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Change Business Strategy, Dell clap Top Officials

Strong competition in the computer business PLAYERS force the new strategy in order to improve still survive. As well as the number 2 manufacturer of the computer world, Dell will announce the change in the way they do business.

This change is a global sales of the region will be based in central. In addition, Dell also dismiss some of the high officials. All that is done related failure stalk Dell Hewlett Packard is the dominant manufacturer of computers as the world number 1.
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AMD increase number of the Sack Employees

San Francisco - News did not come from the sleek Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD). Manufacturers of computer processors increase the number of employees who will be the ax.

Originally, AMD is planning to sack 500 employees to save financial companies. But the plan changed a hurry with the increase in number to 100 more people. Total employees who will be the ax AMD is estimated to reach 600 people.

The plan they say will be made in January to come. If realized, as quoted from Reuters, Wednesday (31/12/2008), financial companies can save as much as U.S. $ 70 million.

Trimming employees is one of AMD efforts to reduce expenditure. In the third quarter 2008, AMD has been a loss of U.S. $ 67 million.

AMD also said that the government intends to ask for compensation developers origin Canadian graphics chipset, ATI, because no benefit after acquired ATI. AMD can not mengestimasi real amount of compensation that will be required, that compensation will be material.

Most online shopping at Christmas

More than five million people are expected to use online shop for Christmas, online retail trade group IMRG said.

IMRG estimates by more than £ 100 spent online, compared with £ 84m spent last year.

This figure is comparable to the purchase of four and a half million people during the Christmas prayers.

Many street shops including John Lewis and Marks and Spencer, have already begun sales on their sites.

Marks and Spencer will begin selling online for Christmas, saving up to 50% in most of its services.
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Apple : Anti-Virus for Mac

Apple Mac owners to use antivirus software.

In a note on its support site in late November, Apple said he wanted to “promote” people to use anti-virus security for the network.

The move is widely seen as a response to a growing trend among cyber-criminals, booby-trapped Web pages, you can catch Mac users.

Before now Mac users have been largely free of security problems in Microsoft Windows.
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French pirates to clean cutting

French plans to introduce conservation pirates of the network are closer to the law.

French Senate overwhelmingly voted in favor of the law, which aims at ensuring the ongoing piracy of music, movies and online games.

Those caught illegally sharing digital media alerts by e-mail, and they have to connect to the network.

The bill now goes for the French National Assembly for final approval.

The idea of combating piracy with the three strikes law for the first time floated in November 2007, when French President Nicolas Sarkozy called it “a decisive moment for the future of civilized Internet”.

Under the plan, the network companies, such as security guards to keep their eyes to some decline in piracy.
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