Sunday, April 26, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Introduce to the 7-Zip Software
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
IT Layoff List
| Company | Number | Computerworld coverage | Date announced | Details | Category | |
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| Novell | 100 | Novell confirms layoffs | 31-Jan-2009 | Novell spokesman Ian Bruce said the company laid off less than 100 out of 4,200 employees worldwide. The number of layoffs cited by Bruce is far smaller than the numbers bouncing around the Web. | Networking | |
| NEC | 20000 | NEC to lay off 20,000, close plants as losses widen | 30-Jan-2009 | NEC, one of Japan's biggest electrical and electronics companies, will lay off 9,500 staff in Japan, look to early retirement for a further 450 domestic staff and cut 9,000 workers overseas. The company didn't give details of where the layoffs will hit and which divisions will be closed but said it will pursue "substantial reform" at its chip-making subsidiary, NEC Electronics. | Hardware | |
| AOL | 700 | AOL to lay off 10% of staff | 28-Jan-2009 | Time Warner's underperforming AOL Internet unit will lay off 700 employees, about 10% of its staff, in response to the global economic downturn. Those employees who avoid the ax still face bad news: They will not get a merit pay increase this year, | Web | |
| SAP | 3000 | SAP to cut staff as full-year net income dips 2% | 28-Jan-2009 | SAP plans to reduce its global workforce to 48,500 from 51,500 by the end of this year, resulting in annual savings of €300 million to €350 million. | Software | |
| IBM | 4200 | Union: IBM layoffs now 4,200 -- may go higher | 27-Jan-2009 | IBM's not-so-secret layoffs may have reached 4,200, according to Alliance@IBM, which believes that thousands of other employees will be losing their jobs as well before the cuts end. | General (multiple categories) | |
| Sprint | 8000 | Sprint to lay off 8,000 by April | 26-Jan-2009 | Sprint's cuts will affect people at "all levels" of the company and reduce labor costs by $1.2B. The company employs 56,000. | Mobile/Telecom | |
| Microsoft | 5000 | Microsoft to cut 5,000 jobs as profits fall | 22-Jan-2009 | Microsoft said it plans to cut jobs in research and development, marketing, sales, finance, legal, human resources and IT over the next 18 months. | Software | |
| Ericsson | 5000 | Ericsson profit declines, plans to cut 5,000 jobs | 21-Jan-2009 | Following declining profits for its fourth quarter, Ericsson will lay off 5,000 employees, including about 1,000 in the Stockholm area. | Mobile/Telecom | |
| Intel | 5000 | Intel to shut four plants, lay off up to 6,000 | 21-Jan-2009 | Intel's changes will affect between 5,000 and 6,000 employees worldwide. Not all those will lose their jobs, as Intel plans to offer some positions at other facilities. | Hardware | |
| AMD | 1100 | AMD to cut 1,100 jobs and slash salaries across company | 19-Jan-2009 | AMD will lay off 900 at all levels of its product business, and cut another 200 positions through attrition and by divesting its handheld business. The cuts affect 9% of AMD's work force of 12,000, and come on top of hundreds of job cuts the company announced last year. | Hardware | |
| 100 | Google will lay off 100 recruiters, shift to fewer sites | 15-Jan-2009 | Google is also closing three engineering offices but seeks to relocate those workers. The company is still hiring, but at a reduced rate. | Web | ||
| Motorola | 4000 | Motorola announces 4,000 more layoffs | 14-Jan-2009 | Motorola plans to lay off another 4,000 employees, mostly from its Mobile Device business, in addition to 3,000 layoffs announced during last year's final quarter. About 3,000 of the jobs will be cut from the handset business, with the other 1,000 coming from corporate functions and other business units. | Mobile/Telecom | |
| SAP | 100 | See story | 14-Jan-2009 | SAP is cutting about 100 jobs in the U.S. and Canada, related to its "continuing integration [of] Business Objects." | Software | |
| Lenovo | 2500 | Lenovo to lay off 2,500 staff, cut management pay | 09-Jan-2009 | The layoffs, described as part of a "resource redeployment plan," represent 11% of Lenovo's global workforce. Lenovo will also cut the pay of managers by 30% to 50%, including bonuses | Hardware | |
| Oracle | 500 | Oracle layoffs not just ex-BEA workers, indicate slowdown | 08-Jan-2009 | The Wall Street Journal reported that Oracle laid off 500 employees in its North American sales and consulting divisions. | Software | |
