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19Nov/080

The Tech Layoff Tracker

It's a scary time to be a tech right now as experts are comparing the tech industry bubbling bursting this year to the dot com burst earlier this decade. This tally shows the staggering number of 60,000 layoffs in the field of technology. The automotive industry went belly up and now computer technicians. While it's understandable given the times, what career is next to falter?

http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/10/the-wiredcom-te.html?cid=136135845

15Nov/080

Sun Micro Slashes Up to 6,000 Jobs

Sun Microsystems Inc., responding to a technology-spending slowdown and pressure from impatient investors, said it will cut 5,000 to 6,000 employees in the latest of a series of restructuring moves.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122666922420228145.html?mod=testMod

15Nov/080

Tech Sector Short-Circuits

A sudden slowdown has sent the tech industry into a slump so severe some are comparing it to the dot-com bust, the New York Times reports

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/15/technology/15tech.html?_r=2&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1226724838-eLfaJA7UVpZwgASzxsZgtg