British Gas owner cuts 850 jobs

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British defence company BAE to cut 1,000
jobs in air systems

British defence company BAE to cut 1,000
jobs in air systems 04/10/2004 08:54 AM
Canadian Press Apr 10 2004 1:19PM GMT

Apple cuts 148 jobs

Apple cuts 148 jobs 05/07/2004 09:07 AM
Apple Computer Inc. has confirmed that it will make 148 job cuts in its marketing and sales departments across Europe and America.

Co-op Insurance cuts 2,000 jobs

Co-op Insurance cuts 2,000 jobs 07/14/2004 10:03 AM
The Co-operative Insurance Society is to axe 2,500 jobs as it modernises the business, but says it will be creating 500 new customer service positions at the same time.

AOL Cuts Developer Jobs

AOL Cuts Developer Jobs 12/10/2003 06:37 PM
ISP lays off software engineers in its California offices, reducing costs in the face of an eroding dial-up base.

Shell cuts 2,800 technology jobs

Shell cuts 2,800 technology jobs 04/27/2004 06:43 PM
Troubled oil giant Shell says it will cut thousands of jobs over the next few years, but says they are unconnected to problems with how it accounted for its reserves.

Iomega backs away from DCT, cuts jobs

Iomega backs away from DCT, cuts jobs 09/24/2004 07:38 AM
Iomega Corp. will cut its workforce by 25 percent and end development of its DCT (Digital Capture Technology) product line in a restructuring aimed at cutting costs and returning to profitability, the company announced Thursday.

IBM Cuts 300 Jobs in Computer Systems
(AP)

IBM Cuts 300 Jobs in Computer Systems
(AP) 01/27/2004 02:57 PM
AP - IBM Corp. cut 300 jobs in its computer systems division Tuesday, about 2 percent of the unit's overall work force.

Maxtor Cuts 400 Jobs To Cut Costs

Maxtor Cuts 400 Jobs To Cut Costs 07/02/2004 07:43 PM
Disk-drive maker Maxtor Corp. said Thursday evening that the company would trim up to 500 positions worldwide in a bid to cut costs, part of a lowered earnings forecast.

HSBC cuts 3,500 office jobs

HSBC cuts 3,500 office jobs 06/17/2004 10:02 AM
The UK bank, which made a record profit of almost £7bn last year, is cutting up to 3,500 head office jobs in order to save money.

Kodak cuts 15,000 jobs worldwide

Kodak cuts 15,000 jobs worldwide 01/22/2004 06:35 AM
The US photography giant announces plans to slash up to 20% of its workforce in an effort to shore up future growth.

Briefly: Wavecom cuts jobs in U.S.,
France

Briefly: Wavecom cuts jobs in U.S.,
France 01/23/2004 04:13 PM
CNET Jan 23 2004 8:26PM GMT

Microsoft Cuts Jobs In Xbox Division

Microsoft Cuts Jobs In Xbox Division 08/20/2004 11:42 PM
Kirotv.com - Fri Aug 20, 05:06 pm GMT

Ingram Micro cuts jobs and costs

Ingram Micro cuts jobs and costs 04/11/2005 10:50 AM
Cutting $25m a year

SCO cuts jobs to reach product profit

SCO cuts jobs to reach product profit 05/04/2004 08:59 PM
The SCO Group laid off a "small" number of employees late last week as part of an effort to make its Unix products group profitable, the company says.

Ebookers cuts jobs as sales stream
online

Ebookers cuts jobs as sales stream
online 05/11/2004 11:56 AM
ZDNet UK May 11 2004 3:15PM GMT

Microsoft's Xbox division cuts games,
jobs

Microsoft's Xbox division cuts games,
jobs 08/20/2004 11:42 PM
Chron.com - Fri Aug 20, 07:50 pm GMT

chancellor announces 104,000 jobs cuts
in the civil services

chancellor announces 104,000 jobs cuts
in the civil services 07/13/2004 01:39 AM
Blimey! Brown's upped the cull to 104,000 civil servants

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Tech firm to add jobs in India amid U.S.
cuts

Tech firm to add jobs in India amid U.S.
cuts 09/17/2004 06:08 AM
Chicago Tribune Sep 17 2004 10:57AM GMT

SCO cuts jobs, cites effort to bolster
Unix business

SCO cuts jobs, cites effort to bolster
Unix business 05/05/2004 04:53 PM
The SCO Group Inc. said today that it has cut less than 10% of its 275-person workforce in an effort to push its Unix products group toward profitability.

