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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