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February 2010

February 22, 2010

Boeing Layoffs Center on Tech Workers

Boeing got crossed off many engineers' Christmas card lists when it moved their work from the south Seattle suburb Renton north to Everett , making their commute about 45 minutes longer on a good da... More >

H-1B Visas Bringing Temporary Labor?

A study by the  Economic Policy Institute on the uses of H-1B visas found that companies often use them to hire temporary workers, rather than to help foreign workers become permanent U.S. citizens... More >

February 15, 2010

Google, Other Tech Companies Fight Release of Employment Data

Five Silicon Valley companies -- Google, Apple, Oracle, Yahoo and Applied Materials -- fought and won a 18-month Freedom of Information battle with the San Jose Mercury News , convincing federal reg... More >

February 11, 2010

Certification Added for Health Care CIOs

There's been concern that there aren't enough people out there with the required IT skills for health care , which could be a huge problem, given the big federal push toward electronic medical recor... More >

MySpace CEO Van Natta Resigns

MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta , brought in 10 months ago to revitalize the social networking site in light of the massive popularity of Facebook, is out, according to a Bloomberg story in BusinessWeek... More >

February 10, 2010

IT Salaries Expected to Rise Only 1.8 Percent in 2010

Raises for IT pros will average 1.8 percent in 2010 , the lowest rate in five years, according to research by Computer Economics.   eWEEK quotes the company's Web site, referring to data from ... More >

February 9, 2010

Scarcity of Health IT Pros Raises Concern

Despite the stimulus money flowing to help the health care industry move to electronic records and the struggle to sort out the "meaningful use" of those records, the real issue is finding IT pros ... More >

IT Hiring Picks up in January

In January, 12,900 IT jobs were filled , an increase of 0.3 percent, the best monthly increase since the economic downturn began, reports  the TechServe Alliance.   According to the story in I... More >

February 5, 2010

Workers Less into Comparing Salaries?

A survey by Glassdoor.com , a site where people dish about their companies, bosses and salaries, found people less willing to talk about their salaries this time, reports ZDNet.com . And the less... More >

Another Key Windows Exec Leaving Microsoft

Mike Nash, Microsoft's corporate VP for Windows Platform Strategy, is leaving the company, though the company has not said why, reports InformationWeek . Nash is but the latest exec from the Window... More >

February 3, 2010

Nixed Moon Mission Could Aid Ames Research Center

President Obama's decision to scrap a return of NASA astronauts to the moon could mean more jobs at California's Ames Research Center and closer ties with private Silicon Valley companies, reports ... More >

Survey: Fewer Companies Outsource App Development in 2009

Application development remains the most popular IT function to outsource , though its popularity wanted in 2009, according to a survey by Computer Economics.   Of 200 companies surveyed, 33 per... More >

February 1, 2010

Tech Job Scene Improving Incrementally

This TechFlash piece echoes blogger Ann All's assessment about improvements in the job scene for 2010.   It quotes Charlie Rudd, CEO of technology consulting and staffing firm SolutionsIQ Cor... More >

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