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- The candidates on tech
- Wired has the obligatory candidates-on-tech piece today. They look at five key tech issues – broadband, H1B, green tech, net neutrality and spectrum – although TechPresident notes the list is not comprehensive and conceivably is biased towards Obama. Here's the breakdown. Broadband. McCain: D....
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who's buying...
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- H-1B visas rife with fraud, worker mistreatment
- H-1B visas rife with fraud, worker mistreatmentWell, Duh.....Anyone working in the tech field can provide many examples of this activity. The financial services company where I work is almost completely outsourced to Indian vendor company workers, over here on H-1B's. Additionally, many of us here have trained the very people...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- H-1B visas rife with fraud, worker mistreatment
- Thirteen percent of petitions for H-1B visas filed on behalf of employers are fraudulent. That's the conclusion of a report by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, BusinessWeek reports. A key part of the fraud is loopholes that allow...
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidates
- Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidatesThis one gets me...[i]Will you seek to increase the H-1B cap so that employers can hire tech workers who are in low supply and high demand in the U.S.?[/i]Mr. Meltzer forgot a word [i]junior[/i], as in [i]junior tech workers[/i]. There is a shortage of...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidates
- Robert Meltzer, CEO of VisaNow offers this guest blog post on the questions we should be asking the candidates on the ever-contentious H1-B issue. Consistently throughout U.S. history, immigration has been a divisive topic. Cultural biases, misconceptions, racism and fear continue to influence both opponents and...
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Risking Another Frontline Disaster
- Risking Another Frontline DisasterNatural monopolySounds like a natural monopoly. Regulate it as such.RE: Risking Another Frontline DisasterSeems like another non-elected regulator and two elected pols are gaming the system for their "constituents" benefit, at the expense of "the people." Also seems like the WSJ believes everything must revolve around profit...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- Xerox CEO: Time for Washington's help
- She's been called the second most powerful woman in business. By now, she may be No. 1. In a wide-ranging discussion about technology, politics, and her company's plans, Xerox's CEO tells News.com's Charles Cooper that the tech industry hasn't found a particularly sympathetic ear in the nation's capital, especially when...
- Videos 2008-06-06
- News to know: Vista search; Android; Gmail
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 5: Faster, smarter search Phil Wainewright: Scaling the cloud, deflating the price of software Ed Burnette: 50 questions asked and answered on Android News.com: Google to let users test new...
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Google calls for hike in H-1B visas
- Google calls for hike in H-1B visasThey immigrate because their country sucksThere's plenty of ways to make money in their own country.The Internet is computers talking to computers.very wellHow about lobbying for changing the H1-B process this way:1.increase the application fee since they displace Americans that paid taxes and loans...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- Google calls for hike in H-1B visas
- Technology issues are never a big deal in presidential elections, as much as some people think they should be. One that Big Tech is trying to push, though is the H-1B visa situation. Bill Gates has been lobbying hard on the issue and now Google has signaled it's a big...
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Take your tech recession and stuff it
- Take your tech recession and stuff itBetter Solution to "H-1b Problem"Currently most H-1b workers are DOL level-one entry level and most of those earn well below $50k salary. In virtually no case are employers required to first recruit and consider qualified American applicants - new grads etc.SOLUTION: Reform H-1b to...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-23
- Attracting high-skilled immigrants
- Attracting high-skilled immigrantsfunnyWhen u say "We need to be prepared to be an active competitor in a global marketplace" about USA, it is more funny from Europe.I agreeBut I'm actually in favor of abolishing H1-B outright and instead making it easier to get a green card.CorrectionsYou wrote:H1-B visas are pegged...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- Google makes plea for H-1B visas, U.S. asks for Google software
- Google makes plea for H-1B visas, U.S. asks for Google softwarethe last I heard they hired a bunch of programmers with nothing to doand they also have a bunch that work on their personal projects eg Jeremy Allison.I'd suggest they utilize the programmers they have to work on stuff thats...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-06
- Google makes plea for H-1B visas, U.S. asks for Google software
- Speaking before a Congressional House Judiciary oversight subcommittee hearing on immigration, Google's Laszlo Bock, vice president of people operations, said that 8 percent of Google's workforce have H-1B visas, and come from 80 different countries. In the news.com story Bock is quoted as saying, "It is no stretch to...
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
- D5: Senator John McCain's league of extraordinary gentlemen
- D5: Senator John McCain's league of extraordinary gentlemenIndian IYou cannot discriminate in the hiring by race, creed, or NATIONALITY.Making nationality the sole consideration when deciding who can be hired into U.S. job is a case of rampant discrimination and prejudice.When Indian companies only consider h-1b candidates (and then only from...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-30
- Music, video phones may ride iPhone wave
- Music, video phones may ride iPhone waveMusic, video phones may ride iPhone waveI'll stick with my $100 phone that does most of what the iPhone will be doing. Email, texting, music, video, applications, web browsing, qwerty keyboard? Check! All this at 1/5th the price.DuhMonkey see, monkey do. ...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-18
- Microsoft gets into the game; buys aQuantive for $6 billion
- Microsoft gets into the game; buys aQuantive for $6 billionSo Microsoft Claimed $3.1 Billion Was Too MuchSo instead they plunk down over $6 billion for this company.Yeah, I can see the logic there.M$ is burning money fast!The faster it burns it's loot the better.Do I smellM$ INNOVATION at work?Shrewd move,...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-18
- Senators propose infinite H-1Bs for advanced degree holders
- Senators propose infinite H-1Bs for advanced degree holdersagain the congress sold us out!Everyting seems to be against the people that try to make a decent living.Importing cheap labor and exporting jobs overseas seems to be the the 'new trade' our elected officials have invented.I thought that a democratic congress could...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-15
- Lou Dobbs and illegal immigration
- This is a technology blog where Im supposed to discuss technology topics. On occasion, I dive into economic issues that relate to technology, such as antitrust, or more relevant in the case of this blog, outsourcing and skilled immigration through the H-1B visa program. Illegal immigration from Mexico and H-1B...
- Blog posts 2007-05-03
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