Latest Tech Industry Articles
- 09 May 2013
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News: Why the IT Industry Is Desperate for H-1B Reform Legislation
Amid broad agreement that more skilled workers would boost the tech economy, industry experts suggest that comprehensive immigration bill coming up for debate doesn't go far enough to help fill IT, engineering and manufacturing jobs.
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News: Sony profitable again, but core electronics still struggling
Sony made good on a promise to return to profitability after offloading a number of valuable assets last year, but its core electronics business is still losing money.
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News: California may outlaw 3-D printed guns
Proposed legislation in California aims to ban guns made using 3-D printing, after an organization Defense Distributed fired a handgun made with the technology, and said it would distribute its drawings online.
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News: Silicon Valley tech incubator hosts Norwegian royals
Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit tried touchless gesturing systems and other technologies developed by Norwegian startups at a tech incubator in Palo Alto on Wednesday afternoon .
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News: Telstra and Seven West buy a stake in online health directory
Telstra and Seven West Media have signed a $10.4 million agreement with HealthEngine for a stake in the online health directory business.
- 08 May 2013
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News: San Francisco axes cellphone warning law in settlement with CTIA
San Francisco killed its cellphone radiation warning law on Tuesday by agreeing to settle a lawsuit by the mobile industry group CTIA.
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News: More data isn't always better, says Nate Silver
Big data may seem to promise big insights to users, but more isn't always better, cautions statistician Nate Silver, who became one of America's most well-known faces of data analysis after his FiveThirtyEight blog accurately predicted 2012 presidential election results in all 50 states.
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News: EMC lays off more than 1,000 as restructuring continues
As part of its ongoing restructuring, EMC today announced its latest round of layoffs, which are expected to include 1,004 positions.
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News: Fusion-io CEO resigns, is replaced by former HP executive Robison
Fusion-io President and CEO David Flynn has resigned and will be replaced by Shane Robison, the former CTO of Hewlett-Packard.
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News: Senators want sanctions against countries supporting cyberattacks
Two U.S. senators will push Congress or President Barack Obama's administration to pursue trade and immigration sanctions against China and other countries that allegedly support cyberattacks on U.S. government agencies and businesses, the lawmakers said Wednesday.
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News: Spamhaus DDoS suspect extradited to the Netherlands
A 35-year-old Dutchman suspected of participating in a large DDoS attack on antispam organization Spamhaus was extradited from Spain to the Netherlands on Monday evening, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service said Wednesday.
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News: Manage multiple social media accounts with your Mac
Keeping up with just one social media account is tough enough. But if you personally hang out on even one or two more services, or are in charge of socializing with your business's customers online, juggling it all starts to feel a lot more like work, and not the fun kind. Here are a few tools and tricks--some for power users, others for business cases, and even a slightly nerdier option--that can help take the drudgery out of managing social media.
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News: Inside the i-mate Intelegent, the audacious phone that runs Windows 8
Two months ago, everything about i-mate's Intelegent Windows 8 phone screamed vaporware. Today, the handset is back, with specs that suggest it's very much real. Shoot, PCWorld has even seen videos of it in action.
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News: Consumer service lawsuit looms for Google in Germany
A lawsuit against Google's customer service practices in Germany is looming after the company declined to sign a document promising German consumer organizations to start answering customer emails individually.
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News: Experts wary of Pentagon cybersecurity report fingering China
Marks first time U.S. has accused China of using cyberweapons to steal intellectual property, and gain a military and economic advantage
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News: Interview: Adobe's David Wadhwani discusses future plans for Creative Cloud
Ashleigh Allsopp sits down with the Adobe VP to talk about the move to the subscription-only Creative Cloud, security, piracy, hardware ventures, future updates and more.
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News: Microsoft extends revenue per search agreement with Yahoo
Microsoft has extended a search revenue guarantee agreement with Yahoo for one more year, amid reports that the Internet company is trying to break its 10-year agreement with Microsoft.
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News: Proposed U.S. law aims to counter cybertheft with import bans
A bill proposed in the U.S. Senate aims to block imports of products containing U.S. technology stolen online, a move that appears primarily directed at China.
- 07 May 2013
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News: Dotcom's lawyers accuse US of 'gunslinger attitude' to law
Lawyers representing Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom have published a "White Paper" in which they question whether the US Department of Justice is conducting a "contract prosecution" against their client.
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News: Syria 'disappears' from the Internet, security firm says
Internet traffic to and from Syria, which is in the midst of a civil war, appears to have dried up.
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