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  • Obama's options for tech immigration take shape

    When President Barack Obama takes executive action on immigration, he's expected to give final approval to a rule allowing spouses of H-1B visa holders, now barred from working in the U.S., to get jobs.

    Written by Patrick Thibodeau21 Aug. 14 08:08
  • Cosmonauts deploy nanosatellites during spacewalk

    Two Russian cosmonauts are in the middle of a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station, in part to release a nanosatellite that will take images of Earth.

    Written by Sharon Gaudin19 Aug. 14 04:41
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  • 3D printing makes its move into production

    The use of 3D printing for finished goods is about to disrupt manufacturing and supply chains in a big way. Here's why, and here's how IT will be critical to that transition.

    Written by Robert L. Mitchell13 Aug. 14 20:56
  • Broadband faces a fork in the road

    As Google and AT&T race to provide super-fast 1 gigabit fiber networks to power users, more than a quarter of U.S. homes still have no broadband service at all.

    Written by Matt Hamblen11 April 14 20:30
  • New Dell won't abandon the PC

    Dell officials vow that the company will continue making acquisitions and will remain committed to its struggling PC business once its $24.9 billion deal to go private is complete.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus and Agam Shah23 Sept. 13 10:08
  • Fear of NSA snooping could hurt U.S. cloud vendors

    Edward Snowden's revelations about the U.S. government's data collection program could cause U.S. providers of cloud-based services to lose 10% to 20% of the foreign market to overseas rivals.

    Written by Patrick Thibodeau26 Aug. 13 10:10
  • Businesses adopting robots for new tasks

    Thanks to better sensors and other tech advances, robots are being used for new applications, including quality control.

    Written by Esther Shein01 Aug. 13 13:30
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