Feds considering changes to H-1B application process in wake of report
A government report that found evidence of widespread fraud and 'technical violations' in applications for H-1B visas may lead to greater scrutiny of future petitions. Read more...

Widespread problems, fraud found in H-1B program

Privacy groups praise bill curbing warrantless laptop searches

New health-care privacy laws heighten need for HIPAA compliance in California

Schwarzenegger Again Nixes Data Breach Bill

Microsoft's lobbying on bailout bill fails to sway votes

California makes it a crime to 'skim' RFID tags

Schwarzenegger again terminates California data breach bill

ICANN faces questions over accountability, control

Xohm WiMax usage policy says Sprint can enforce bandwidth limits

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Norman Matloff
Longtime H-1B critic Norman Matloff talks about what's wrong with the program, why it's tough to be 40 in IT, and what he tells his computer science students about their prospects for careers in IT.

Too Many Enemies
That the feds appear to be somewhat overzealous in prosecuting a software company for "trading with the enemy" may have something to do with the fact that the "enemy" is Cuba.

Who's Anticompetitive?
Editorial: The U.S. government's obstinate refusal to engage Cuba is hurting no one more than U.S. companies, writes Don Tennant.

A computer science professor's never-ending H-1B fight
Ten years ago, Norman Matloff, a computer science professor at the University of California at Davis, warned Congress that the H-1B visa was not a program for fixing a labor shortage but simply a payroll dodge. He was one of the first to do so, and his efforts continue today. He sat down recently for an interview with Patrick Thibodeau.

Discovering Tricks of E-discovery
Federal rules governing retention of electronic documents pull info security into the legal domain.

Opinion: Breach laws fail to protect anyone
They haven't met their stated goals, and they are costly to comply with.

'Office' Politics
Frank Hayes goes down the rabbit hole trying to follow the ins and outs of the XML file format standardization war that Microsoft launched.

Opinion: A surfeit of network-neutrality legislation
A look at two network-neutrality bills that have been introduced in Congress, which wouldn't be necessary if there were real broadband competition in the U.S.

Opinion: Battling information-security Stockholm syndrome
Hating the PCI-DSS security standard when it exists only to help consumers and merchants is a sign that the security industry's not quite right in the head, says Ben Rothke.

Opinion: Knock, knock, it's the FBI
Could clicking a link — just clicking it — be a federal-level offense? Network World's Mark Gibbs analyzes why recent FBI "initiatives" could prove a network-administration nightmare.

Too much junk food, too little exercise and a 24/7 tether to technology? Your body ain't happy, friend. Let us count the pains. Instruments on the surface of Mars have detected falling snow that is likely evaporating before it reaches the planet. One positive development stemming from the collapse of Wall Street may be a boost in interest in computer science and IT careers among students who were previously interested in financial services jobs. Getting new software installed on Linux doesn't have to be hard, but it can differ depending on what you're installing.

Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.

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