I just discovered this site that tracks all of the major layoffs in the tech industry and thought many people here might be interested in checking it out. It tracks the company, what country the layoffs are in, when it was reported, and a link to the news site that reported it.
http://www.techcrunch.com/layoffs /
Unisys: 1,300
Western Digital: 2,500
Sony: 8,000
AT&T Part 2: 2,001
AT&T Part 1: 9,999
Adobe Systems: 600
Sun Microsystems: 5,000
BT: 9,999
Motorola: 3,000
Xerox: 3,000
Dell: 8,900
The list goes on and on and on...