third quarter in news
UK consumers worth £14k each to cyber criminals
News A quarter of the 1,400 people surveyed said they knew someone who had revealed details to fraudsters following a phishing email - up from about eight per cent in 2007. A fifth of small UK businesses have been a victim of... [17 Nov 2008]
Microsoft web store kills off Windows Marketplace
News Online retailer Amazon.com issued a cautious note regarding holiday sales when it reported its third-quarter financial results last month, while eBay lowered its fourth-quarter forecast.... [17 Nov 2008]
Nokia lowers handset sales predictions
News In October, Nokia's third-quarter results showed a 30 per cent drop in profits, and the company subsequently announced it could be laying off hundreds of workers. Nokia has downgraded its outlook for the... [17 Nov 2008]
Mass layoffs as Sun cuts 15 per cent of staff
News The company said it should start seeing cost savings in the third quarter of the current fiscal year. Sun announced a seven per cent drop in fiscal first-quarter revenue last month,... [14 Nov 2008]
Smartphones prepare to conquer the web
News In fact, Apple's iPhone was named the most popular phone during the third quarter of 2008, surpassing sales of Motorola's Razr, according to the NPD Group. Mobile web usage is on the rise as more fully... [14 Nov 2008]
Virgin Media axes 2,200 jobs
News The company's third-quarter results, announced last week, showed a small drop in revenues and operating income. Virgin Media is to shed 2,200 jobs as part of the ongoing restructuring of various parts of... [11 Nov 2008]
Nortel to slash 1,300 jobs
News The company said it lost $3.4bn, or $6.85 per share, during the third quarter of 2008. Due to sharp losses in the third quarter, the company announced 1,300 job cuts as... [11 Nov 2008]
Beat bobbies need more cash for smartphones
News Seventy per cent of the 349 officers surveyed by the Scottish Police Federation said the PDAs they trialled had made them less efficient, while around a quarter said there was 'no change'. RIM has currently deployed... [10 Nov 2008]
Apple storms past RIM in smartphone race
News A total of 39.9 million smartphones were shipped during the third quarter of the year, a 28 per cent increase over last year's totals. Apple's blowout quarter for iPhone 3G sales lifted... [07 Nov 2008]
Orange notches up three million mobile data addicts
News Orange said data usage in the third quarter of the year has been "significant" - with traffic doubling since Q2. Analyst house Analysys recently predicted around a quarter of broadband... [04 Nov 2008]
Motorola to slash 3,000 jobs
News On Thursday, Motorola announced a third-quarter net loss of £245m along with a drop in handset shipments of around 32 per cent. Motorola has confirmed it is to lay off around 3,000 workers in the wake of... [04 Nov 2008]
Motorola delays split into two
News Motorola has reported losses for the third quarter. The split, which was announced earlier this year, was expected to take place during the third quarter of 2009. This... [31 Oct 2008]
IT contractors search for job security
News Just over a third (36 per cent) of contractors ranked criteria such as work/life balance, responsibility and employer brand as a top priority when choosing a contract in the third... [28 Oct 2008]
Google Android goes to Market with app store
News Apple sold an impressive 6.9 million iPhones in the third quarter, showing strong demand for a high-powered internet-connected device with a rich set of applications. Google said the site will be able to... [23 Oct 2008]
Yahoo! to slash 10 per cent of staff
News on Tuesday reported a 64 per cent drop in net income for the third quarter, issued cautions about a weakening advertising market, and confirmed that layoffs are indeed on the way. As we saw the online ad... [22 Oct 2008]
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