Stories by: Patrick Thibodeau

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HP releases 'power user' thin client 14 February, 2012 12:40:04

Calling a thin client a device for power users may seem like an oxymoron, but Hewlett-Packard is giving it a try.
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HP's new x86 servers attack management, power costs 14 February, 2012 08:15:24

Hewlett-Packard's new x86 server line, announced Monday, aims to wring out as much management overhead as possible through automation and improved energy management.
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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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U.S. to use climate to help cool exascale systems 08 February, 2012 23:10:24

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.
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India builds a mega data center 07 February, 2012 23:39:24

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.
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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 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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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.