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U.S. Scientists See H1-B Visas as Major Issue Against Progress, Says Survey

The nation's scientists see H1-B visa issues as a major barrier to scientific achievement, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center.Some...

Should Antitrust Laws Be Amended to Consider Google’s Use of Free?

The Google and free issue is really heating up. Friday I posted what I thought was a pretty innocuous analysis for eWEEK.com about what...

Storms Ground Fourth Endeavour Shot at ISS

The seemingly snake-bit Endeavour mission to the International Space Station missed its fourth consecutive liftoff opportunity July 12 as thunderstorms and lightning again shut...

Microsoft Gazelle Could Take On Google Chrome OS

The media cycle of past few days has been dominated by word of Microsoft's apparently imminent demise at the hands of Google Chrome OS,...

Google Posts Its Twitter Accounts

Do you want to follow every Google tweet on Twitter? Now you can. Google's Karen Wickre, who shepherds the Google Blog & Twitter Team,...

Microsoft Launches Silverlight 3 Ahead of Worldwide Partner Conference

Microsoft has launched Silverlight 3, the newest version of its rich Internet application (RIA) technology, meant to challenge Adobe on its own Flash-centric turf.The...

HP, Acer Developing Google Chrome OS Netbooks, Schmidt Says

Netbooks running Chrome OS, Google's newly announced operating system, may be available later this year, according to a report from Reuters, which quoted Google...

Lightning Strikes Delay Endeavour’s Launch

NASA called off the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour for a third time July 11 after lightning strikes in the Cape Canaveral area...

Red Gate Rolls Out SQL Server Backup Pro 6

It's possible you've never heard of Red Gate Software, based in Cambridge, England, but it has just released a backup software package specifically for...

Electrical Engineers’ Rate of Unemployment Rises

With all the graduates in science and engineering, plus all the folks currently looking for work, it's a challenging time. There is the constant...