Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Top IT Turkeys of 2009; Feds plan 25,000 on-site H-1B inspections

Feds plan 25,000 on-site H-1B inspections; Georgia Tech supercomputer powered by graphics processors
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Top IT Turkeys of 2009

What does Balloon Boy have in common with VMware's Scott Drummonds? Can the mouth of Kanye West compare to that of a former Cisco executive? Which IT companies' divorce is at least as messy as Jon and Kate's? These are the deep philosophical questions that this year's annual IT Turkeys list (in honor of Thanksgiving) aims to answer. So grab a metaphorical carving knife and click on. Read full story

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November giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page.

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