Ask to allow anonymous Web search
Blog: By using the new AskEraser tool, users will be able to set their privacy preferences so the search engine does not retain their Web search history.
Update: TripAdvisor denies Facebook Platform app acquisition
Blog: The company releases a brief statement that suggests the Facebook Platform application Where I've Been was not actually acquired.
Monster puts kibosh on rogue server
Blog: Job site pulls the plug on a rogue server that was stealing information about job candidates from its database.
Motorola: We're not looking to replace Zander
Blog: A board member says a BusinessWeek story claiming that the mobile-phone maker's board is looking to replace its chief executive is wrong.
Anatomy of an Ikea product
What does it take to get a chair from the design table into your living room? News.com reporter Daniel Terdiman takes a look.
Woz, meet Jack Tramiel
After all these years, Apple co-founder and Commodore founder finally meet--at a celebration of the Commodore 64.
Taxis getting greener, one hybrid at a time
Blog: Veteran San Francisco cabbies launch ecofriendly taxi company.
MySpace app for BlackBerry a RIM record-breaker
RIM announces more downloads in the first week for their BlackBerry-compatible MySpace application than for any before.
TypePad updated: Better blog comments for all
Blog platform company improves comment system, offers it for free to everybody.
Obama's cell records breached by Verizon workers-report
Verizon Wireless tells Obama reps that workers improperly accessed records of a cell phone the president-elect used recently, exposing calls and phone numbers but not e-mail, according to a CNN report.
Report: Obama's cell records improperly accessed
Verizon Wireless tells Obama reps that workers improperly accessed records of a cell phone the president-elect used recently, exposing calls and phone numbers but not e-mail, according to a CNN report.
Hyundai shows off hybrid powertrain for Sonata
CNET Car Tech takes a look at the new hybrid powertrain shown off by Hyundai at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show.
Water ice glaciers spotted on Mars
NASA scientists find what they believe are huge water ice glaciers sitting just beneath the Martian surface.
Judge spares E-Gold directors jail time
Senior directors of online payment site E-Gold, who had pleaded guilty to charges of money laundering, received small fines and no prison sentences. A judge said it was due to a lack of criminal intent.
Cooliris adds YouTube search, image save to iPhone app
One of the most visually stunning search applications on the iPhone has just been updated to support YouTube videos. Go get it.
OK, enough of the electric car feel-good story
If we're talking about a breakthrough, then we're really talking about thinking big about a nationwide charging network. And that means turning to Uncle Sam for help
EIC Squared: Yahoo's new CEO, Blackberry Storm and cheap gadgets
CNET's Dan Farber and ZDNet's Larry Dignan discuss the big stories of the week in the EIC Squared podcast.
Yahoo open pages continue to dribble out
Yahoo added an eBay Anywhere application to the "dashboard" of the new Yahoo home page in testing.
As economy falls, e-mail money laundering and phishing scams rise
Laid off workers and others affected by economic downturn are targeted in money mule laundering e-mail scams that promise easy money.
Phishing, e-mail money laundering scams on the rise
Security experts say they're detecting a marked increase in online scams amid the economic downturn.
Microsoft to launch IE8 in '09; RC due out in Q1
Microsoft said Thursday it would issue an RC (release candidate) for IE8 (Internet Explorer 8) in the first three months of 2009, indicating it will ship its newest browser sometime in the first half of the year. "We will release one more public update of IE8 in the first quarter of 2009, and then follow that up with the final release," Dean Hachamovitch, the general manager overseeing IE...
Researchers find vulnerability in Windows Vista
An Austrian security vendor has found a vulnerability in Windows Vista that it says could possibly allow an attacker to run unauthorized code on a PC. The problem is rooted in the Device IO Control, which handles internal device communication. Researchers at Phion have found two different ways to cause a buffer overflow that could corrupt the memory of the operating system's kernel. [...
Sun receives complaint about Java vetting process
Sun Microsystems has heard from a company concerned about the vetting process of Java and open source, a Sun official said on Wednesday. Lawyers for the concerned company said they cannot be sure the results of the process are legally pure, said Patrick Curran, chair of the Java Community Process (JCP), during a panel session on open standards development at the QCon conference in San Fra...
