Permanent admissions are better for US high-tech workforce than H-1B expansion
Mar 24, 2006 |
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Despite numerous government reports pointing out major flaws and weaknesses of the H-1B visa program, Congress is considering increasing the annual H-1B visa cap by at least 50,000 without strengthening safeguards to protect ...
Globe Talk: The homeland-security business
Mar 24, 2006 |
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For those in the business of providing security with the government as their principal client, the landscape after Sept. 11, 2001, has been a new world, with sweeping changes not only in what clients want, but also in the ...
Pesticide exposure linked to lower IQ
Mar 24, 2006 |
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A study of North Dakota farm children found those children exposed to pesticides tested an average of 5 points lower on standard IQ tests.
Nortel, Sierra boast EV-DO Revision A test
Mar 24, 2006 |
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Nortel and Sierra Wireless Friday announced the first test calls using the EV-DO Revision A technology that is expected to run faster wireless applications.
Ruling allows poultry pollution evidence
Mar 24, 2006 |
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A judge in Oklahoma has ruled that state officials may collect evidence for a lawsuit in which they allege poultry farms are polluting state watersheds.
World wireless revenue to surpass fixed
Mar 24, 2006 |
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Global service revenues from wireless phone service will surpass those of fixed lines for the first time by the end of 2006, according to a telecommunications research firm.
Briefs: 140M homes expected to have DVRs by 2010
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More than 140 million homes worldwide will have digital video recorders by 2010, a survey found Friday.
Survey: Asia uses more-complex chip design
Mar 24, 2006 |
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A survey Friday indicated that Asia's semiconductor engineers are more often working with complex designs, in particular microprocessors of 32 bits or higher.
VCs seek dot-com success stories in India
Mar 24, 2006 |
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Manik Arora of Battery Ventures, the Silicon Valley-based VC that prefers to call itself a "lead institutional investor in its portfolio companies," spends a lot of time researching on Indian Internet ventures these days. ...
Briefs: Motorola opens 17th R&D center in China
Mar 24, 2006 |
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Motorola opened its 17th research facility in China in Hangzhou.
Wireless World: Wirelessly monitoring ECGs
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An elderly woman has a heart attack. Paramedics arrive on the scene at her home a few minutes later and begin to revive her, and hook up an electrocardiogram transmitter to her chest, and send the signals, wirelessly, to ...
Singapore seeks ideas for broadband net
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Singapore's government is accepting ideas for a wireless broadband network that would cover the entire nation.
Lucent, Alcatel said in merger talks
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Alcatel is reportedly in talks to acquire U.S. telecom equipment manufacturer Lucent Technology for more than $12 billion.
Briefs: Microsoft confirms schedule for Office 2007
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Microsoft confirmed Friday its 2007 Office system won't be released to retail outlets until 2007.
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