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Layoffs Laid Low in 2006
Planned job cuts totaled 839,822 jobs in 2006, 232,000 less than in 2005, according to a report released Jan. 4 by the New York-based Challenger, Gray and Christmas, a global outplacement consultancy. Overall, 2006 job cuts were 22 percent lower than in 2005, and for the first time since the year 2000, annual job cut…
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Toshiba Ships New Portable HDDs with Automated Backup
Mobile storage provider Toshiba Storage Device Division launched Jan. 4 a new line of 2.5-inch USB 2.0 portable external hard drives in 100GB, 120GB and 160GB capacities with automated backup capability. Toshiba’s new HDDs feature automatic power-on and save capabilities for backup of photo, video, music and data files and are aimed at users in…
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Intel to Announce Quad-Core Processors for Servers at CES
Amid all the consumer products that will be on display at the International CES expo, Intel is planning to offer something new for its enterprise customers as well. The Santa Clara, Calif. chip maker, in addition to rolling out its Core 2 Quad for consumer PCs, will also officially launch two additional quad-core Xeon processors…
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Study: Leading Retail Sites Slow to Adopt AJAX
According to a recent survey of more than 200 online retailers, less than 20 percent of them are using Asynchronous JavaScript and XML techniques to build out their sites, and only about 6 percent use advanced AJAX techniques. The survey, conducted by Brulant, an online systems solutions building and marketing company, during October and November…
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Multichannel E-Commerce Inefficiency Can No Longer Be Ignored
Few have argued that multichannel marketing isn’t attractive and most probably essential, and fewer still have questioned the maddening inefficiency of such a system. An upcoming report from the Retail Systems Alert Group predicts that those statements are about to collide as multichannel sales start to become quite significant. “Until now, consumers who shopped across…
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RIM Licenses Kodiak’s Push-to-Talk for BlackBerry
Kodiak Networks announced Jan. 4 that it has signed a global licensing agreement with Research In Motion to feature several mobile applications, including push-to-talk, on BlackBerry handsets. Under the agreement, RIM will integrate a Java version of the Kodiak handset client with BlackBerry devices. The companies will also work together on development and marketing efforts.…