Will technology drive global recovery?
On Nov. 6, Sam Palmisano, chairman, president & CEO of IBM, made an important speech entitled "The Smart Planet: The Next Leadership Agenda" at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York City. That speech is only now getting public press attention. To emphasize the significance of Palmisano's speech, IBM took two-page ads out in numerous newspapers, such as the New York Times and Washin...
Microsoft's mobile IE6 will require more powerful handsets
Microsoft faces a tough sell with its latest mobile browser, Internet Explorer 6, since consumers will need to buy more powerful handsets to run it. Microsoft, which announced plans earlier this week to launch IE6 with market leader China Mobile, has made no secret of the more stringent requirements. It has indicated the software won't be available to download. [ Get the latest on mobil...
IBM tries to bring brain's processing power to computers
IBM Research on Thursday is expected to uncover work it is doing to bring the brain's processing power to computers, in an effort to make it easier for PCs to process vast amounts of data in real time. The researchers want to put brain-related senses like perception and interaction into hardware and software so that computers are able to process and understand the data quicker while consu...
Yahoo rolls out Glue search pages in the U.S.
Yahoo rolled out a beta version of its new Glue search concept for the first time in the U.S. late Wednesday. The Internet search method aggregates text, images, and video results on a single results page . [ Keep up on the latest tech news headlines at InfoWorld News , or subscribe to the Today's Headlines newsletter . ] The Glue Page Beta was first tested by Yahoo in India ...
A future without programming
A few years ago, self-proclaimed nondeveloper Kevin Smith worked for a software company that tried to build a project tracking tool using Microsoft .Net. Some 15 developers spent a year with little success. "After burning though a million dollars and still without a product, the company called it quits," says Smith, now managing partner of NextWave Performance, a consultancy in Denver, Colo. ...
Yahoo OneSearch coming to T-Mobile USA
T-Mobile USA will provide Yahoo's OneSearch search engine on its phones, a Yahoo executive said Wednesday. T-Mobile is placing a OneSearch button on its phones in a deal that is to be announced soon, said Marco Boerries, executive vice president and head of Yahoo's Connected Life Division, at the Open Mobile Summit conference in San Francisco. The carrier's decision to place a OneSearch b...
Ruby hailed as economic solution, offering smaller investment and less risk
Advocates for the Ruby programming language on Wednesday hailed its usefulness as an enterprise application development option, especially in a down economy. The Merb framework for Ruby also was championed, during a session at the QCon conference in San Francisco. Speakers also defended Ruby and the Ruby on Rails framework against critics citing slow performance and scalability problems...
Toshiba sets high storage capacity for small drives
Toshiba Storage Division? announced a breakthrough half-terabyte hard disk drive in a 2.5-inch form factor on Wednesday. The mini-drive is targeted for inclusion in mobile devices by OEMs.? The high-capacity drives are expected to enhance the capabilities and thus the interest in the new class of sub- and mini-notebooks coming into the market. Toshiba Model MKxx55GSX? will most likely a...
How much does spam cost you? Google will calculate
How much is spam costing your company? Google unveiled a nifty little calculator Wednesday to help you add it up. It's part of a marketing campaign for Google Message Security, the online spam-filtering service based on the Postini technology Google acquired last year . "We know in these tougher economic times that companies are trying to figure out how they can save," said Adam Dawe...
Microsoft, Novell eye Moonlight beta, system management
Marking the two-year anniversary of their controversial interoperability agreement, Microsoft and Novell this week are announcing upcoming availability of both the beta version of Moonlight, which puts Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application technology on Linux, and the general release of Advanced Management Pack for Suse Linux Enterprise for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager...
SAP slashes NetWeaver developer subscription price
Citing the weak economy, SAP has cut the cost of developer subscriptions for its NetWeaver platform by roughly 50 percent, according to a post this week on an official company blog . SAP began offering individual developer subscriptions for the technology about a year ago , in an apparent effort to draw additional interest. The company has been trying to move customers still on old...
Update: SAP slashes NetWeaver developer subscription price
Citing the weak economy, SAP has cut the cost of developer subscriptions for its NetWeaver platform by roughly 50 percent, according to a post this week on an official company blog . SAP began offering individual developer subscriptions for the technology about a year ago , in an apparent effort to draw additional interest. The company has been trying to move customers still on older ...
