Lost your job? Don't look overseas
A tiny fraction of workers hit by mass layoffs earlier this year lost their jobs because of "offshoring," according to research released Thursday by the U.S. Department o...
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Vivendi axes game jobs
The video game arm of troubled media giant Vivendi Universal will lay off about 350 North American workers as part of a restructuring, the company announced Monday. Viven...
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Consulting group: Send more jobs offshore
Go offshore, industrial company.
That, in a nutshell, is the conclusion of a report released Tuesday by The Boston Consulting Group, the latest organization to weigh i...
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Drive maker Maxtor to ax hundreds of jobs
The rough times are continuing for hard-drive companies.
Following in the footsteps of rival Seagate Technology, Maxtor on Thursday announced job cuts amid worse-than...
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Report: Offshoring only one drain on tech jobs
"Offshoring" shouldn't shoulder all the blame for job losses in the technology-heavy San Francisco Bay Area, according to a study released Thursday.
The shift of work...
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In absentia, Jobs still towers over Macworld
BOSTON--Despite the fact that Apple Computer Chief Executive Steve Jobs chose not to attend the ongoing Macworld conference, the company's mercurial founder still managed...
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IBM expands job description for Linux exec
Jim Stallings, who has been general manager of corporate Linux at IBM, has taken over several other initiatives as well, IBM said Friday.
In a promotion that took ef...
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Former Polaroid exec takes top finance job at 3Com
A former financial executive from bankrupt Polaroid has officially taken over as chief financial officer and executive vice president at 3Com, the networking gear maker a...
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Jobs has surgery for cancer
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs underwent surgery this weekend to remove a cancerous tumor in his pancreas, but he told employees in an e-mail that the surgery was successf...
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IT workers happier about job market
Information technology workers' confidence in the job market--and in their ability to hold on to their jobs--rose again in August, a study found.
IT workers revealed l...
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Jobs offered to let Sony into iTunes, report says
To counter Microsoft's planned entry into the digital-music market, Apple Computer offered to sign a strategic agreement with Sony, according to a Sept. 2 report in Japan...
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EDS to cut up to 20,000 jobs over two years
Electronic Data Systems plans to cut 15,000 to 20,000 jobs during the next two years, as the struggling technology services giant tries to slash costs and regain its foot...
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Business software firms shed more jobs
Software companies Commerce One and Manugistics each announced on Friday plans to cut staff, the latest round of layoffs in a dismal business software market.
Commerce...
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Study: 400,000 IT jobs lost since 2001
The information technology industry lost 403,300 jobs from the start of the recession in March 2001 to April 2004, with nearly half of those jobs disappearing after the r...
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Fewer women in computer jobs these days
Women have lost ground when it comes to some geeky professions.
A study released Wednesday by the Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology found a decli...
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Tech services jobs increase
The U.S. economy added nearly 7,000 new jobs in the field of computer systems design and related services in September, a sign of continued momentum in the technology ser...
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U.S. tech job gain or drain?
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Go west, tech job hunter
The Golden State is generating the biggest share of new jobs in information technology, according to a study.
California accounted for nearly 28 percent of employment...
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Tech services jobs keep rising
Technology services jobs rose again in October, while the number of positions in computer and electronics manufacturing slipped further, the U.S. Department of Labor said...
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WSJ, CNBC honor Apple's Jobs
Fresh from rocking out with U2's Bono and The Edge, Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs received an award Thursday from The Wall Street Journal and CNBC. Jobs was honored as th...
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Techies getting on-the-job nontech training?
A school of thought says techies more than ever must develop soft skills. But it may be hard for many tech pros to get those skills on the job, according to a new report....
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Tech jobs to be replaced by new tech?
Tech workers take note: A steady stream of advances in data center technology could make your job obsolete over the next decade or so.
At least that was the message t...
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Map: Today's tech job hot spots
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Computer services jobs keep rising
More good tidings for computer services workers; more glum ones for those in hardware manufacturing.
That's the essence of the U.S. Department of Labor's report on t...
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Jobs gets OK to tear down historic house
Apple Computer and Pixar CEO Steve Jobs received the green light from local government officials Tuesday to demolish a historic building on his property in Woodside, Cali...
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Report: India to host 15 percent of U.S. tech jobs
Over the next six years, 15 percent of information technology jobs required by U.S. companies will be done in India, a new report predicts.
But while some U.S.-base...
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Tech jobs at your service
In the holiday month of December, Santa gave computer services professionals more shiny new jobs--but those in tech manufacturing got the equivalent of a lump of coal.
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Tech worker job confidence rebounds
While job confidence slipped across the United States last month, tech workers are feeling more upbeat about their employment prospects, according to a new survey.
Re...
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HP: We're not changing Fiorina's job
Hewlett-Packard denied on Monday that it is laying plans to redistribute some day-to-day responsibilities of Chief Executive Carly Fiorina, as had been indicated in earli...
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Oracle to cut 5,000 jobs in PeopleSoft merger
Oracle dropped the ax Friday, announcing plans to lay off 5,000 workers in its effort to squeeze costs out of its $10.3 billion software merger with PeopleSoft.
"Noti...
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