »Microsoft closing the book on Encarta - Mar 31, 2009
Crave Microsoft has quietly confirmed that it is getting out of the encyclopedia business, ending its long-standing Encarta product. As noted by Ars Technica, the software maker says it will discontinue all ... Read story »MiTV restructures, drops UHF-over-IP platform - Nov 2, 2006
Blogs There is a follow-up to an earlier blog entry about MiTV Corp Bhd, Malaysia's second payTV. On October 31, MiTV management announced the layoff of about 200 employees, and that it ... Read story »Bloggers and journalists are not one - Jan 7, 2007
Blogs As a journalist, one of the most jarring news items for me last week was the decision of the Philadelphia Inquirer to lay off 68 to 71 newsroom employees, citing mounting ... Read story »Jump to page: [1]
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