Ballmer: Yahoo acquisition won't happen
A change at the helm of Yahoo won't revive a Microsoft takeover offer, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said during the company's annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday. "Acquisition discussions are finished," he said. [ Keep up on the latest tech news headlines at InfoWorld News , or subscribe to the Today's Headlines newsletter . ] But he continues to leave the door open to another s...
Microsoft launches Dynamics NAV 2009 ERP
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009, the latest generation of one of the company's midmarket ERP products, will be generally available Dec. 1 in 14 countries, the company said Wednesday at its Convergence conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The release features a "role tailored" design that fine-tunes the system for a given employee's needs and job responsibilities. NAV 2009 also includes a range ...
ISO publishes Office Open XML specification
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published the specification for a Microsoft-created file format that caused bitter debate during its path to become an international standard. The documentation for Office Open XML (OOXML) runs 7,228 pages and can be ordered on CD from the ISO for 342 Swiss francs ($285). The specification is named ISO/IEC DIS 29500:2008. Mic...
Windows HPC hits top 10 among supercomputers
Microsoft on Tuesday hit another high-performance computing milestone by placing its server for the first time in the top 10 on the list of the Top 500 supercomputers as judged by Top500.org. Just a year ago, the best Microsoft could do was 116th place based on rankings from Top500.org, which has been benchmarking supercomputers since 1993 with its bi-annual tests it calls "runs....
CA unveils simplified suite, SaaS portfolio
CA this week introduced a slew of product enhancements that industry watchers say reflect how enterprise IT executives want to buy management software now: as integrated bundles and via subscription. The company, while hosting 5,000 attendees at its CA World 2008 conference in Las Vegas this week, unveiled upgrades across several product suites and expanded its software-as-a-service (Saa...
How to Use Smart Phones to Cut IT Total Cost of Ownership
IT departments can reap the benefits of a lower total cost of ownership for their mobile workforce by replacing their field and remote staff's laptops with mobile smart phones. Knowledge Center contributor William Anderson explains the benefits of moving field and remote staff over to smart phones, and offers nine best practices for IT professionals to follow when doing so. - Most businesse...
BlackBerry Storm Lacks Punch
RIMs BlackBerry Storm smartphone offers all the enterprise features businesses have come to know and love and that Apples iPhone lacks. However, the Blackberry Storm is slow, and its keyboard is clunky, particularly compared with the iPhone. - The BlackBerry Storm 9530 is Research in Motion's first smartphone to dispense with a physical keyboard in favor of touch-sensitive display. As with ...
Ten Tactics to Get More from Your Data Center with Less Money
With data volumes growing at 60 percent to 70 percent per year (Gartner's educated guess), and power costs expected to increase by 15 percent (the power industry's educated guess), how does an IT manager make peace with the very real possibility that he or she won't be able to buy as much power and capacity this next fiscal year? - Where to Start Cutting Data Center Power Costs
Here's a li...
Where to Start Cutting Data Center Power Costs
Current macroeconomic conditions will impact data center budgets -- along with everything else -- big time in 2009. It follows that data center and IT managers will need to get more from their facilities with less money available. Here's a primer on where to find the low-hanging fruit of power savings. - Data center budgets, along with just about every other budget in the business world, a...
Enterprise Apps Maker Salesforce.com's Profit Tops Estimates
Salesforce.com reports quarterly profit ahead of Wall Street expectations, though the enterprise applications maker issued forecasts that were below most Wall Street projections. Shares in CRM, SAAS and cloud computing specialist Salesforce.com rise after the results. - * Q3 EPS 18 cents, tops Street view 17 cents
* Q4 rev forecast $284-$285 mln, below Street
view $289 mln
* Q4 EPS forecast...
Dell Beats Wall Street Estimates by Cutting Costs, Reducing Expenses
Dell, the worlds second largest desktop and notebook vendor, beat Wall Street estimates after it posted a third-quarter net income of $727 million. While Dell has acknowledged that IT spending is down and its revenues dipped year-over-year, the companys efforts at cutting costs and reducing expenses helped the PC vendor turn a profit. While Dell executives did speculate about the fourth quarter...
