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		<title><![CDATA[Tech layoffs accelerate in first quarter]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=15818]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Layoffs in the technology sector accelerated in the first quarter to hit 84,217, the highest total since 2002, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, an outplacement outfit.Â     The layoff tally in the first quarter was up 27 percent from the 66,312 job cuts announced in the fourth...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:06:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tech workforce pinched by economy, feeling like 2003]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=10866]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[That economic doom-and-gloom has finally hit the tech sector and it looks like job cuts in the electronics, telecom and computer industries could be flirting with numbers they haven't seen in years.    According to Challenger, Gray and Christmas, a global outplacement firm that tracks daily job cut...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:56:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More optimistic views on the future of enterprise software]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Greenbaum/?p=186]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With SAPâ€™s decision to forgo its 2009 guidance a paradoxical beacon of truth in a falling market, I have decided to return from vacation a day early and get busy trying to gauge the market for enterprise software in the coming year. Itâ€™s not an easy task, needless to day,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:30:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Amid ugly job picture, tech related employment holds up]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9248]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. economy lost 62,000 jobs in June for the sixth straight month of employment losses with an unemployment rate of 5.5 percent, but underneath the technology sector is holding up well, according to Labor Department statistics.    What a difference a downturn makes.    Last...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:55:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. tech sector jobs show strong growth, but lack of engineers could hurt in future]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9196]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. continues to produce a growing number of high-paying tech jobs, with the top locations being New York City, Silicon Valley, and Seattle, according to AeA's Cybercities report. Nevertheless, the report also points to a labor problem that could threaten America's tech leadership. by Jason Hiner]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:25:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wall Street: Too much sway over the tech sector?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10532-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=47474&messageID=883819&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street: Too much sway over the tech sector?Yes butThis is a constant refrain. The short termism we see dominates the way tech companies behave.. It's dark side is what happens when companies get over awed eg i2. I'm glad so many of the newbies are not looking for exits...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:07:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PWC On Tech Sector Going Green: Efficiency, Ambivalence and Pretty Pictures]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/sustainability/?p=112]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[PwC is to be congratulated at the very least for the aesthetics of their latest report: Going Green: Sustainable Growth Strategies. This is a truly handsome report with pretty brown coloured text interspersed with striking images of wind turbines, sail boats, happy children, adults playing in autumn foliage and even...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:48:31 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can 'cubicle envy' help the Vista upgrade cycle?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4052]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[While Microsoft tries to convince enterprises to upgrade to Vista with presentations about total cost of ownership, the real trigger for an upgrade cycle may come from employees a few rungs below the CIO. Thats a major takeaway of a research note from Cowen & Co. examining the health of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:05:39 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The real reason why BlackBerry settled]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10537-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=18550&messageID=359820&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The real reason why BlackBerry settledAll your predictions SUCKEDRead all your so called predictions the last two weeks and they all amounted to,    zip, nada, nothing...It's time to declare warThese so called "patents" are a joke. Even the patent office agrees.But - the cost of running a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2006 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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