Tech Roundup: Some Hope Among Layoff News?

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The effects of job cuts announced last year at Freescale are starting to be felt locally. Documents filed with the Texas Workforce Commission indicate that the company plans to lay off 138 people at their Travis and Williamson county facilities in January 2009.
On the optimistic side, Midway Games has begun hiring for six positions in their Austin studio. In August, Midway laid off 90 people by canceling a project in production at their Austin facility.
The University of Texas builds the largest computer visualization system in the world: 272 square feel of display space, 307 million pixels.

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