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: BlackBerry Storm 9530 Smartphone
Research In Motion, the mobile and wireless device vendor known best for its often-imitated, Chiclet-style thumb keyboards, has produced its first touch-screen device, the BlackBerry Storm. The BlackBerry Storm's most striking feature is its nifty SurePress touch-screen, which
combines the flexibility of software-based input with the tactile response of physical buttons. Click on for some pictu...
Symantec Sees Rise in USB-Based Malware as Reports of U.S. Army Ban Surface
Reports of a ban by the U.S. Army on USB devices underscore the growing prevalence of USB-based malware. Researchers at Symantec said they have observed an up-tick in USB malware going back at least a year. - Researchers at Symantec are reporting an up-tick in USB-based malware as reports surface of a U.S. Army ban on USB devices and portable media.
According to reports on Wired, the U.S. ...
Nortel Hopes IP “Trunking” Will Reduce SMB Costs
Nortel's IP trunking technology is a way for SMBs to combine voice and data connections through PBX exchanges, which the company says will improve efficiency, cut costs and provide a professional polish to midmarket companies. - Nortels senior marketing manager for Carrier VoIP and Applications Marketing, Rob Scheible, says he gets one constant appeal from midmarket companies looking to inc...
Nortel Says IP Trunking Could Reduce SMB Voice, Data Costs
Nortel's IP trunking technology is a way for SMBs to combine voice and data connections through PBX exchanges, which Nortel says will improve efficiency, cut costs and provide professional polish for midmarket companies. - Rob Scheible, Nortel's senior marketing manager for Carrier
VOIP and Applications Marketing, says he gets one constant appeal
from small and midsize businesses looking to...
Datawatch Looks to SMBs to Expand Business
Datawatch is expanding its business intelligence software into the midmarket, with a focus on helping SMBs cut costs by improving data access and analysis efficiency with web-based services. - Datawatch Corporation, a Chelmsford, Mass-based Enterprise Information Management (EMI) company, announced today its Q4 and fiscal 2008 earnings and signaled a commitment to expanding its technology o...
Survey: Amazon Beats Out Google as Best Cloud Provider
A recent survey by Appistry and CloudCamp showed that respondents chose Amazon over Google, by a margin of nearly two-to-one, as the company expected to have the largest impact on cloud computing. In addition, security, reliability and scalability emerged as the top three challenges to greater adoption of cloud computing. - Amazon bested Google as the company cloud watchers expect to play t...
Should Feds Climb on the Cloud?
Given the current state of the economy and the yawning federal deficit, the efficiency and cost-savings associated with cloud computing are prompting federal IT agencies to flirt with the cloud platform. Slowly, of course, since it is the government after all. - Cloud computing has become so pervasive in the enterprise
that even federal agencies are moving – slowly, of course -- in the dir...
Do Federal Agencies Belong in Cloud Computing Networks?
Given the current state of the economy and the yawning federal deficit, the efficiency and cost-savings associated with cloud computing are prompting federal IT agencies to flirt with the cloud platform. Slowly, of course, since it is the government after all. - Cloud computing has become so pervasive in the enterprise
that even federal agencies are moving – slowly, of course -- in the dir...
IBM Researchers Looks to Bring ‘Brain Power` to Computers
IBM researchers, along with scientists from several major universities, have received a $4.9 million grant from DARPA that will look to use nanoscale technology to create new types of computers capable of cognitive thinking. The goal of the IBM research is to determine if new types of machines can not only collect data but use that data to solve problems and make decisions in the same way the h...
IBM Researchers Look to Bring 'Brain Power' to Computers
IBM researchers and scientists from several major universities, with the aid of a $4.9 million grant from DARPA, will look to use nanoscale technology to create new types of computers capable of cognitive thinking. The goal of the IBM research is to find whether new types of IT infrastructure and computers can not only collect data but use that data to solve problems and make decisions in the s...
IBM Researchers Look to Build 'Global Brain' Computer
IBM researchers and scientists from several major universities, with the aid of a $4.9 million grant from DARPA, will look to use nanoscale technology to create new types of computers capable of cognitive thinking. The goal of the IBM research is to find whether new types of IT infrastructure and computers can not only collect data but use that data to solve problems and make decisions in the s...