SCO cuts jobs to reach product profit |
CNET News.com

SCO cuts jobs to reach product profit |
CNET News.com 05/06/2004 03:13 AM
SCO cuts jobs to reach product profit .. laid off a “small” number

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Shock as high-tech firm cuts 131 jobs in
transfer to US

Shock as high-tech firm cuts 131 jobs in
transfer to US 04/05/2005 04:12 AM
eircom net Apr 5 2005 8:54AM GMT

Chromos Molecular Systems' annual loss
grows to $7.8M from $5.8M, cuts 23 jobs

Chromos Molecular Systems' annual loss
grows to $7.8M from $5.8M, cuts 23 jobs 04/03/2005 05:45 AM
Canadian Press Apr 3 2005 9:13AM GMT

Epic Data cuts 15% of workforce, about
15 jobs, in cost-cutting effort

Epic Data cuts 15% of workforce, about
15 jobs, in cost-cutting effort 05/14/2004 06:04 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com May 14 2004 9:47PM GMT

Which move offshores more jobs:
Continuing open source development, or
non-U.S. Microsoft price cuts?

Which move offshores more jobs:
Continuing open source development, or
non-U.S. Microsoft price cuts? 03/06/2004 02:01 AM
Open source software usually free. Microsoft software is not. When Microsoft decides to drop the price of software sold to developing nations, but not the price charged to U.S. customers, Microsoft is effectively subsidizing economic development everywhere but here. Make...

Vanishing Jobs: Structural change in the
economy means many jobs are never going
to come back. 12/19

Vanishing Jobs: Structural change in the
economy means many jobs are never going
to come back. 12/19 12/20/2003 05:03 AM
It's been a long time since I heard anything positive about American programming jobs .. Those Good Paying Jobs Are Not Coming Back

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Steve Jobs to Preview Mac OS X ''Tiger''
at WWDCSteve Jobs to Kick Off Apple's W

Steve Jobs to Preview Mac OS X ''Tiger''
at WWDCSteve Jobs to Kick Off Apple's W 05/04/2004 03:21 PM
Steve Jobs to Kick Off Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2004 with Preview of Mac OS X "Tiger"

Dual Jobs Make Jobs Chron 200's CEO Of
Year

Dual Jobs Make Jobs Chron 200's CEO Of
Year 05/03/2004 12:28 PM
"What [Steve Jobs] has done is a unique accomplishment. Both companies... weren't just successful. They're helping to reshape some industries." By Benny Evangelista and Matthew Yi, San Francisco Chronicle (via MyAppleMenu)

British Library Launches British Library
Direct

British Library Launches British Library
Direct 06/05/2005 11:20 PM
The British Library has announced British Library Direct, which is a pay-as-you-go service that offers nine million articles from 20,000 international research journals. These articles go back five years, and...

I'm a home owner again...

I'm a home owner again... 03/06/2004 02:09 AM
[This is part of a series of posts on the home buying process I'm going thru. To see the full set, visit the house category archives.] I just got the call from my realtor. The keys, garage door openers, home, and the debt are all mine! Woohoo! Next up: Refrigerator delivery, carpet install, testing the phone/DSL service, and moving day....

PPC FAQ: Reader Owner

PPC FAQ: Reader Owner 02/15/2004 09:28 AM

dabs.com owner goes on TV

dabs.com owner goes on TV 07/26/2004 09:08 AM
Atherton broadcasts to the nation...

Woo-hoo! I'm an iPod owner!

Woo-hoo! I'm an iPod owner! 06/05/2005 11:33 PM
Sweet! Jen just got me an iPod shuffle! I won't go on about how small it is, etc., since it's...

Pixar vs. Apple, Jobs vs. Jobs

Pixar vs. Apple, Jobs vs. Jobs 08/05/2004 10:50 AM

Confessions of an iPod owner

Confessions of an iPod owner 01/04/2005 11:07 AM
So, I've been an iPodder for two weeks now. I have never before owned a portable music player - not a Walkman, not a CD player, nothing. The closest thing so far has been my laptop, to which I attach myself using an umbilical^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Haudio cable. And it's been fun. But with the iPod Mini, I can take my music now everywhere!

