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NewsIBM cuts U.S. jobs, seeks stimulus money
IBM is taking a three-pronged approach to dealing with the current economic crisis. It's laying off as many as 5,000 U.S. workers, transferring work to India, and seeking money from the $787 billion Read more...
Obama's e-Health record plan faces obstacles
The economic stimulus package, approved by Congress, includes billions of dollars to spur the creation of electronic health records, with the lion's share allocated as economic incentives for health Read more...
Can Obama keep IT jobs in the United States?
U.S. corporations will move at least 140,000 jobs offshore in 2009 and 2010, and more than 50 percent of those jobs will be in IT, according to a December 2008 report by the Hackett Group, a global Read more...
Is 'broadband for all' a boondoggle?
President Obama's economic stimulus package could mean big bucks for IT--roughly $37 billion in all. That includes $20 billion for online health records, $11 billion for a smarter power grid and $6 Read more...
Fight over broadband brewing
President Obama has pledged to expand and upgrade America's broadband infrastructure, but the devil is still in the details. The cost could be enormous. Nevertheless, it is the lynchpin of his plan Read more...
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