| EMC | 2400 | EMC to lay off 2,400 | 07-Jan-2009 | The restructuring is aimed at streamlining costs in EMC's information infrastructure business and will not affect VMware. The 2,400 people represent about 7% of the information infrastructure business. | General (multiple categories) | |
| Borland | 130 | | 06-Jan-2009 | Borland will reduce its workforce by approximately 130 employees, or roughly 15% of its regular full-time staff. | Software | |
| Sun Microsystems | 5000 | Sun reorganizes, cuts up to 18% of workforce | 14-Nov-2008 | Sun Microsystems is laying off 15% to 18% of its employees as part of a restructuring plan aimed at saving $700 million to $800 million a year. The cuts will affect between 5,000 and 6,000 employees. | General (multiple categories) | |
| Nortel | 1300 | Nortel reports $3.4B loss, plans layoffs and internal overhaul | 10-Nov-2008 | The company also said it will eliminate its centralized development, sales, marketing and support organizations. | Networking | |
| Motorola | 3000 | Motorola to lay off 3,000 as part of $800M in cuts for '09 | 31-Oct-2008 | Company officials confirmed that $800 million in cuts planned for 2009 will require laying off about 3,000 workers, with a little more than two-thirds of those job cuts coming from the handset division. | Mobile/Telecom | |
| Symantec | Seeing tough times ahead, Symantec plans layoffs | 29-Oct-2008 | Symantec isn't saying exactly how many jobs it will cut, but CFO James Beer said that the company is looking to trim about 4.5% of the cost of its workforce. Symantec employs 17,800 people. | Software | ||
| Yahoo | 1500 | Yahoo to cut staff by at least 10%; Q3 earnings disappoint | 21-Oct-2008 | This Q4 announcement was Yahoo's second wave of layoffs in 2008; Yahoo let go 1,000 employees in February '08. Yahoo ended its third quarter with 15,200 employees. | Web | |
| EBay | 1000 | EBay buys payment firm for almost $1B, plans 1,000 layoffs | 06-Oct-2008 | Alongside its acquisitions, eBay said it will lay off 1,000 staffers and several hundred temporary workers. | Web | |
| Hewlett-Packard | 24600 | HP announces 24,600 layoffs in wake of EDS acquisition | 15-Sep-2008 | The cuts are part of a restructuring in the wake of its acquisition of EDS. The workforce reduction will be spread over three years and affect about 7.5% of the combined companies' workforce. | General (multiple categories) | |
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Offer from UTS
今天拿到正式的Master of Science in Computing Sciences (Research) 的Offer了, 这样接下来马上就要开始我的full-time Research Study了。人生总有所得所失,想好了就做下去!
28 Jan 2009
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Happy Tough Year 2009
Happy Tough 2009!
The boss made his speech in our company's Christmas party -- " ....2009 will be a tough year, the goal of 2009 is not earning profit , but saving your job" ,,,, silent all the ppl there.
Good Luck 2009 to all my friends!!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
中国留学30年:从精英到平民
| 中国留学30年:从精英到平民 |
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Semester Ended
Finally, this semester ended, no more exams ... no more assignments!!
Waiting for the new year 2009's coming~~
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Reached Auckland
Reached Auckland 20th Nov 2008, after one night's flight and transport, local time two hours earlier than Sydney. Now in the city, can see the Sky Tower through the window. ~~
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Fortress Besieged
Fortress Besieged is a classic of world literature, a masterpiece of parodic fiction that plays with Western literary traditions, philosophy and middle class Chinese society in the Republican era. The title is taken from an old French proverb, "Marriage is like a fortress besieged: those who are outside want to get in, and those who are inside want to get out". Set on the eve of the ferocious Sino-Japanese War, Fortress Besieged recounts the exuberant misadventures of the hapless hero Fang Hung-chien. This masterwork of world literature plays with Western traditions, picaresque humour, tragic-comedy, satire, Eastern philosophy and the mores of middle-class Chinese society to create its own unique feast of delights.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Exam Time
Today finished the presentation for the Research Project. Tomorrow will be the exam of Advanced Database. Afterwards, can celebrate!
12 Nov 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
关于北京
离开北京三年了,很多东西已经模糊起来
中关村 - 不知变成什么样子了,最后的印象还是中关村家乐福开业,海龙,中海?
