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	Patrick Thibodeau: The H-1B cap impedes innovation, report argues In 2000, there was a tremendous push by the IT industry to increase the H-1B visa cap. The dot.com bubble had yet to burst and IT employment was on the rise, so Congress acted. If you remember what happened then what's going on today may seem awfully familiar. "If we don't get increases in visas this year, all of us are going to feel the effect," said one industry group spokesman in 2000. The need was urgent, said the trade groups. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec Improving SMB Profitability by Optimizing IT Management Small businesses are under increasing pressure to sharpen their business practices. Cloud computing and technology outsourcing provide affordable access to resources that can make a competitive difference. Download this IDC Whitepaper, Improving Small Business Profitability by Optimizing IT Management. Read Now! In this Issue Richi Jennings: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned for 'blatantly copying' iPad: SRSLY? Ken Gagne: Win an Amazon Kindle Fire! Preston Gralla: Windows 8 Surface Pro tablet may be a hit with businesses, RT-based Surface will fail, says analyst Darlene Storm: Civilian drones vulnerable to hackers, can be hijacked, used as missiles Robert L. Mitchell: My week on Android: The cool, the bad and the ugly JR Raphael: Google I/O keynote: Live blog and streaming video (day 1) Jonny Evans: Why Apple beats 'unfair' Samsung Galaxy design in US court Robert L. Mitchell: Who owns your analytics group? Shark Tank: Hey, you've had two years, right? WHITE PAPER: IBM The New Business Case for Inbound Transportation Management Read this white paper to learn how implementing a cloud-based TMS, together with a well designed freight audit and payment module, can help reduce your transportation spend. Learn More Richi Jennings: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned for 'blatantly copying' iPad: SRSLY? Apple has been granted a ban on Samsung selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet. The judge said Samsung was 'competing unfairly' with its 'blatant copying'. The preliminary injunction could be a big blow to Samsung in Apple's home market. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers find out what all the fuss is about. Read More Ken Gagne: Win an Amazon Kindle Fire! Computerworld turned 45 years old this month, and to celebrate our birthday, we're giving away an Amazon Kindle Fire tablet to one lucky Facebook user. Just "like" our Facebook page then submit your email address anytime before the end of Monday, July 9, 2012. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows 8 Surface Pro tablet may be a hit with businesses, RT-based Surface will fail, says analyst There's good news and bad news about Microsoft's Windows 8 Surface tablet lineup according to a prominent analyst -- the higher-end Surface Pro could be a hit with enterprises, while the lower-cost RT based Surface will likely fail. Read More Darlene Storm: Civilian drones vulnerable to hackers, can be hijacked, used as missiles You know those thousands of drones that will be flying and spying overhead in American skies? They are vulnerable to hacking. Radionavigation Laboratory demonstrated hacking and taking control of a civilian drone by spoofing GPS signals. Researchers warn that terrorists could hijack the drones and turn them into GPS-guided weapons and missiles to crash into other planes or buildings. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Optimizing and securing Citrix XenApp and Xen Desktop Now you can overcome key chellenges with your VDI implementation to deliver the highest end-user quality and most secure access to virtual desktop, while simplfying your IT infrastrucure. Learn how global companies maximize their Citrix investment to dramatically increase availability, security, and performance. Learn More! Robert L. Mitchell: My week on Android: The cool, the bad and the ugly An iPhone user enters the world of Android. Comparisons ensue. Read More JR Raphael: Google I/O keynote: Live blog and streaming video (day 1) Google's I/O 2012 developers' conference officially kicks off this morning -- and the big event promises to start with a bang. JR Raphael is at San Francisco's Moscone Center with live play-by-play commentary of the first day's keynote. Read More Jonny Evans: Why Apple beats 'unfair' Samsung Galaxy design in US court Apple has been granted a preliminary injunction forbidding sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the US. The ban is unlikely to impact Samsung's tablet business too much as it only extends to the first-generation Galaxy Tab, but remains a moral victory for Apple, justifying its argument the competing firm copied the iPad design. Read More Robert L. Mitchell: Who owns your analytics group? Where you position the analytics team -- and which group its report to -- is as important as developing the right staff skills and expertise. Read More Shark Tank: Hey, you've had two years, right? This company resells phone service from a satellite-based telecom system that was designed using non-standard protocols. Result: The reseller can only bill customers a monthly flat fee, because standard software can't parse the satellite company's screwy call-records format. But this pilot fish may have a solution. Read More
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