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- Can we make the U.S. more competitive?
- Can we make the U.S. more competitive?Pick your battlesSpeaking as the parent of three college students, it doesn't make sense to study industrial subjects (engineering etc.) when the US is deindustrializing.With the US having negative net growth in engineering employment and an accelerating technical unemployment rate, it makes [b]vastly[/b] more...
- Tags: Regulations, real estate, Superfund, U.S. More, LORDS, H1-B Visas, worker
- Discussion threads 2005-08-22
- New H-1B visas still available
- New H-1B visas still availableWhy bring them over here?Just hire them where they live.draw your own conclusions.The 20,000 additional visa's require a Master's degree. The base 65,000 are without any prerequisites. Many times even software professionals without undergraduate degree's in Computer Science get the visa's. You can draw...
- Tags: Benefits, American Worker, salary, H1-B Visas, H-1B
- Discussion threads 2005-07-12
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- 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...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- 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...
- Tags: Visa, Loophole, Worker, Fraud, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Agresso's answer to ERP addiction
- Earlier today I took a briefing from Agresso. Up front I'll say that I have something of a soft spot for this company. Some years back I did some very early formative work on what is now their BLINC Businesses Living In Change schtik and was...
- Tags: ERP Vendor, Oracle Corp., ERP, Agresso, Aggresso, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Reports: AMD changes naming scheme for 45nm chips
- According to industry sources via Tom's Hardware, AMD has decided to modify the naming scheme for their 45-nanometer desktop processors. While AMD is keeping the Phenom X3 phenom x3 and Phenom X4 branding, model numbers have changed from four digits to five digits in length, causing some...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?
- IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?PURE BS!Look, I KNOW several people with advanced degrees in the sciences and math. Guess what? They have been laid off and replaced with offshoring and H1-B workers.Tech companies like Intel want to point the finger? Fine, hand them a mirror...We...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, Barrett, education, IT IS
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- An Event Apart 2008: Day 1
- The antique Palace Hotel in San Francisco houses An Event Apart, a collaboration of interactive presentations about web standards, user experience design, and best practices. The two-day conference features well-known speakers from around the world, including AEA's hosts Jeffrey Zeldman and Eric Meyer. ...
- Tags: Web, Framework, Web Design, Interfaces, Craftsmanship, D, Channel Management, Marketing, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- News to know: Open source court victory; Surveillance; SAP; VMware
- Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, Yourself Olympics Victor: NBC, Over YouTube Lessig blog: Huge and important news: free licenses upheld NYT: Ruling Is a Victory for Supporters of Free Software Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Open Source, SAP AG, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Defcon, 3G, Notebooks, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- 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...
- Tags: Strategy, Koman, H-1B, H-1B visa, tech worker, job, immigration system
- 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...
- Tags: U.S., H-1B Visa, Immigration System, H-1B, Government, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- IdPhotos 2008 (exe)
- IdPhotos 2008 is an advanced but easy-to-use tool designed for automatic image processing of ID photos so that they meet the specific requirements of international ID regulations. A standard catalogue of ready-to-use templates - for passports, visas, driving licenses and other identity card photographs - is included. With the IdPhotos...
- Tags: Photograph, PIXEL-TECH, IdPhotos 2008
- Software downloads 2008-07-01
- Total sales of thin clients in first half of 2007 in Asia reached 282,667 units
- Total sales of thin clients in H1 2007 in the Asia/Pacific excluding Japan APEJ reached 282,667 units, representing an increase of 37.3% over 2007, according to IDC. Revenue likewise increased 29.2% over H1 2007. The APEJ thin client market is expected to grow strongly over the next five years, with...
- Tags: Thin Client, Thin Clients, Sales Strategy, Hardware, Sales, NB
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- America's blocked labor policies
- America's blocked labor policiesAll of our restrictions help Canada though. Companies, including MS are nowsetting up shop in Canada to get around US restrictions. Also, India and others will benefit, as more people stay home. Not sure what the solution is, but we only hurt ourselves with the restrictions.RE: America's...
- Tags: H-1B, Recruitment & Selection, visa, blocked labor policy, labor policy, job, H1B
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- America's blocked labor policies
- A little known fact about the H-1B work visa program - the special visa used by most foreign technology workers who come to work in the United States - is that fashion models must compete for the same category of visa, a fact about which The Economist reminded me in...
- Tags: John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-06-25
- There is no Google Android delay
- There is no Google Android delayAgree but disagreeI totally agree with you that Google have not delayed the release of Android (assuming they deliver before 23:59:59 on 31st December 2008), however to state H2 of 2008 and expect delivery on 1st June is a litle harsh given this is still...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Android, Google Android delay
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- IT work is 'boring,' students
- IT work is 'boring,' studentsThey're right. It can be boring.It's nothing like where I came from doing CAD drawings and design work.There's a [i]lot[/i] more boring paperwork in this position then I imagined.Why do you think I stop here from time to time?RE: IT work is 'boring,' studentsIts all in...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT Work, job
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- 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...
- Tags: H-1B program, H-1B visa holder, H-1B, H-1B visa
- 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...
- Tags: Xerox Corp., CEO, Human Resources, Labor Relations, News, xerox, ann mulcahy, charles cooper, politics, president, government, election, h-1b
- 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...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, E-mail Providers, H-1B, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
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