US high-tech visa quota already met
News The federal government has received enough H-1B visa applications to meet this year's cap, prompting one business group to call for reform of the controversial guest worker programme. No new petitions for first-time employment in 2004 will be...
[February 19, 2004, 13:39]
Google vs US immigration policy
Blog Comment Lazlo Block, a good talking head, but my first hand experience shows that Google uses h-1b body shop to find workers. I have interviewed several candidates coming to my company from Google, at least three claimed to be Unix gurus but couldn't use...
[June 7, 2007, 18:00]
Google vs US immigration policy
Blog Google is taking on the US immigration system, which it says is limiting the flow of talent to its US operations. In a fascinating blog post, Google's policy council Pablo Chavez derides the country's stinginess with H-1B visas, the temporary...
[June 7, 2007, 16:07]
Bush hints door may open for more tech workers
News Details of President Bush's plan to tackle illegal immigration remain fuzzy, but the programme could create a new way for technology employers to bring in foreign workers. If so, the stage will be set for another round of debates about the practice...
[January 21, 2004, 13:59]
Ex-Sun worker files discrimination suit
News A former Sun Microsystems employee is suing the company, claiming it violated age and race discrimination laws by keeping younger East Indian workers while firing him and other American workers. Walter Kruz, 52, who worked for Sun Microsystems...
[March 19, 2003, 13:50]
Microsoft plans Canadian development centre
News Amid challenges over getting enough foreign programmers admitted into the US, Microsoft plans this autumn to open a development centre in Canada. The new software development centre will open somewhere in the Vancouver, British Columbia, area and...
[July 6, 2007, 9:42]
US visitor visas 'ship middle-class jobs offshore'
News L-1 visas and other guest-worker visas have been misused by companies to harm US workers, witnesses told a congressional panel on Wednesday. And a number of members of Congress made it clear they are ready to change the visas, which have been...
[February 5, 2004, 11:35]
Demand for US immigrant work visas rises in 2001
News Demand for skilled foreign workers reached an all-time high in fiscal 2001 -- despite a recession and massive layoffs of American workers. The US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) received 342,035 applications for H-1B visas between 1...
[January 23, 2002, 15:12]
Black Hat gears up in Las Vegas
News The eleventh annual Black Hat security conference will occupy more space at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas this year in order to accommodate more people, more topics, and, of course, more controversy. The conference kicked off over the weekend...
[July 31, 2007, 9:43]
China: Bursting with brainpower
News The abundance of manual labour is legendary in this country of one billion people, but brainpower is quickly catching up. While many technology giants are expanding manufacturing plants in China, a significant number of multinationals are...
[July 11, 2002, 7:57]
Salary outlook remains grim
News The starting salaries of US information technology workers are projected to fall an average of 1.6 percent next year, according to a new study by Robert Half Technology. On the bright side, wage increases are expected in high-demand specialties...
[November 7, 2003, 8:10]
Divining Bush's views of the tech industry Pt II
News By contrast, Bush has been hesitant to talk about or form official commissions on topics that can directly influence Internet infrastructure -- despite a respectable record in Texas, which emerged during his governance as a leading state for high...
[December 14, 2000, 13:20]
What the Obama presidency means for tech
News When Barack Obama becomes US president in January with a strongly Democratic Congress, he'll have the chance to push a technology policy that relies more on government subsidy and regulation than that of his immediate predecessor.
[November 6, 2008, 11:15]
