Microsoft to slash up to 5,000 jobs

May 5th, 2009 Microsoft moves forward on plan to lay off 5,000 SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it is pulling the trigger on thousands of the 5,000 job cuts it announced earlier this year.

March 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. plans to lay off about 5,000 US employees, with many of the jobs being transferred to India, a media report said Thursday.

April 13th, 2009 When Apple is considered, can Steve Jobs be far away? Well, despite having a life threatening hormone imbalance disease for which Mr. Jobs is to stay at home and not come to his office, it seems he has never lost touch.

July 22nd, 2009 Microsoft says Windows 7 is ready for PC companiesSEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. says Windows 7 is complete.

September 10th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - The Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, making his first public appearance since his return to work in June after six months' medical leave, has admitted of a liver transplant. Jobs admitted this on the sidelines of a press conference San Francisco, where he was announcing a new iPod nano.

January 14th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Apple's iconic founder and chief executive Steve Jobs said Wednesday that he was taking medical leave from the company, leaving Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook in charge. Jobs, who battled pancreatic cancer in 2004, announced the movie in an email to all Apple employees just a week after he blamed a hormonal imbalance for his gaunt appearance in recent months.

June 20th, 2009 Apple CEO Steve Jobs, at a glance NAME — Steven Paul Jobs. AGE — 54. Born Feb. 24, 1955. EDUCATION — Dropped out of Reed College in Portland, Ore., after one year.

January 11th, 2006 According to Steve Jobs keynote address at Macworld, 14 million iPods were sold in the holiday quarter (compared to 4.5 million a year earlier); 8 million videos sold through iTunes since October 12, when videos were first offered. Apple's retail stores also had their first billion-dollar quarter! Jobs introduced a super cool new accessory for the iPod.

January 5th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, who did not turn up to deliver the keynote address at the Mac World Expo 2009 Tuesday for the first time in 11 years, said he stayed away from the event due to ailing health caused by a 'hormone imbalance', but added that he would continue in the top job. In a letter to the 'Apple community' Tuesday, Jobs said his decision to stay away from the annual event had set off a 'flurry of rumours about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed'.

January 26th, 2009 Every one is equal in Microsoft or that is what they say while talking about professional ethics! Well professional ethics. Can you beat this? According to Yahoo News, Indian IT professionals working for Microsoft Corp in the US could be among those who lose jobs after it announced plans to sack 5,000 employees with the software giant indicating some of the affected would likely be non-Americans amid calls to first target foreigners working on H-1B visas Oh, Microsoft Corp.

April 3rd, 2009 Microsoft was supposed to come out with the well updated version of Microsoft office 2007, namely MS office 2007 sp2 by the middle of 2009 or later. But it seems that someone from China got a chance to use the beta version of it and has upgraded it through torrents.

June 29th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Apple CEO Steve Jobs has returned to the company he founded following a six month medical leave during which he had a liver transplant, the company said Monday. "He's currently at work a few days a week and working from home the remaining days," Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said in a statement.

July 13th, 2009 CIT Group, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft are big moversNEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE: CIT Group Inc., down 18 cents at $1.35 Despite indications of government support, shares of the troubled lender sank as talks with regulators on help raising capital continued. Goldman Sachs Group Inc., up $7.57 at $149.44 Analyst Meredith Whitney, famous for her pessimistic calls, upgraded the investment bank to a "buy" a day before its earnings release.

April 11th, 2009 Cuppertino (California, US), - Apple Incorporated CEO Steve Jobs remains closely involved in key aspects of running the company, even though he has been on three months medical leave. Jobs, who is suffering from pancreatic cancer, continues to work on the company's most important strategies and products from home.

December 29th, 2008 After Google and Yahoo, now its time for Microsoft it seems. Well to be very fair, you can not be immune to this recession.