Or so one would think.

I have noticed some interesting... issues in this while iPod thing. Let me recount a few of them:

• First of all - this thing is damned inconvenient: The headphone wires get trapped in a multitude of latches and notches and creases and folds I didn't even know that my jacket has. In the end, I am crouching down to avoid the headphones from being ripped off my head while furiously trying to reel the wire out of my jacket. Perhaps I should live in California - portable players are definitely not designed for winter clothing.
• The volume is too loud or too soft. This is entirely a matter of ambient noise: when I'm walking on the street, the car noise drowns out any music - in the office the music is too loud for my ears. And yeah, I've heard of volume control. The thing just is that if I were to drown the street noises (75+ dB), with noise that's 20 dB more, I would almost certainly get permanent hearing loss. I'm sure Spinsteri can fill you in on the interesting details.
• (And I do have a pair of noise-canceling headphones. Unfortunately, they're so big that they really make problem 1 and 3 stand out - not to mention problem 4.)
• People look at me strangely when I'm jamming to a particularly good tune. I seem to be completely unable to listen to music as just "background noise". I'm currently typing this text to the exact rhythm of Schiller's Glück und Erfüllung...
• Loss of awareness. I've noticed I'm far less aware of my surroundings - and in the urban jungle, this is dangerous, potentially even fatal. For many years, I trained myself to notice everything - and now I'm deliberately muting down my only omnidirectional sense.
• Overall strangeness of standing in the slushy Helsinki, waiting for a tram, and having the image of Kylie Minogue's butt bouncing before my (mental) eyes as she sings inside my head the song Can't get you out of my head NO! I CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD! GO AWAY!
• The fact that even with automatic intelligence, song scoring, hand-crafted playlists - the damned thing still does not play exactly the music I want at that instant! Why is it playing Kate Bush if I want to listen to CMX?
• In my daily schedule, there are very few instances that I am not with my laptop or a TV or a CD player or any other source of music. In fact, the only times are while I'm on the street or shopping - and on those occasions it's too noisy to use it. So the only reason to have it is to listen to music while jogging (or going to the gym, which I have simply not managed to do ever since an unpleasant experience 14 years ago).
• 4GB is surprisingly plenty to keep all my music - and therefore I come to realize how single-sided and boring my music tastes really are...

I guess all this comes from the jarring realization (spawned by this brilliant Slashdot comment[1]) that I don't need a portable music player - never have, never will. Nobody needs a portable music player. Apple has understood this, and is extraordinarily expertly creating a cult of "want" around a small silvery box. The iPod is well-engineered, I grant you that, but so are many other MP3 players. It integrates really nicely into iTunes, and is very usable.

But an iPod is still a complete and utter vanity item. Apple has managed to do what every single brand maker in the world sees wet dreams about (aside from Kylie Mino

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Sox Owner: A-Rod Deal Shows Need for Cap
(AP)

Sox Owner: A-Rod Deal Shows Need for Cap
(AP) 02/18/2004 10:54 AM
AP - Red Sox owner John Henry now believes a salary cap could be good for baseball after watching the rival Yankees trade for Alex Rodriguez — a deal his own franchise could not complete.

Human Firewall gets new owner

Human Firewall gets new owner 06/25/2004 01:51 PM
After two financial backers pull support, a nonprofit security group takes over the security-prevention site.

Fla. Dog Owner Charged With Manslaughter

Fla. Dog Owner Charged With Manslaughter 12/31/2003 01:34 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 31 2003 0:44AM ET

"Dog eats dead owner"

"Dog eats dead owner" 06/07/2004 10:34 AM

Cat Found in SF Reunited With Fla. Owner
(AP)

Cat Found in SF Reunited With Fla. Owner
(AP) 04/28/2004 08:18 PM
AP - Cheyenne, a cat that went missing in Florida seven years ago and was recently found wandering streets, was reunited Wednesday with her owner, who was flown to San Francisco at Ellen DeGeneres' expense.
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