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Tech Layoffs: AOL, Sprint, Electronic Arts

AOL, Sprint Nextel and Electronic Arts are the latest tech companies announcing layoffs in November, following RealNetworks and Microsoft.


Microsoft lays off startup pro Don Dodge

Microsoft's latest layoffs cut Don Dodge. A veteran of five startups himself, Dodge was the software giant's liaison to startups. In January, the company said it would eliminate 5,000 jobs this year and next.


Microhoo: We don't need no stinking deadline

The complexities of Yahoo! and Microsoft's' search and advertising pact causes the companies to delay signing.


Bartz focusing on Yahoo!, not Icahn

With Carl Icahn bidding adieu to Yahoo, CEO Carol Bartz will no longer have to quarrel with the outspoken activist investor.


More strong tech earnings expected this week

Better-than-expected earnings from Amazon.com, Google and Microsoft bode well for tech firms announcing results this week, including Vistaprint, Shutterfly and comSocre, say Jefferies analysts.


Microsoft 'trapped in their own psychosis?'

The New York Times is the latest to paint Microsoft as a tech dinosaur, "trapped in their own psychosis that the world has to revolve around Windows on the PC," as Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff puts it.


'No plans to acquire EA,' says Microsoft

Will Electronic Arts go from the hunter to the hunted? Hard to answer, but at least one far-fetched acquirer has emphatically taken itself out of the game, Microsoft.


Yahoo!, vision and relevance

TechCrunch crunches Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz for lacking vision.


Another downer for Paul Allen

DVR maker Digeo, which raised about $110 million, is sold for $20 million to Arris.


Qualcomm likely Zeebo lender

San Diego startup video game company Zeebo has received $6 million in debt and options, according to an SEC filing. Qualcomm Ventures is the likely lender.


Yahoo! enters purgatory

Yahoo!'s Bartz 'made a mistake' with her 'boatloads of cash' comment, and her company's shares paid for it.


John Doerr, Jeff Immelt on green tech 'crisis'

What do Amazon, eBay, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! have in common? They're the world's top five Internet companies, and they're American. But with green tech, the U.S. is falling behind, say John Doerr and Jeff Immelt.



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