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IT Outsourcing Industry Doing Little to Prepare for H-1B Visa Reform

Lenovo to launch new $500 Windows 8 tablet, and 5 touch-based laptops

The Lenovo Miix includes a keyboard cover

First impressions of Apple’s new MacBook Air

Yes, the battery life really is better, but if you're a hard-core user, 12 hours isn't likely

U.S. inventor of DRAM tech honored with Japan award

Robert Heath, a researcher at IBM who invented the core bit storage cell used in modern DRAM chips, wins the Kyoto Prize

Provisions under which NSA can collect, retain data on U.S. residents revealed

The Guardian publishes two more secret documents on NSA spy programs

Oracle’s Ellison spills beans on upcoming SAP HANA competitor and Database 12c plans

Database 12c.1 will focus on in-memory computing, according to Ellison

After closing arguments, Apple’s fate in e-book antitrust case goes to judge

Both Apple and the Justice Department made their closing salvos in a Manhattan courtroom

Oracle Q4 profits up 10 percent, but revenue flat

Hardware revenue continues to slide but cloud software revenue jumped 50 percent, according to Oracle

As machines learn to think, exascale will be critical to U.S. defense

Congress readies a bill, but funding estimates are below other nations

Samsung’s ATIV Q tablet runs both Windows 8 and Android Jelly Bean

But dual-OS concept may confuse average users, please power users