How to Reduce IT Budget Costs using Disk-based Archiving
Disk-based archiving can be the most logical step for IT professionals looking to add capacity and increase storage efficiencies, while avoiding the additional cost of purchasing more primary storage. Disk-based archiving solves today's data retention and compliance needs, while laying the foundation for upcoming requirements for data retention. Knowledge Center contributor George Crump explain...
IE8 Update: Browser to Ship in 2009
Dean Hachamovitch, general manager of Internet Explorer at Microsoft, delivers an update on Internet Explorer 8, saying the product will ship in 2009. Microsoft had said the final version of the IE8 browser would ship by the end of 2008. - Although Microsoft had been saying as late as the summer that it expected to release version 8 of Internet Explorer (IE8) by this end of the year, it loo...
Rethinking Network Management
In this IT Link podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, the CEO of VSS Monitoring, Terrence Martin Breslin, explains why we need a more holistic approach to network management. - Audio Podcast Content....
IT Service Companies Brace For Tougher Times
Shares of Infosys, Tata Consulting and Wipro have lost more than half their value so far this year. Accenture has lost 10 % while IBM is down 15 %, both outperforming the S&P technology
index's 35% fall.
How To Turn Your Mac Into A Wi-Fi Access Point
No Wi-Fi for your Apple? No problem. Make your Macintosh share its Internet connection, wirelessly, by following this step-by-step, illustrated guide.
SanDisk Unveils $20 Music Player For Pre-Loaded Memory Cards
About 40 artists are available on the SlotMusic cards for the Sansa player, ranging from oldies-but-goodies like Jimi Hendrix and Elvis Presley to new artists Coldplay, Keane, and Weezer.
HTH Worldwide Signs Agreement with Green Crescent Insurance Co.
United Arab Emirates insurance firm to gain access to HTH's contracted doctors and hospitals in 180 countries.
Benefitfocus Introduces New Technology Facilitating Frictionless Data Exchange Between Systems
Benefitfocus Max allows users to streamline operations through automated transaction exchange.
Jack Henry Expands Electronic Bill Payment Options
NetTeller Bill Pay enables customers to initiate and remit one-time and recurring payments to any individual or any entity in the U.S.
Northern Trust Enhances Tools for Corporate Cash Reporting
Clearwater Analytics powers online, integrated system for treasurers to monitor balance sheet cash portfolios.
Bank PKO Warsaw Chooses Surecomp’s Trade Finance Solution
STP end-to-end trade finance solution will automate the bank's trade service operations.
EBay Warns On Forecast, Economy; Shares Down
The Online auction leader said it is suffering from a consumer spending slowdown that would drag on into 2009, sending its shares down more than 5%.
Apple Sued For Monopolizing MP3 Music Player Market
Luxpro alleges that Apple has used illegal tactics, such pressuring Luxpro's retail partners to stop selling Luxpro music players like the Super Tangent.
Nokia Adds Fox News To Its Media Network
A&E Network, Bio Channel, History Channel, and Hollywood Reporter are also now onboard Nokia's ad network to targets cell phone users.
Tech Forecasts Slashed As Stocks Plummet Again
Forrester and Gartner slashed their forecasts for tech spending next year because corporate spending and consumer demand are likely to decrease in the current climate.
Cloud Summit: SAP Sees Bright Future In Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is coming more quickly to smaller organizations, largely because it is financially compelling, a panel of industry CTOs and insiders agreed.
Intel Ships SSDs For Servers, Storage Systems
Intel plans to start sending samples of a 64 GB SSD this quarter to computer makers with the larger drive is set to go into production in the first quarter of next year.
Companion P&C Acquires AmFed
Companion Property & Casualty Insurance Group has acquired AmFed, Mississippi's largest workers' comp insurer.
Kensho Toolkit Invokes OVF For Portable Virtual Appliances
The goal is for Kensho to become an open source project with its own community and core of developers, independent from Citrix.
Carriers Respond To Text Messaging Inquiry
The mobile operators deny claims they colluded on pricing, and AT&T blames a senator's inquiry for a spate of class-action lawsuits.
