IBM expands SaaS ecosystem
New ISV partnership and university partnerships to enhance IBM’s product initiatives
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NEC to lay off 20,000 as economy bites
Company did not announce details of where layoffs will hit
Sony sees Q3 sales drop, but reports a small profit
Gain from foreign exchange helped company keep its head above water
Intel to detail eight-core Xeon processor
Processor to be manufactured with a 45-nanometer process
Dell to take $280 million charge against Q4 earnings
Pre-tax charge related to workforce reductions and stock-based compensation
Fujitsu to end hard-disk head production
Company will exit the head business at the end of March
Despite layoffs, Moto to support Windows Mobile
Company will still support operating system in the midst of its thousands of layoffs
Report: Toshiba to postpone flash-chip plant construction
One-year delay is a result of poor global economic conditions and low prices for flash chips
Microsoft extends Windows 7 beta download deadline
Extension suggests fewer than 2.5 million copies of the beta have been downloaded so far
Samsung plans new netbook, smart phones
A new model and additional smart phones set for release in the coming months
AMD working on extra-low-power chip for its Shanghai line
Chip planned for release in the second quarter of this year
Google Q4 earnings plummet, revenue up 18 per cent
CEO Eric Schmidt expressed optimism that Google will be able to weather the global economic recession
Samsung records Q4 loss, annual profit slumps
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics recorded a rare quarterly net loss for the last three months of 2008
AMD reports 33 per cent drop in Q4 revenue
The chipmaker is expecting even lower revenue in the next quarter, with shipment down in all segments
Sophos may lay off up to five per cent of staff
Jobs to be cut in the company’s sales and marketing departments