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AMD is implementing a massive “restructuring plan” in an effort to improve its competitive positioning.


”Reducing our cost structure and focusing our global workforce on key growth opportunities will strengthen [our] competitiveness and allow us to aggressively pursue a balanced set of strategic activities designed to accelerate future growth,” explained newly appointed AMD CEO Rory Read.



”The actions we are taking are designed to improve our ability to consistently address the needs of our global customer base and stake leadership positions in lower power, emerging markets and the cloud.”


Unfortunately, restructuring is a sterile euphemism for layoffs, with the company terminating approximately 10% (1,400) of its  workforce.

A list compiled by Icrontic confirms the following employees have been let go: Director of the Products Group, senior engineer Carrell Killebrew; PR Manager Antal Tungler; PR Rep Bernard Fernandes; FirePro Product Marketing Managers Robert Miller and Lidia Gentilucci; Corporate VP of Strategy and Fellow Patrick Moorhead; Margaret Franco, VP of Marketing; and John Volkmann, Corporate Marketing Fellow.



According to Charlie Demerjian of SemiAccurate, the layoffs are likely to have a negative impact on AMD.

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With a name that will immediately disappear to the bottom every Google search, the Im Watch is a Smart Watch that looks like somebody shrank a cellphone and put it on their wrist. In fact, it looks more like the current, impossible-to-use iPod Nano in a wrist-strap case, and has the touch-screen to match.

The Im tethers itself to your phone via Bluetooth, from where it draws its lifeblood. Caller ID, speakerphone (calling Dick Tracy!) and music are all streamed from the phone, and controlled on the curved 1.5-inch, 240 x 240 TFT screen.

Inside, the watch runs a modded version of Android 1.6 and comes with 64MB RAM and 4GB storage.

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Swiftech today announced the release for retail sales of the H2O-x20 Edge ‘HD’ series liquid cooling kits that use their new flagship CPU waterblock the Apogee HD and the patent pending MCRx20 Drive (Rev3) series of PC radiators. The H2O-x20 Edge HD kits are shipping now to Swiftech dealers worldwide. The Swiftech H20-x20 Edge HD Kits range in price from $229.95 for the dual 120mm radiator model to $269.95 if you wanted the larger triple 120mm radiator.

“This new generation offers an ease of installation which is very close to that of other all-in-one kits, but it does it without sacrificing performance and functionality: users can take full advantage of the power of liquid cooling i.e. l

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Earlier today, we wrote that Microsoft’s Steven Toulouse cleared early recipients of Modern Warfare 3 to play online without risking a ban from Xbox Live. But that decision has now been overturned.

Activision has stepped in and expressed its disapproval of early play. Toulouse wrote in a shorthand-filled tweet, “MW3 pre-release play not authorized.” He asked for players’ patience and concluded, “Playing early may impact your account!”

The statement makes two points at once. First and foremost, you’re not guaranteed a ban will be imposed for playing early, but it sounds like Activision has reserved the right to do so. Secondly, Acti

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