Obama Campaign Ads Popping Up In Video Game Billboards
The ads appear in racing games including "Burnout Paradise" and "NASCAR 09," as well as "NHL 09," "NBA Live 08," "Need For Speed," "NFL Tour," and "Skate."
Intel Acquires Ethernet Tech Maker NetEffect
NetEffect's products include 1 Gb and 10 Gb Ethernet adapters for servers and blade configurations.
Global Crossing Pushes Unified Communications Envelope
The company deployed Microsoft Office Communications Server to nearly all of its 5,000 employees with nearly 20% of those workers making voice and video calls via the software.
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Bush's exit to put new e-records system to the test
The National Archives received only 32 million e-mails from the Clinton administration eight years ago, but in a few months, it expects to get hit with 50 times that from the Bush administration, which has exacerbated the problem by dragging its feet in supplying the data.
Cool Stuff: Your 2008 Holiday Gift Guide
Whether you're looking to buy economical, expensive, or just plain weird gifts for your friends and family, you'll find the perfect tech gadgets and software in our 2008 gift guide.
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Whether you're looking to buy economical, expensive, or just plain weird gifts for your friends and family, you'll find the perfect tech gadgets and software in our 2008 gift guide.
BlackBerry Storm sales should be strong, Verizon says
Despite the sluggish economy, Verizon Wireless predicts strong sales for the BlackBerry Storm, which goes on sale Friday for $200 after rebate.
Image gallery: 10 great Bluetooth gadgets
Go ahead, cut the cord. These cool and useful Bluetooth devices help you phone, print, present and more -- all without wires.
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Yahoo rolls out Glue search pages in the US
Yahoo rolled out a beta version of its new Glue search concept for the first time in the U.S. late Wednesday.
Yahoo rolls out Glue search pages in the U.S.
Yahoo rolled out a beta version of its new Glue search concept for the first time in the U.S. late Wednesday.
Review: BlackBerry's Storm is awkward and disappointing
BlackBerry fans who've been yearning for a touch-based handset à la iPhone now have one, but the BlackBerry Storm, which Verizon Wireless plans to start selling Friday for $250 with a two-year contract, might not be the smart phone of their dreams.
Microsoft to launch IE8 in '09; RC due out in Q1
Microsoft plans to issue a release candidate for Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) in the first quarter of 2009, indicating it will ship its newest browser sometime in the first half of the year.
Google shutters its Lively virtual world
Google yesterday said it is closing its Lively 3-D world to better focus its development resources on core products.
Microsoft: Zune music subscribers can keep tracks
Microsoft revamped the music subscription program offered with its Zune players to allow customers to keep up to 10 tracks per month, even if they later cancel the deal.
Nokia and IBM join forces on mobile e-mail
Nokia and IBM are linking mobile phones to Notes, the companies announced Thursday.
Profile: Microsoft hires noted database researcher to help scale SQL Server
David DeWitt retired from the Computer Science Department at the University of Wisconsin last year, but he's already returned, this time as head of a new database research center located on the Madison campus and funded primarily by Microsoft.
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Samsung churning out faster 256GB SSDs
Samsung today said it is now producing its new 256GB SSDs, which are capable of 220MB/sec. sequential read rates and 200MB/sec. write rates -- twice as fast as previous models.
Survey: U.S. IT spending forecast worst since 2001
U.S. companies are set to slam the brakes even harder on IT spending, according to a new study.
Massachusetts extends compliance deadline on new data encryption rules
Citing the economic downturn, the Massachusetts state government is giving companies more time to comply with tough new regulations on securing the personal data of state residents.
Opinion: The top 5 stupid things people do with mobile phones
There is a drawback to our increasing dependence on smart mobile devices -- they have the potential to be even more risky than laptop computers. Here are five boneheaded moves to avoid.
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'Vista Capable' lawyers ask: What did Ballmer know, when did he know it?
Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the Vista Capable class-action suit want to grill Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to find out what he said to top executives at Intel, HP and Best Buy when they complained about the marketing program.
Obama's choice for DHS could flame tech visa battle
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, thought to be President-elect Barack Obama's leading choice to head the Department of Homeland Security, has been a strong advocate of increasing H-1B visas -- a stance that could become an issue during her confirmation.
