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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Employers Can File For H-1B Visas Starting Tomorrow

Employers Can File For H-1B Visas Starting Tomorrow

The government will accept H-1B visa petitions for five days instead of just two, and will probably see a record number of applications.

http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.j

Verizon Debuts Smartphones For Multi-Taskers

Verizon Debuts Smartphones For Multi-Taskers

The BlackBerry Curve 8330 and Moto Q 9c are both optimized for business users that rely on keeping in touch via QWERTY keyboards.

http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2

Verizon Debuts Smartphones For Multi-Taskers

Verizon Debuts Smartphones For Multi-Taskers

The BlackBerry Curve 8330 and Moto Q 9c are both optimized for business users that rely on keeping in touch via QWERTY keyboards.

http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2

FairPoint Takes Over Verizon's New England Lines

FairPoint Takes Over Verizon's New England Lines

The deal was approved in last minute emergency hearings by utility regulators in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207000702

Rare parrot chicks born in New Zealand

Kakapo in a tree.A species of flightless parrot edged back from extinction with the hatching of five new chicks in New Zealand in recent weeks and two more on the way, officials said Monday.

Quarterly Earnings Rise 7% at Red Hat

Quarterly Earnings Rise 7% at Red Hat
     

The distributor of open-source software said higher expenses related to sales and marketing offset a jump in revenue.
     

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/technology/28red.html?ex=1364443200&en=10

Moscow planetarium mired in dispute

** FILE ** The Moscow Planetarium on the Garden Ring road of the Russian capital, is seen in this Aug. 3, 1972 file photo. Opened in 1929 the futuristic silver-domed building has been closed for repairs since 1994. Plans to reopen the landmark structure, shut shortly after the Soviet collapse, are mired in a years-long struggle for control over an institution situated on one of the pricier patches of real estate on planet Earth.  (AP Photo/ RIA Novosti, File)  **  NO ARCHIVE NO SALES  NOT BE STORED OR USED FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSION **For decades, Soviet schoolchildren flocked to the Moscow Planetarium to gaze at the stars. Now plans to reopen the landmark silver-domed structure, shut for repairs 14 years ago, are mired in a struggle for control of an institution situated on a pricey patch of real estate.

Scientists might look for sweet life on Mars

Drilling into bubbles trapped in ancient salt samples revealed that microbe-made cellulose fibers can remain perfectly in tact for at least 250 million years. Scientists think seeking out cellulose in salt deposits on Mars might be the best way to confirm the past existence of life there.If Martian life existed a few billion years ago, scientists think any plant-like microbes would have left behind a stringy fuzz of fibers.

Sony to launch first mobile movie network

Ghostbusters movie still. Sony Pictures Television is looking to launch the first movie network on mobile phones in the U.S. The studio has signed a deal with AT&T and MediaFLO USA to launch the linear channel as one of two exclusive channels coming to the newly announced AT&T Mobile TV with FLO service in May. The channel, to be known as PIX, will be stocked with such titles as "Ghostbusters," "Philadelphia" and "Stand by Me."

Sony Pictures Television is looking to launch the first movie network on mobile phones in the United States.

Survey: Apple is awesome, Microsoft is ’stodgy’

The Apple brand has the biggest impact on the world’s consumers, while Microsoft and the image of the United States (as a brand) are those considered most in need of a remake, a survey showed on Monday.