Stories by Patrick Thibodeau

Obama's H-1B answer in forum may haunt him

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.

U.S. to use climate to help cool exascale systems

In a picturesque spot overlooking San Francisco Bay, the U.S. Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab has begun building a new computing center that will one day house exascale systems.

India builds a mega data center

IBM has designed and helped to build a 900,000-square-foot data center in India that it says is the largest in that country in terms of size and power. It's also among the largest in the world.

Engineer's wife 'ferocious' in Obama Q&A on H-1Bs

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.

H-1B workers are better paid, more educated, study finds

H-1B workers are better educated than U.S. born workers and earn more, according to a new study by an independent research group.

U.S. firms should disclose offshore hiring, says lawmaker

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.

Obama confronted on H-1B use during Google+ hangout

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.

John Deere plows into agile

John Deere & Co., has moved about 800 software developers into an agile development process, and did so in just over a year.

Obama attacks offshoring, seeks visa reform

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.

U.S. tech firms add jobs despite automation

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.

Obama wants less offshoring, as vendors see U.S. shift

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.

The top 10 tech priorities of CIOs

Analytics and business intelligence will be the top technology priorities for CIOs this year, according to Gartner Inc.'s annual survey of IT executives.

CES: Coming soon, drones for home and office

Samsung had a robotic floor sweeper at CES that's equipped with a camera and speaker. The electronics maker wants you to think about its potential.

SOPA fight in 'last rounds,' says senator at CES

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.

Quad core-chips boost tablet price vs. performance battle

Leader marketing manager Yanbo Wu displays the company's 7-in. tablet that uses an ARM Cortex-A8 single-core processor. The tablet sells for $179. (Photo by Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld) LAS VEGAS -- Attendees at Consumer Electronics Show here are seeing the tablet market splitting in multiple directions as the price versus performance battle intensifies.