五号线地铁 - 天天上下班看着它从挖洞,打基 到立桥墩,断断续续的桥面, 从夏天暴晒到寒冬积雪
鸟巢 - 完全陌生
交大 - 南门上的"北方"应该已改成了"北京"
五道口, 北航西门, 知春, 金五星~~
Saturday, November 08, 2008
李开复博士谈博士生的出路[转载]
由于是最早进入微软公司高管层的华人,又常常在高校亮相做巡回演讲,而且还在中国创办了"开复学生网",给中国学生解答"大到人生观,小到如何学好英语 "的各种问题,这使卡内基梅隆大学毕业的工科博士李开复,在中国高校学生中的名气不小。就博士生远潇的困惑,记者专访了李开复。
多问问自己为什么要去戴博士帽
"选择读博士就等于选择了在未来三五年,或者是更长的一段时间,你必须要成为孤独的人,要远离物质的花花世界,甚至要无数次承担失败或者不被学界认可的 痛苦"。这就注定了不是每个人都具备能成为博士的潜质。在李开复看来,当你犹豫自己是不是要去读个博士之前,一定要向自己问问这些问题:
首先,你是不是有创新的热情。因为要取得博士学位,最后就得看你在某一领域的研究有没有突破和创新。如果你是一个墨守成规,不太富有挑战精神的人,那么做创新研究可能就不太适合你。
其次,要问问自己愿意孤独地追求知识吗?看到同学发财、出名,会羡慕、甚至感到痛苦吗?如果你是个物质欲比较强、对挣钱还有兴趣的人,或许你该去读个MBA,或者找一份好工作,而不是去读博士。
在美国,一个博士生毕业后可能能拿到10万美元的年薪,而一个MBA毕业后或许能拿到15万美元,但拿到博士学位要花上5年时间,或者更长,但MBA只要两年的时间,MBA的投入产出比要高一些。
第三,你愿意花很多时间拼命工作,即便你知道你正在探究的问题有可能在短时间内无解。如果你是一个很在意失败的人,那么读博士可能会使你的人生变得灰暗。
李开复说,只有当你肯定自己读博士确实是为了享受做学问、超越前人的乐趣时,才有可能愉快地度过学习生涯。
李开复回忆,他自己念博士的时候虽然有奖学金,但日子也不富裕,有时候假期也得出去打打工,但每个人在自己不同的生活阶段就应该享受不同阶段的乐趣,学生时代就应该是物质清贫,学习而快乐着的。
毕业时,你应该成为你研究领域中世界第一的专家
跨入博士生的门槛后,李开复建议,要给自己设计一个3年的学习和科研计划。首先,需要彻底地了解在相关领域他人已有的工作和成绩,然后再提出自己的想法 和见解,脚踏实地工作。另外,还要不断跟踪这个领域的最新研究进展,把握好方向,避免重复性工作,把精力集中在最有价值的研究方向上。
李开复说,他至今还记得在他进入卡内基梅隆大学攻读计算机博士学位时,当时的系主任说的话:"当你拿到你的博士学位时,你应该成为你所从事的研究领域里世界第一的专家。"
这样的要求似乎对大多数刚刚起步的人来说都是高不可攀的,可李开复说,他本人正是确立了这样的目标,在经过五年寒窗、夜以继日的努力工作后,他所期待的结果就自然而然地出现了。
一个打算攻读博士学位的人,就应该给自己树立一个很高的目标。李开复想告诫博士生远潇:读博士不是一件轻松的事,切忌浮躁的情绪,而要一步一个脚印,扎 扎实实地工作。也不可受一些稍纵即逝的名利的诱惑,而要200%地投入。也许你会疲劳,会懊悔,会迷失方向,但是要记住,你所期待的成功和突破也正孕育其 中。
李开复回忆说,他在攻读博士学位时,每周工作7天,每天工作16个小时,大量的统计结果和分析报告几乎让人崩溃。他也曾不止一次地怀疑自己的所作所为是否真的能够成功,但终于有一天,在凌晨3时做出的一个结果让他感受到了成功的滋味。
"那种一切都很顺利,谁都可以得到的工作和结果,我相信研究价值一定不高。"李开复说,另外,一个人如果打算一辈子从事研究工作,那么从他在读博士学位 期间所形成的做事习惯、研究方法和思维方式,基本上就可以判断出他未来工作的轮廓。所以,你一定要做一个"有心人",充分利用在校的时间,为自己的将来打 好基础。
你找的导师,最好有"我不赞成你,但我一定支持你"的胸怀
"在学术界,人们普遍认为'名师出高徒'。可见导师在你的成长道路上作用是多么的大。"李开复建议说,在确定自己要开始读博士之后,应该主动去寻找自己 所研究的领域里最好的老师,甚至应该去求教于周围能找到的专家,看看大家对你想选择的导师有怎样的评价,更不要忘了常去求教"最博学的老师"――互联网。
