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Flashback to the early 1990s, when cell phone usage is a rarity and this big tech vendor is in the process of laying off employees -- and that includes pink-slipping one sales employee over the phone.

Apple is a job creator but not as big as the one as it claims to be
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It's a decade ago, and this Linux sysadmin pilot fish has survived several rounds of layoffs before he finally gets the ax. But he's not worried -- he has a standing offer to come work for one of his old employer's customers.

With its new iPhone 4S lottery system in Hong Kong, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is trying to defeat Chinese scalpers. Now you can't just walk into the Central District and pick up the latest pomaceous shiny. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers take a number. Not to mention: The World Isn't Getting Any Better...

Y2k is fast approaching in this government mainframe data center, and this manager's reaction to her Y2k status report is a little extreme.

A new organization for developers is looking to create a name for itself by exhibiting at CES.

We're told by those in the know that Microsoft is in talks to buy Nokia, or at least buy its smartphone division. The well-sourced rumor has the two sides meeting in Las Vegas this week, to thrash out a deal. Let's dissect it and see if it has legs, in The Long View
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Now the BlackBerry PlayBook gets a 50%-ish price drop, to $300! It's the latest tablet fire-sale to burn away at unsold inventory. Also, the Research In Motion (TSE:RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM) board may strip Mike "the lizard" Lazaridis and Jim "ballsy" Balsillie of their co-chair titles. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers break out the popcorn.

Jonathan 'Jony' Ive is now a Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE). The award was announced in The Queen's new year's honours list. The British-born Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) design honcho is now Sir Jony. In the first IT Blogwatch of 2012, bloggers ponder Her Majesty's motives.

RIM rumored to rebuff acquisition approaches. Research In Motion (TSE:RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM) is said to have told Amazon, Microsoft, and Nokia to take a hike. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if this is the next death-march to watch. Not to mention: Microspeak: Offline (noun)...

"Singularity" theory holds that in the not-too-distant future technology surpasses human intelligence, and then progresses so fast that all bets are off. We're on the cusp of a singularity of sorts when it comes to business technology.

The president of Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Phone 7 division, Andy Lees, is no more. CEO Steve Ballmer just replaced him with an underling, Terry Myerson. Lees is to work on an unspecified special project. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers read between the lines. Not to mention: (sqrt(cos(x))*cos(400*x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.4)*(4-x*x)^0.1...

Among his other duties, this sysadmin pilot fish is responsible for managing backup of his division's Unix workstations, and one day he notes a lot of files with recognizable names and extensions -- and he has a pretty good idea what they are.

To achieve their ambitious growth objectives and fulfill relentlessly escalating client demands, managed service providers (MSPs) are aggressively virtualizing human capital. Key takeaway: Enterprise IT organizations face very similar challenges and opportunities, and would therefore do well to embrace this same strategy.