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    Obama's H-1B answer in forum may haunt him 09 February, 2012 09:06:00

    WASHINGTON -- Until President Barack Obama responded to a question about H-1B visas during an online forum last week, the administration had said little about the controversial program.
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    Engineer's wife 'ferocious' in Obama Q&A on H-1Bs 04 February, 2012 09:09:24

    The White House is following up on an offer made by President Barack Obama this week to help find a job for an unemployed semiconductor engineer in Texas. The offer was made during a live online town hall after the engineer's wife questioned the government's policy concerning H-1B visa workers.
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    H-1B workers are better paid, more educated, study finds 03 February, 2012 23:14:24

    H-1B workers are better educated than U.S. born workers and earn more, according to a new study by an independent research group.
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    U.S. firms should disclose offshore hiring, says lawmaker 02 February, 2012 08:58:23

    WASHINGTON -- A newly filed U.S. House bill would require that U.S. public companies disclose the number of workers they employ in the U.S., and the number that work overseas.
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    Obama confronted on H-1B use during Google+ hangout 01 February, 2012 05:47:18

    President Barack Obama faced perhaps his toughest and most direct question ever on the H-1B program by a Texas woman during an online town hall Monday.
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    John Deere plows into agile 26 January, 2012 22:14:39

    John Deere & Co., has moved about 800 software developers into an agile development process, and did so in just over a year.
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    Obama attacks offshoring, seeks visa reform 25 January, 2012 23:09:43

    In his State of the Union Speech, President Barack Obama Tuesday night attacked offshoring, urged businesses to bring jobs back to the U.S., and renewed his appeal for visa reforms to keep foreign students from returning home after earning advanced degrees.
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    U.S. tech firms add jobs despite automation 23 January, 2012 22:21:40

    U.S. technology companies are investing more in machines than in people, but tech hiring is nonetheless rising, according to a new report by Forrester and a just-released National Science Foundation study.
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    Obama wants less offshoring, as vendors see U.S. shift 19 January, 2012 23:43:41

    WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is trying to encourage U.S. companies not to send work overseas . This might not be as hard a job as it seems for some types of IT work.
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    The top 10 tech priorities of CIOs 18 January, 2012 21:49:40

    Analytics and business intelligence will be the top technology priorities for CIOs this year, according to Gartner Inc.'s annual survey of IT executives.
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    SOPA fight in 'last rounds,' says senator at CES 12 January, 2012 12:57:42

    LAS VEGAS -- With the odds perhaps still against them, two lawmakers who are fighting the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) bills took their case to the world's largest consumer electronics gathering.
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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