李开复说,他还鼓励准博士生们直接发电子邮件去咨询一些世界公认的专家和教授。以他的经验,对于这样的邮件,他们中的大部分人都会很快给回复。
李开复听到过一些博士生抱怨说,在3年的学习生涯中没有得到导师充分的指导。他把自己听到的案例归纳出了几类准博士们要慎重选择的导师。
有一类导师,有很多的项目,学生跟着这样的老师,3年的工夫大概都在替老师打工赚钱。这样的导师暂且看到他长处的一面,可能增加了学生的动手能力,但博士找工作,招聘的企业看的还是你作为博士的突破和研究能力,而不是你做过多少项目。
李开复说,这类导师中,有一种最恶劣的是,看到一些能干的学生能为自己做点事,即便到了毕业的时间也不让学生毕业,还要让学生多打几年工。所以在选导师之前,一定要多方打听导师的人品如何。
还有一类导师也被李开复认为是要当心的,这类导师虽然很安心做研究,但他几乎两耳不闻窗外事,研究思路和方向都是很落伍的,而且他给你选定的方向有可能 早就被证明是过时的。李开复说,有的导师可能上了年纪,近年来也没有太多的研究成果,但这个老师人品不错,能允许和鼓励学生不同常规的想法,并且从方法论 上能指导学生,这样的导师应该是可以选择的。
李开复多次在各种演讲和文章中提到他当年读博士时的导师。他说,虽然读博士期间,他的导师确实没有教给他有关他专业的知识,但是他能给学生大方向的指导,而且能毫不吝啬地与学生分享他在学术上的经营和他在学术界的各种资源。
李开复说,博士生导师或许就是那种没有太多时间给你,也不会给你太多具体而细节的指导,但他却有"我不赞成你,但我一定支持你"的胸怀。
戴上博士帽不等于就能一步跨进挣钱多的地方
有了博士的头衔不一定就等于增加了你找工作的砝码。李开复说,从他在微软和GOOGLE公司的招聘经历和他所了解的一些著名跨国公司在华招聘的情况来看,大家招聘博士的范围都会巧合地限定在国内排行前十几名的大学中。
李开复解释,一般大公司、尤其是IT类的企业在挑选本科生或者硕士研究生时,尺度是比较松的,即便有的硕士没有太多学术上的造诣,但只要拿出做过的像样的项目,一般也是会被认可的,但对博士就不同了。
李开复说,他在招聘博士时会仔细阅读应聘者的博士论文,因为对博士的水平评判就全靠这篇论文了,博士论文如果没有新意,或者观点方法陈旧,即使应聘者有再多的实践能力,做过再多的项目,也得不到认可。
正因为一些大公司在招聘时反而对博士的水平更加挑剔,所以李开复说,千万不要以为戴上博士帽就能找到好工作。
做个快乐的人最重要
最近李开复写了一篇文章,提到在21世纪企业喜欢什么样的人,其中他认为很关键的要素是,应聘的人是不是一个热爱工作、积极乐观的人。
李开复希望告诉远潇,即便现在有很多不如意和困惑,但还是要努力让自己成为一个快乐、积极的人。他希望把台湾企业家张忠谋的一个故事告诉远潇。
张忠谋是台基电的董事长,一次朋友请他题词,他给朋友写下了"常想一二",朋友问他是什么意思。张忠谋说,"我们都说人生不如意之事十有八九,我要告诉你常想那剩下的一二比较如意的事情。"
张忠谋说,他从小就看了很多大人物的传记,发现了一个规律,凡是成功者都受苦受难,他们的生命几乎就是人生不如意事十有八九的真实写照。但是他发现这些 人之所以能够成功,就是因为他们保持了正面的思考,通过"常想一二",超越不愉快。苦难对他们来说反而成了生命中最好的养料,为他们未来的成功做了良好的 铺垫。
李开复说,其实在21世纪,还有很多其他的理由要做一个乐观向上的人,因为21世纪有一个更实时善变的环境,我们尝试的事情会碰到很多很多的失Friday, November 07, 2008
Sunday, November 02, 2008
准备去奥克兰
十天, 从奥克兰出发开车去威灵顿,Cover 新西兰北岛
Auckland 奥克兰 - City of Sails 帆之城, 新西兰最大城市
Wellington 威灵顿 - Capital of New Zealand
南半球第二站 - 这月下旬出发
Map of New Zealand
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