Radnet connects workers on the move
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Workers want their LanTV
The local area network can now operate like a miniature broadcast network with a package announced today by Acorn.
Acorn's LanTV is a hardware and software package th...
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Online stores displace workers
Step aside, people, and make way for technology.
As Egghead.com (EGGS) shuttered its 80-store retail network and its distribution center over the weekend, nearly 80 pe...
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IT workers scarce by 2005
A shortage of information technology
workers, expected by 2005, may pose a risk to the U.S. economy, according to a government report released
today.
The report, "Am...
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Packard Bell furloughs workers
A total of 600 workers will be "furloughed" without pay for a week at Packard Bell NEC, according to sources close to the company, a cost-cutting effort to minimize the i...
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Software to filter workers' access
Net filtering firm SurfWatch
Software today released a Professional Edition, aimed at keeping workers
off unauthorized Web sites during business hours.
Filtering so...
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Short Take: Bill to increase visa quota for skilled foreign workers approved
Urged on by the computer industry, the House immigration subcommittee has
approved a bill to temporarily increase the annual visa quota for
high-skilled foreign profess...
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Microsoft workers blasé about case
REDMOND, Washington--Microsoft faces the threat of one of the biggest antitrust actions in U.S. history, but many of the company's rank and file seem larglely unintereste...
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Short take: Congress compromises on tech worker visa bill
Congress has reached a compromise that, if passed, would increase the number of skilled foreign workers allowed to work in the United States, the
Associated Press report...
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Short Take: NYC firm seeks tech workers in inner city
New York City Web design firm SoVisual launched a program to develop
high-tech talent in low-income neighborhoods such as the South Bronx. The
program, which is run by ...
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Worker visa issue takes break
The impasse between Congress and the White House over legislation to raise the annual cap on skilled foreign workers allowed into the country will continue to linger now ...
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Ford drives workers to Web for training
Ford Motor Company is driving more of its employees to the Web
for training.
Through a two-year contract with British
Telecom and British interactive multimedia comp...
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Netscape workers offered incentive to stay
America Online's top boss is offering employees at its newly
acquired company, Netscape Communications, a financial incentive to stay
on board.
With headhunters circ...
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Study: High-tech worker shortage persists
Although many high-tech employees are sitting pretty with stock options and perks, the industry could continue to face worker shortages, according to a report issued toda...
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Icing on AOL deal entices Netscape workers
As America Online prepares to complete its acquisition of Netscape Communications, insiders are betting that the deal's silver lining will insulate Netscape from an emplo...
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Skilled worker visas running short again
Visas for highly skilled foreign workers are once again near exhaustion, prompting lawmakers to call for another increase in the yearly cap.
Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas...
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White House wants more U.S. tech workers
Concerned about a potential U.S. workforce shortage, the Clinton administration has issued a new report calling for more investment to train Americans in the kind of high...
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Bill would bring stock options to more workers
More working Americans could benefit from the type of stock
options that are so ubiquitous in the tech industry under legislation that
was recently introduced.
Rep....
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Ex-Microsoft exec invests in tech workers
Faced with a harrowing shortage of tech workers, an email start-up is
foregoing venture funding to offer its employees more equity in the company.
Chromium, a Sea...
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Lante, SolutionCentral.com team to court IT workers
Internet consulting firm Lante said it is working with
SolutionCentral.com to develop an online marketplace for information
technology workers.
Lante, which focus...
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How to keep workers from bolting: benefits
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PeoplePC to supply PCs to 300,000 Singapore workers
Discount computer company PeoplePC has landed another major contract in its push to emphasize affiliate buying programs, with an agreement to supply computers and Interne...
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Compaq lays off workers from PC group
Compaq laid off 450 employees as part of an ongoing effort to trim operations, the company confirmed today.
The Houston-based PC maker let go approximately 450 employ...
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PlanetRx lays off 70 workers to cut costs
Ailing PlanetRx.com has laid off 70 workers as part of a cost-cutting measure, the company confirmed today.
PlanetRx, based in South San Francisco, Calif., also anno...
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Short Take: DigitalThink, Red Hat team to certify Linux workers online
Online education provider DigitalThink and Linux software maker Red Hat
have teamed to implement Red Hat's Web-based training program. The Red Hat
E-Learning Curriculum...
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Egreetings gives three cheers to loyal workers
After several of its engineering and marketing employees resigned, Egreetings said it threw a party last week to tell the remaining employees, "Thanks for not leaving."
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Dot-com workers losing insurance when firms close
Along with their stock options and steady paychecks, victims of
the recent dot-com die-off are losing something else: their health coverage.
Most employees who leav...
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SCO lays off 190 workers with Caldera deal
Gartner analyst George Weiss says Caldera's plan to purchase the server and services units of SCO puts a new spin on the evolution of Linux.
see commentary...
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Short Take: Proflowers lays off workers to cut costs
Proflowers.com laid off less than 10 of its 126 employees on Friday in order to streamline its operations, a company representative said. Despite slowing growth in the co...
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Tech workers find high salaries, costs on the coasts
Go south, young techie.
Technophiles interested in maximizing their discretionary income should avoid techie meccas in Silicon Valley or Silicon Alley and instead head...
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