According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Dell plans to slash 16 percent of its 4,500 workforce in Malaysia, which breaks down to 700 pink slips by the end of June 2010. About the same time the job cuts were announced, several price mistakes began appearing on Dell's website. Coincidence? Perhaps, but as a modern day Spock would say, that s**t ain't logical (NSFW - language).

The pricing SNAFUs inevitably ended up on deal sites like SlickDeals.net, including a 3.2GHz dual-core Xeon 5060 processor for $10.99, Xeon E3110 for $16.99, Xeon E5450 for $39.99, and a Xeon L5340 for $12.99. We'd go with the Xeon 5060, or maybe one of each at those prices.

Not all of the pricing mistakes worked to the consumers advantage. For example, Dell's website listed a 120GB SATA HDD for a Dell Studio 1735 at $21,000, a laser mouse at $4,000, and an Inspiron AC adapter for $710. Not a big deal if you've ever shopped at an Apple Store.

So what do you think, an honest mistake (several of them), or scorned employees? Hit the jump and sound off!

Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, announced on Tuesday plans to cut 220 jobs at research and development units in Japan. The latest cuts represent continued efforts to reduce costs.

"Japanese manufacturers are important partners who play a critical role in Nokia's global supply chain strategy and with whom Nokia continues to develop its world-class logistics operations," the Finnish company said.

Trimming staff is nothing new for Nokia as of late. Last week, the mobile handset maker handed out 330 pink slips in Finland and Denmark at its R&D operations that globally employ 17,000 workers, Businessweek reports.

Nokia said its latest round of cuts won't affect Japanese operations of Nokia Siemens Networks, or Vertu, Nokia's higher-end handset line.