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Adobe Air Announces 100 Million Downloads. Thanks Twitter

February 4, 2009

Today at Adobe MAX in Japan, Adobe announced that AIR has been installed over 100 million times. Also, as of December, Flash Player 10 was installed on 55% of computers worldwide. Flash Player 10 is breaking all previous adoption rate records for any Flash Player, and Adobe projects that it will have [...]

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Panasonic Sales Slump Spurs Layoffs And Shutdowns

February 4, 2009

Panasonic announced today that they’re expected to post their first loss in six years with a forecasted net loss of $4.3 Billion, by year end March 31st, 2009.
The companies already taking extreme measures to neutralize the losses. They’ll be cutting near 5% of their workforce (a wopping 15,000 jobs) and closing down 27 factories……eeeeesh.
Will the [...]

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AOL CEO’s Letter To Staff Regarding Layoffs

January 28, 2009

AOL CEO Randy Falco’s letter to the staff about laying off 10 percent of its workforce (around 700 people). Falco blames the economy flattening advertising revenue. Looks like pouring money into Platform A, AOL’s advertising network which launched September 2007, wasn’t a good idea. Here is the letter:

Dear AOL colleagues,
I’m writing to tell you about [...]

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Amazon Kindle 2 Coming February 9th

January 27, 2009

Amazon is expected to announce the new Kindle 2 @ their February 9th press conference. The event will be at the Morgan Library & Museum. It is described as being what the iPod Touch was to the original 1st gen iPod.

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Solar Sector To Bail Out Declining Chip Industry?

January 26, 2009

Heading into 2009, the global semiconductor industry will take a serious downturn in sales revenues. 2008 saw a decline of 4.4% from 2007, and analysts are predicting a 16% decline in 2009. Although layoffs and budget cuts will most likely occur, chip companies might just see the light again…..enter the aggressively growing solar industry.
iSuppli came [...]

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