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As 2009 draws to a close, we can all no doubt think of any number of tech-news headlines we wish we had read this year, but didn’t. Near the very top of my list is this one: “Charles Wang Brought to ... More >
A reader who commented yesterday on my blog post, “We Owe It to Our Kids to Get Over the H-1B Hang-Up,” took issue with my contention that one of the reasons it’s important to encourage our childre... More >
This spring, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case to determine whether an audit of text messages sent by a public employee using his employer’s messaging system was constitutional. When I think of... More >
There’s no more topical issue in IT right now than job security. If you haven’t already lost your job, you’re likely concerned about your prospects for keeping it. And if you’re looking for a job in ... More >
In my “Mamas, Please Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Tech Pros” post yesterday, I wrote about what a shame it is that many IT professionals have become so disenchanted with the profession that they’r... More >
One of the saddest trends I’ve observed in recent years is the growing proclivity of IT professionals to discourage their children from pursuing a career in a computer-related field. Layoffs, offshor... More >
If the National Broadband Plan being developed by the Federal Communications Commission isn’t on your radar screen, you’re hardly alone. But a lot is at stake in getting this thing right, and we ne... More >
A post in my blog last week, “Knee-Jerk Foreigner-Bashing Gives IT a Black Eye,” generated the angriest outburst of reader commentary I’ve seen in a long time. If there was a common theme, it was t... More >
Easily one of the most significant events of the past week in Washington took place on Thursday at the Newseum on Pennsylvania Ave. It was right up your alley, all about technology and innovation and... More >
When I raised the issue in an earlier post of unemployed IT workers being compelled to perform what I called “slave labor” as part of the job application process, I was fairly certain that readers ... More >
Is the ongoing economic recession, characterized as it is by seemingly endless rounds of layoffs that have sapped the vibrancy of countless IT workplaces, creating an environment that’s adding alcoho... More >
A document purported to be Yahoo Inc.’s Compliance Guide for Law Enforcement was released on Dec. 5 by Wikileaks , an online purveyor of leaked information. The 17-page guide outlines what is oste... More >
The general awareness of the importance of encouraging young people, especially girls, to pursue careers in computer science and other technology-related fields has risen substantially in recent year... More >
The uproar over a racist image created with the use of a photo of First Lady Michelle Obama and posted online is nothing if not understandable. Such images naturally spark outrage in anyone with an... More >
If you haven’t lost your job, you undoubtedly know someone who has, and you’ve likely heard some disturbing accounts of what those colleagues are going through in their relentless search for employme... More >
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