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Open Source Commandments II: Passover Penguins: Open Source Commandments II: Passover Penguins"Thou shalt not hate or mistreat the foreigner among you, . . ."Thou shalt not hate or mistreat the foreigner among you, for you yourselves were foreigners in a strange land." (With profound apologies to the King James translators ...)Enough with trashing Windows and...; Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Open Source Commandments II, Passover Penguins, foreigner, open source; Discussion threads 2008-04-18
(Images: High-speed hopes for the hypersonic A2): (Images: High-speed hopes for the hypersonic A2)Emergency landing...I bet it needs an extra long runway so where will it land in an emergency ???RE: (Images: High-speed hopes for the hypersonic A2)The concord failed why will this be profitable?RE: (Images: High-speed hopes for the hypersonic A2)Cool concept, hard to imagine foreigners...; Tags: Aerospace & Defense, Best Cars, aviation, foreigner, aircraft, Cool Concept, Airbus; Discussion threads 2008-02-06
Less to Raymond letter than meets the eye, or more?: Less to Raymond letter than meets the eye, or more?Foreigners?[i]But on a philosophical level it represents a disturbing turn. Foreigners are taking our software market by making better use of our ideas than we are willing to.[/i]You mean like Linus Torvalds, Alan Cox, Miguel de Icaza, Andrew Tridgell, etc?Great article.Hi,But...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, foreigner, OSS, software, Linux, Linus; Discussion threads 2007-02-23
States to test ID chips on foreign visitors: States to test ID chips on foreign visitorsWell this will help the legal peoplehttp://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/news/nation/10735496.htmThe chip with the identifying information would be placed in a document, such as the State Department-issued border crossing cards for those who regularly make short trips across the Mexican border.The chip is attached to an antenna...; Tags: Government, Network technology, Semiconductors, Benefits, chip, foreign visitor, foreigner; Discussion threads 2005-01-26
Indiana nixes offshore deal to protect jobs: Indiana nixes offshore deal to protect jobsParadox"TCS America, a subsidiary of India's top-ranking software and services company, Tata Consultancy Services, was selected to upgrade unemployment insurance computer system of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development earlier this year."They were adding new people to pool of unemployed so their upgraded system...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., job, American company, tech worker, foreigner, offshoring; Discussion threads 2003-11-26

India's Ministry of Home Affairs Improves Policing of Remote Areas: The Immigration Section of the Andamn and Nicobar Islands Police Department authorizes, monitors, and reports on visits to the islands by foreign travelers via Port Blair. They wanted to overcome problems associated with the slow transfer of information from the Ministry of Home Affairs to the remote Andaman and Nicobar...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Foreigner, Monitors & Displays, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Components, Software, Data Management; Case studies

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Tech seeing red over green-card proposal: Tech seeing red over green-card proposalwar on American tech workers and war on terrorThe issue not addressed in this article is terrorism. A computer virus can do more harm to the USA than several suicide bombers. If the USA is going to continue warring on terror then it can not...; Tags: Homeland security, non-us citizen, non-US, worker, industry; Discussion threads 2007-06-06
Net taxes could arrive by this fall: Net taxes could arrive by this fallCandy Bar LegislationWow. First they came out with the telegraph, and it got taxed. Then they came out with the telephone, and it is taxed too. So along comes the internet, and WHAM! Guess what?! TAX! I read the link to the candy bar...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Dial-up, Internet, tax, cable; Discussion threads 2007-05-24
Outsourcing expert Ron Hira on H-1B reform bill's impact: Outsourcing expert Ron Hira on H-1B reform bill's impact70% of the 65,000 h-1b visas are taken by foreign IT offshoring firmsWe don't need to raise the cap, we need to stop the abuse of foreign IT offshoring companies. Foreign IT offshoring companies are using 70% or more of the...; Tags: H-1B worker, Ron Hira, outsourcing, H-1B program, U.S. Department of Labor, H-1B, worker, U.S. Citizen; Discussion threads 2007-04-05
Senate bill gives Americans preference for tech jobs: Senate bill gives Americans preference for tech jobsNot a bad proposal.Especially this:They would be required to pledge that they made a "good faith" effort to hire an American before taking on an H-1B worker and that the foreigner was not displacing a prospective U.S. worker. Employers would also have to...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, ROI/TCO, job, H-1B, H1B, worker, salary, U.S. Senate; Discussion threads 2007-04-03
