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Efforts needed to curb illegal immigrants from taking U.S. jobs, lawmakers say
It depends on who and how you ask
Fiscal 2009 revenue and profit will remain under 2008 levels but be better than expected, it says
The tool counts down the days until all IPv4 addresses have been assigned
Hackers trawling for clues in Bugzilla tracker, say some Firefox developers
Move follows Microsoft’s Linux effort by a day; Canonical also makes open source move
PC owners may want to buy now to avoid higher prices over the next few months
EMC had no chance to do due diligence or get to know top Data Domain execs before acquisition bid
The two popular tech news sites reported on a corrupt deal linked to the Chinese president's son
But the U.S. rejects protectionism, she asserts
Tools arrive in advance of Power7, which can support 1,000 virtual machines
HadoopDB offers the data-crunching prowess of a relational database with scalability
Taiwanese companies can apply for government investment money but there are several stipulations
Intel's X25-M SSDs offer better write performance than their predecessors
Current metrics are too focused on compliance, federal CIO says
Thousands of people ask FCC to create new regulations that prohibit ISPs from hindering user's access to Web content
The company releases a Live Services plug-in for the open-source course-management system Moodle
Confirms updater doesn't always work, says it's reevaluating patch install process
The final vote on the hotly debated wireless standard looks likely to come Sept. 11
Rollout has some hiccups, but analysts still say changes could refresh Yahoo's image
VI's technology will be wrapped into Oracle VM within the company's fiscal year
FCoE in the plans for Fortune 1000 companies, but adoption slow so far
Lower prices, new hardware credited with sales spike in U.S.
Its third-quarter earnings are the best non-holiday results in Apple's history
The U.S. electric grid remains vulnerable to cyberattack, lawmakers say
Less ad revenue led to the decline while overall the company fares much better than analysts had predicted
Microsoft is not providing Europeans a direct upgrade path from old Windows editions to the upcoming Windows 7 OS
Microsoft confirmed it will release a 'family pack' edition of the OS for multiple-PC households
Drops prices, sells more; again scorns netbooks
Some positive signs emerge for venture capital industry
Government uses both blunt and surgical tools to stifle dissidents, hacker says
'Hacker Croll' spills details to TechCrunch, site that published internal Twitter docs
Silk 2009 upgrades make it easier to build and automate tests and are better suited for agile development than previous Silk tools
The game has already been offline for six weeks as it switches local operators
Apple's random rules for iPhone app approval are a recipe for trivial apps and alienated developers
Mozilla pilot program helps developers solicit contributions from users
Managing those who manage the keys is hard
But China said it has started restoring some Internet access to Xinjiang province
McAfee getting more aggressive on cloud-based security
Historic move adds Windows/Linux virtualization interoperability
Vendor maturing' in regard to open source
Will it provide some of same benefits of Xen, Hyper-V compatibility?
Pre-built drivers on Web site caught Linux contributor's eye
Google last week also started offering Mauritian Creole
The new Express product is for companies with less than 50 workers
Internet2's Health Network Initiative points to a future of telesurgery, telepsychiatry
