Recent Articles
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HP Says No Battery Recall Necessary
Hewlett-Packard has no plans for a battery recall, despite efforts by several of its competitors to replace millions of notebook PC battery packs. The Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant said that, following a review, it did not see reason to replace notebook battery packs containing lithium-ion cells manufactured by Sony that were shipped with some…
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Reva Announces Funding from SAP, Cisco
A relative startup company with a first round of funding in 2004, Reva Systems is capturing the attention of major partners. The result: better RFID data manageability and understanding at both the network and applications level. The company announced Oct. 3 that it has received investments from both Cisco Systems, and SAP Ventures, a division…
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100K+ Jobs Cut in September
Due to auto supplier and telecom cutbacks, U.S. job cuts surged in September, with the economy losing more than 100,000 jobs for the first time since January, according to a monthly job cut report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a New York-based global outplacement consultancy. Job cuts jumped 54 percent in September, according to the…
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Nokia Plans Bluetooth Alternative
Nokia is introducing a new short-range wireless data service designed to move beyond Bluetooth and enable wireless communications with devices that are smaller and use less power than today’s Bluetooth devices. The new technology, announced Oct. 3, is called Wibree, which the company says will support communications at a fraction of the power consumption of…
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Report: Ill-Prepared Workforce Looms
Young people entering the U.S. workforce lack critical skills essential for success, finds a survey released Oct. 2 by a consortium of business research organizations. The consortium, made up of The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and the Society for Human Resource Management, released a report filled…
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Novell Continues to Go for SCO’s Throat
On Sept. 25, IBM took its crack at ending its case with SCO by summary judgment. Now, it’s Novell’s turn, and the company appears to be attempting to cut off SCO’s lifeline to its cash reserves. On Sept. 29, Novell filed for “partial summary judgment as to its Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Claims for…
