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How Ballmer Calms His Troops

Typically, conversations about sales or acquisitions at companies take plae behind closed door. The organizations themselves are not at liberty to discuss their dealings,...

Microsoft’s New Lab Wants Area Talent

At a time when other tech companies are scaling back on research labs, Microsoft announced Monday that it would be opening its sixth.With no...

Microsoft to Yahoo Workers: Come on Over

Sure, Microsoft hasn't been very successful in trying to buy Yahoo, but it doesn't mean they can't try for their savviest assets: their employees.In...

Carr (Again) Predicts IT’s Demise

In 2004, Nicholas Carr created a few waves--drawing the ire of IT professionals and striking fear into the heart of CEOs and CFOs--when he...

Census: Even 2-Year Computer Degrees Pay Off

Most people in this day and age agree that going to college is a good thing, but the practical, fiscal value of a college...

Leading Economist: This Recession Will Dwarf Dot-Com Crash

As predictions of a U.S. recession have gone from murmurs to shouts since the beginning of 2008, one recurring comment from analysts has been...

China Now Trumps the U.S. in Tech Competitiveness

Since World War II, the United States has been the main driver of the global STEM economy, but a new study warns that this...

What if Companies Paid to Interview You?

Every time a new job board springs up, the release inevitably begins with the line "the problem with all other job sites is ___"...

Offshore IT Outsourcing Not Expected to Increase

If there has been one theme in outsourcing commentary from the last year, it is this: offshoring is not a panacea.Between 1995 and 2005,...

New Microsoft Patent Reeks of Big Brother

A new patent filed by Microsoft describing plans to develop a system that would allow managers to monitor workers' physiological states through their computers...