According to the International Herald Tribune, Jerry Yang, the chief executive of Yahoo, apologized to the mother of an imprisoned Chinese dissident during testimony Tuesday at a heated U.S. congressional hearing on the company's role in jailing the man. Members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs repeatedly attacked Yang [...]
Slashdot writes that “[a]n Arizona State University researcher named Michael Kozicki claims that nanotechnology will replace disk drives in ten years. The article mentions three approaches: Nanowires (which replace electrons/capacitors), multiple memory layers on silicon (instead of a single layer), and a method that stores multiple pieces of information in [...]
The Seattle Times reports that “[h]igh-tech workers [in the U.S.] on federal permits are speaking out — many for the first time — over rules that leave them in personal and professional limbo. […] Legal immigrants who feel squeezed by limits on the number of green cards issued each year [...]
An article on c|net yesterday exclaimed that “Red Hat voices concern over Microsoft patent Model”. Apparently, Red Hat is not altogether satisfied with Neelie Kroes’s announcement that Microsoft would offer a licensing discount of over 99.3% for patents related to interoperability. Presumably, nothing short of $0 would suffice. Is this [...]
CNet News writes that “[t]he European Union's new proposal aimed at fast-tracking the immigration process for workers in ‘highly skilled’ [occupations] is making some U.S. technology heavyweights nervous. It's no secret that American tech firms prize vast quantities of H-1B temporary visas and permanent residency permits, otherwise known as green [...]