The week that was in the world of technology from Mark Evans and Kevin Restivo (that’s us, and here’s our Talking Tech podcast). There was lots to talk to about on the telecom front as Nortel unveiled plans to lay off another 2,900 employees to slash operating costs by $400-million a year, while Alcatel-Lucent (aka Lucatel or Alcent) said it plans to chop 12,500 positions in the wake of their union last year.

While the music industry tried to get its head around Steve Jobs’ Thoughts on Music marketing exercise (let’s turf DRM but Apple ain’t going to lead the charge), EMI mused publicly (or at least through the Wall Street Journal) about releasing all its music without DRM protection. What a novel idea to let consumers do what they want with the music they purchase!

Finally, Circuit City plans to close 62 The Source stores in Canada. If this doesn’t strike you as news, then you’re clearly not one of those geeks who wander into The Source (formerly known as Radio Shack) looking for a nine-pin adaptor to connect your clock radio to your PC…or something like that.