Gold English Dictionary (exe): The English Dictionary Gold for Windows Mobile smartphones was designed to cover the needs of any foreigner and probably most native English speakers in their everyday communication with the world. Whether professional on the job or a language student on the go you should find this dictionary a handy and...; Tags: Mobile, Industry Standard, Dictionary, English Dictionary Gold Lexicon, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing; Software downloads 2007-02-15
Cisco/Apple: The dog that did not bark in the night: Cisco/Apple: The dog that did not bark in the nightNo conflict - change name - iMOBILEtoo many grey areas in this case - long legal battle - a company from Canada already using iPHONE - just change the name already - go mobile with iMOBILE (but maybe it's not available)Keep...; Tags: Apple Inc., slogan, Apple iPhone, Salem, iPhone Trademark, Cisco Systems Inc., PepsiCo; Discussion threads 2007-01-16
Let's have fun with old songs about phones- do they still hold up in 2006?: Earlier today as I was thinking about Thanksgiving Day phone calls I might make later on, my thoughts turned to telephone songs. Songs about making phone calls, about not completing phone calls, calls about what was said during these calls.Then the thought hit me: would the lyrics of these...; Tags: telephone, General; Blog posts 2006-11-23
Linguistic balkanization and the Internet: Linguistic balkanization and the InternetWriter Happens to be Rather Under-informedContrary to the writer's assertions, native Hangul-character domain names have long been available to Koreans. Even such websites as "Google" can be typed in Korean, for instance, and the user will be taken to the appropriate Google page (likely to...; Tags: Domain names, domain name, Tabasco, Google Inc., Internet; Discussion threads 2006-11-01
Does your PC have a good rep? To send e-mail, it better: Does your PC have a good rep? To send e-mail, it betterThat would be a resounding YES!Gee that was hard. ]:)Look!this scam is going around AGAIN! "[B]FROM MR JOHN WILLIAMBILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGERBANK OF AFRICABOAOUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.DEAR FRIEND,I AM THE MANAGER OF BILL AND EXCHANGE AT THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT...; Tags: Kin, bank, e-mail, PC; Discussion threads 2006-07-25
Korea says Microsoft injunction request rejected: Korea says Microsoft injunction request rejectedHelp Linux?And just how does this help Linux? All it means is that if Microsoft loses the court case, which if you read the article hasn't make a ruling yet, that they will have to remove the media player and IM. So far every place...; Tags: Linux, Construction, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Digital music, Shelendrea, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-07-05
Some H-1B workers underpaid, federal auditors say: Some H-1B workers underpaid, federal auditors sayGet Rid Of ItHey,Maybe they should just get rid of the program and pay Americans.There'd be plenty of US workers availableif US companies would quit firing and laying them off. Why is there are places where you couldn't buy yourself an IT job,...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Microsoft Corp., H-1B, H1B, worker, H-1B worker; Discussion threads 2006-06-23
Is NSA eavesdropping legal? Judge may decide: Is NSA eavesdropping legal? Judge may decideThe ACLU at it againThe Al Qaeda Compromised Legal Union is at it again. They will anything necessary to make sure Al Qaeda has the easiest time possible when it comes to planning and executing actions against the United States.Of course some the...; Tags: NSA, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, phone, government; Discussion threads 2006-06-12
Apple hangs up on India call center: Apple hangs up on India call centerWhile I sympathize with the employees, but I love decision.Apple has consistently held the #1 spot for customer support for as long as I can remember. It sucks that a lot of people lost their jobs (though, they will be getting a severence...; Tags: Call centers, Customer relationship management (CRM), Workforce management, call-center, service contract, Apple Inc., Dell Computer Corp., job; Discussion threads 2006-06-05
Mexico wants your software work: Mexico wants your software workReally, no difference, one world, one people, we are all borthers.No jobs are lost. The Chinese, Indians, Mexicans are just as important as Americans.And, last time I checked, in the US we are 100% behind competition. Companies MUST build the best product for the lowest prices...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Free trade, software, MBA, American troop, nation state, job; Discussion threads 2006-05-17