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The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
Many U.S. tech companies are pushing hard this year for an increase in the number of high-skill immigrants allowed into the country, but many veteran IT workers question their motives for wanting to increase the number of visas under the controversial H-1B program.
By Grant Gross | 03 May, 2013 13:02
A U.S. Senate committee has approved legislation that would give more privacy protection from government surveillance for data stored in the cloud.
By Grant Gross | 25 April, 2013 16:34
If U.S. law enforcement agencies agree to changes in electronic surveillance law to better protect the privacy of stored email and documents, they want several changes in return, including a requirement that email and cloud service providers hold onto records longer.
By Grant Gross | 19 March, 2013 19:00
Momentum is growing in the U.S. Congress to overturn a U.S. Library of Congress ruling that took mobile phone unlocking out of the legal exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
By Grant Gross | 12 March, 2013 19:30
As a new session of the U.S. Congress convenes in early 2013, don't expect lawmakers to rush out a new version of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or the Protect IP Act (PIPA).
By Grant Gross | 24 December, 2012 16:18
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