Despite layoffs thinning the U.S. tech work force, IT companies like Microsoft are expected to be among the companies competing for coveted H-1B visas when the annual government lottery for educated foreign workers gets under way. – Predictions are that U.S
Despite the faltering U.S.
Cloud computing enthusiast Reuven Cohen plans to call for the creation of a cloud computing trade association. Cohen plans to make his pitch at the Cloud Computing Expo in New York on April 1. – Cloud computing enthusiast Reuven Cohen plans to call for the creation of a cloud computing trade association.
With the mobile market expected to see a decline, many manufacturers are looking to add GPS, music players, and full keyboards to spur interest.
Experts believe the weak economy will lead fewer companies to apply for H-1B visas this year, but that the 85,000 visa cap eventually will be filled.
Malware cleaning professionals are very aware of Conficker and are seeing it, but not that much.
The companies got together last fall after Facebook reviewed support for ActionScript and found that none of its client libraries was complete and fully updated.
The company will invest up to $100 million in consumer Internet, software, hardware, clean-tech, bio-tech, and health care startups through Google Ventures.
Google Health is participating in a pilot program to let Medicare beneficiaries in Arizona and Utah import their Medicare claims data into Google Health, the search giants medical record-storing solution. Google is working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the project, which is supposedly the first of many CMS programs that will test how the government can give beneficiaries access to their medical data online.
While video-game consoles typically have a lifespan of five years, Sony said it believes it can extend the life of its consoles to 10 years.