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	U.S. firms say H-1B restrictions may help them An IT support services company in Iowa said the U.S. Senate's comprehensive immigration bill, which seeks restrictions on the use of H-1B and L-1 workers, may help U.S. firms because it would raise costs on offshore IT service providers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Data Center Transformation: Stepping Back to Move Forward While getting caught in the middle of competing demands is nothing new for IT leaders, the pressures being felt today are coming from more sides and with greater intensity than ever. Read Now In this Issue Citizen science: Go ahead, try this at home Richi Jennings: Twitterwatch: On the ground in #Watertown, nr. Boston Assange to Google's Schmidt: 'I don't use email' IBM-Lenovo deal likely to focus on low-end, commodity servers, analyst says National Digital Public Library launches Reports: Blackstone abandons offer for Dell Google's revenue rises 31 percent, nudged by advertising gains Microsoft Q3 earnings and revenue up, as all divisions make gains IBM's revenue deflated in 2013's first quarter AMD's revenue drops 31 percent as CPU sales plummet Larry Page defends Google's 'big bets' on Glass, driver-less cars U.S. Senate moves toward Internet sales tax vote Motorola patent that got Apple's push mail banned in Germany could be invalid, court says TSMC aims to tighten mobile chip manufacturing race with Intel WHITE PAPER: Ipswitch FT Evaluating Managed File Transfer in the Cloud Although most organizations today use email, FTP, scripting, cloud-based document repositories and other tools to send files, these modes of file transport suffer from a number of problems, including a lack of auditability of the sent files, a lack of reporting capabilities, and no visibility into the transfer process. Learn More Citizen science: Go ahead, try this at home Universities and scientists are looking for online collaborators to help in their work. Here are 10 of the most interesting projects; see if there's one you want to join. Read More Richi Jennings: Twitterwatch: On the ground in #Watertown, nr. Boston Something a little different today: I'm glued to Twitter, watching events unfold in Boston's Watertown surburb. Watch along with me, as I curate the story... Read More Assange to Google's Schmidt: 'I don't use email' Wikileaks' latest release is billed as a transcript of a "secret meeting," but it may more accurately be termed a promotion. Read More IBM-Lenovo deal likely to focus on low-end, commodity servers, analyst says Any deal by IBM to sell parts of its server business to Lenovo is likely to focus on low-end commodity x86 hardware, not higher-end x86 systems such as IBM's PureSystems and iDataPlex servers, an industry analyst said Thursday. Read More National Digital Public Library launches The new National Digital Public Library will initially contain 2.4 million digital records, including historical images, video and audio that had previously been siloed in public and private institutions. Read More Reports: Blackstone abandons offer for Dell Blackstone Group has given up its bid for Dell, less than a month after the private-equity fund manager said it was planning to top an offer from founder Michael Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners, according to news reports. Read More Google's revenue rises 31 percent, nudged by advertising gains Google's first-quarter revenue rose by 31 percent to about $14 billion, driven by strong gains within the company's advertising business. Read More WHITE PAPER: Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) Converging the Datacenter Infrastructure: Why, How, So What? One of the key strategies that IT teams are pursuing to reduce capital costs while boosting asset utilization and employee productivity is the transition to highly virtualized datacenters. Read the Report Microsoft Q3 earnings and revenue up, as all divisions make gains Microsoft increased revenue across all its divisions in its third fiscal quarter, achieving an almost 20 percent revenue increase year on year. Read More IBM's revenue deflated in 2013's first quarter Unable to close a number of large mainframe and software deals by the end of the quarter, IBM has reported a 5 percent decline in revenue to $23.4 billion for the first quarter of 2013. Read More AMD's revenue drops 31 percent as CPU sales plummet Advanced Micro Devices reported a 31 percent drop in revenue for the first quarter as it continues to battle a weak PC market and lackluster demand for its chips. Read More Larry Page defends Google's 'big bets' on Glass, driver-less cars Google's core product may always be search, but the company is just as serious about providing in-the-moment information to users with emerging technologies such as Google Now, self-driving cars and Glass, CEO Larry Page signaled on Thursday. Read More U.S. Senate moves toward Internet sales tax vote The U.S. Senate has moved toward a vote to impose sales tax on most Internet purchases, with lawmakers likely to vote to close debate on legislation next week. Read More Motorola patent that got Apple's push mail banned in Germany could be invalid, court says A Motorola Mobility patent that was successfully used to force Apple to turn off its iCloud push email services for users in Germany last year could be invalid, the District Court in Mannheim, said on Friday. Read More TSMC aims to tighten mobile chip manufacturing race with Intel The race to make the most advanced chips for smartphones and tablets is gaining steam, with contract chip manufacturer TSMC hastening implementation of its latest manufacturing technology to close a chip-making advantage long held by Intel. Read More
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