• Forrester: Tech spending downturn is over

  The worst is over for technology spending and the sector is set to rebound this year, according to a new report from Forrester Research.

• Coffins in the mail are a trick of the cybercrime trade

  There's never been a better time to get involved in cybercrime.

• Aussies kick back at home during downturn

  New research commissioned by Telstra’s BigPond arm shows that Australians are spending more time at home, using the Internet as a means of entertainment to tackle the economic downturn.

• Recruiter flags IT opportunities amid downturn

  New research by recruitment firm Randstad indicates that while the economy is in a downturn more than half of employers believe there remains a skills shortage that will lead to job opportunities.

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  Gartner adjusts 2009 IT spend downward again

  Gartner Tuesday released updated worldwide IT spending numbers that show the ongoing economic recession and declining revenues across all major segments of IT drove forecasts down 6% in 2009 to a total of US$3.2 trillion.

• Palm Pre, other smartphones will still sell despite recession

  Despite monthly costs of $70 or more for voice and data service on new smartphones such as the Palm Pre, consumers and business users have been lining up to buy the devices when they first go on sale as if the recession had never hit.

• A Microsoft layoff? It's had 8 (small) ones in 7 years

  In the past decade, Microsoft's steady, uninterrupted sales growth has been matched by only one thing: its steady hiring.

Whitepapers about economic downturn

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  EMC Guarantees 20% Capacity Advantage for its Unified Storage Systems

  Guarantees are often used by emerging vendors because they have to; when market leaders do so, it’s invariably because they want to. EMC now says that its customers will need 20% less raw unified storage capacity in NAS and/or SAN configurations than they’ll need from the competition. Read on.