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	Indian, U.S. firms urge Obama action on visas Some of the largest IT companies in India and the U.S. are complaining to President Obama that it has become increasingly difficult to get work visas for their employees -- and they want him to take action. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue In this Issue New iPad already accounts for 1 in 15 Apple tablets Facebook tells employers not to ask job seekers for log-in info IBM's Watson expands cancer care resume SEC probes high-speed traders, report says Microsoft's ads, humor boost consumer opinion of IE The Smithsonian celebrates The Art of Video Games From CIO.com: Enterprise Social Networks Deserve Time, Careful Consideration SAS promises pervasive BI with new tool Oracle set to update analytics strategy, go after SAP customers LTE phone shipments to jump 10-fold in '12, analysts say Asetek brings liquid cooling for gaming laptops T-Mobile to lay off nearly 2,000 call center workers Workers can be fired for Facebook insults, Dutch judge rules Jonny Evans: Opinion: Why TV fears the Apple iBroadcast 'revolution' European Commission locks horns with Germany over data retention law RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage Companies like Foursquare, StrongMail, and ExoIS are taking charge of cloud server security using Halo from CloudPassage, which ensures easy, scalable, and automated security for dynamic cloud environments. Register today to Secure 25 Cloud Servers for Free with Halo Basic. New iPad already accounts for 1 in 15 Apple tablets A week after the launch of the new iPad, the device now accounts for about 1 in 15 Apple tablets accessing the Internet, a mobile ad network said today. Read More Facebook tells employers not to ask job seekers for log-in info Facebook on Friday warned employers about trying to gain inappropriate access to Facebook accounts to check out private information about potential employees, citing possible legal liability. Read More IBM's Watson expands cancer care resume Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has brought IBM's Watson supercomputer onboard to help it diagnose and treat cancer patients, just a few months after Watson was hired by Cedars-Sinai for the same purpose. Read More SEC probes high-speed traders, report says According to a published report, federal regulators are looking into whether trading firms that use computer systems to perform sub-second trades have an unfair advantage over other investors. Read More Microsoft's ads, humor boost consumer opinion of IE Microsoft's recent campaigns touting Internet Explorer 9 have moved IE's quality perception needle for U.S. adults, according to BrandIndex, a brand quality measurement company. Read More The Smithsonian celebrates The Art of Video Games The Smithsonian American Art Museum's newest exhibition is The Art of Video Games, offering attendees a hands-on experience with the evolution of the gaming medium. Read More From CIO.com: Enterprise Social Networks Deserve Time, Careful Consideration Despite the huge success of Facebook, Twitter and others, enterprise social networks have an abysmal success rate. But that doesn't mean you should ignore them: With a thoughtful deployment and careful curation, they can stimulate invaluable collaboration and innovation. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage If you thought that public cloud providers protect your cloud servers from harmful intrusions and other security threats - think again. The burden of securing your cloud servers typically rests with you. Register today to secure 25 cloud servers for free with the award-winning CloudPassage Halo. SAS promises pervasive BI with new tool SAS Institute this week unveiled new technology designed to allow a broad swath of enterprise users to do advanced analytics on massive volumes of data. Read More Oracle set to update analytics strategy, go after SAP customers Oracle co-President Mark Hurd is scheduled to reveal new details about the vendor's BI (business intelligence) and analytics strategy, including new applications aimed at SAP customers, during an event on April 4. Read More LTE phone shipments to jump 10-fold in '12, analysts say LTE phone shipments will grow tenfold to reach 67 million units in 2012, making it a breakout year for the 4G technology, Strategy Analytics said on Friday. Read More Asetek brings liquid cooling for gaming laptops Asetek this week revived the promise of bringing liquid cooling to laptops, which the company is pitching as an alternative to noisy fans. Read More T-Mobile to lay off nearly 2,000 call center workers A T-Mobile call center consolidation will cost 1,900 people their jobs, as the company works through a restructuring following the failure of AT&T's proposed acquisition of the smaller operator. Read More Workers can be fired for Facebook insults, Dutch judge rules Employees who heavily insult their employers on social networks can be fired because messages on social media are at least semi public and can be easily replicated throughout the internet, a judge in the Netherlands ruled this week. Read More Jonny Evans: Opinion: Why TV fears the Apple iBroadcast 'revolution' Change. Change hurts. The same is true for any mature industry. And the television industry faces big, big change, and big, big fear. Apple is coming, and TV is running scared. Read More European Commission locks horns with Germany over data retention law European Union regulators have warned Germany that it must implement the controversial Data Retention Directive within one month or face legal action and possible fines. Read More
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