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• Electrical engineers see sharp uptick in Q1 jobless rate

  The unemployment rate for people at the heart of many tech innovations -- electrical engineers -- rose sharply in the first quarter of this year for reasons that aren't clear.

• U.S. firms say H-1B restrictions may help them

  IT support services firm Caleris has this message on its homepage, "Outsource to Iowa. Not India," against a picture of a corn field and farm houses.

• Computer science enrollments rise 29% in 2011-12

  The number of new undergraduate computer science majors at Ph.D.-granting U.S. universities rose by more than 29% last year, an increase that the Computing Research Association called 'astonishing.'

• Foreign students now a majority in computer science grad schools

  The majority of students in computer science department graduate programs are from overseas, and that percentage is rising, according to data from the Computing Research Association.

• Computer science enrollments soared last year, rising 30%

  The number of new undergraduate computing majors in U.S. computer science departments increased more than 29% last year, a pace called "astonishing" by the Computing Research Association.

• Obama touts IBM-backed tech education program

  In his recent State of the Union address, President Barack Obama had nice things to say about tech vendors, specifically drawing attention to a unique IT education program backed by IBM.

• Rackspace plans to hire 1,000

  Rackspace plans to add 1,000 people to its staff of about 5,000 over the next two years. It is doing so under an agreement with the state of Texas, which will help train its workers.

• Oracle trying to quell certification exam voucher fraud

  Oracle is cracking down on the use of counterfeit vouchers for its certification examinations, a move that could have significant implications for the unwitting as well as willful violators.

• New year, new job? Ten companies that are hiring

  Even in this today's economy, there are rapidly expanding companies that have set big hiring targets.

• GOP advances bill to help China, India tech grads

  WASHINGTON - A key House committee this week approved a Republican-sponsored high-skill immigration bill intended to help advanced degree holders in India and China get green cards to work in the U.S.

• Career advice: How to get your ideas listened to

  CIO David Steinour of George Washington University Ask a Premier 100 IT Leader David Steinour Title: CIO Organization: George Washington University

• Oracle's Exadata means changes for DBAs

  Oracle's Exadata database machine can deliver the performance improvements the vendor claims, but also demands that IT shops and database administrators undergo a shift in thinking as well as attain new skills, a number of experts said this week at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.

• Survey: Millennials OK with fixing their own gear

  When it comes to enterprise tech support, young employees entering the workforce for the first time seem to be more willing than their older peers to help fix a problem themselves, according to a recent survey commissioned by remote support appliance vendor Bomgar.

• Why CIOs should hire interns for IT jobs

  Tempting though it may be, you can't put off hiring young people forever. As IT budgets expand, the pressure on you to innovate increases while your current workforce ages and retires. Eventually, adding some energy, enthusiasm and newer skills from the entry-level talent pool will be critical to your business.

• BUDGET 2011: ICT spending in the education space

  The Gillard Government must allocate funding to entice students into studying IT and educate older Australians about technology, the Australian Computer Society (ACS) and Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) have claimed.