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    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.

  • Yahoo! chairman, three directors step down

    Yahoo! chairman Roy Bostock is stepping down from the board of the struggling internet company along with three other directors.

  • PieNetworks chairman resigns

    Chairman and non-executive director, Justin Milne, has resigned from internet kiosk developer, PieNetworks, with the company announcing the restructure of its company board.

  • SAP community portal launch date still unclear due to bugs

    Serious technical problems that have delayed the rollout of an upgrade to SAP's community portal are persisting, to the point where the company is no longer specifying a launch date.

  • 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.

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  • Get the IT career you want: Develop business value

    A lot of technology professionals are frustrated with the IT profession. They can't find a job or move into the position that they want. They're always hearing that demand exists, but that's not what their personal experience has shown them. They feel they have the skills for the job, and have even put in the time it takes to be qualified or certified in the technologies in demand. But the requirements for IT career development remain elusive.

  • A daughter follows her father into a mainframe career

    Kristine Harper and her father, Tom, both work on mainframe computers. BOSTON - Kristine Harper was about 12-years-old when her father took her to his office to take part of a "take your daughter to work day." Tom Harper said his daughter was less than enthusiastic about his profession that day.

  • Stupid mobile tricks: 7 stories of smartphone horror

    For a device with "smart" in its name, a smartphone sure can help you do a lot of stupid things. Whether it's racking up thousands of dollars in international roaming fees or encouraging dozens of eye rolls with your misrouted voice dialing -- I'm looking at you, guy who calls Ben O'Lynn in accounting every time he means to call Bennigan's for lunch -- our modern-day mobile devices provide plenty of opportunities for tech-tinged embarrassment.

  • Computerworld Australia's hot jobs round-up: 12 July 2010

    This week's five hottest jobs in the ICT industry

  • Computerworld Australia's hot jobs round-up: 28 June 2010

    Among the numerous board appointments announced over the past week came news of further job cuts at Alcatel-Lucent, signalling an uncertain telecommunications market that seems to have the major players on edge, particularly surrounding the National Broadband Network (NBN).

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